Section: US & Canada
Ukraine abandons nonaligned status
Supporters of the move, which passed by a 303-9 vote, said it was justified by Russian aggression toward Ukraine, including the annexation of its Crimean Peninsula in March and Russian support for a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine, where some 4,700 people have been killed since the spring. Russia routinely characterizes the Ukrainian...
Ukraine abandons non-aligned status in bid to join NATO
Russia responded to the vote by calling it a “counterproductive” move the would increase tensions. …read more Source: Toronto...
Russia’s PM in warning over ‘deep recession’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the country faces a risk of a “deep recession” if the government ditches its spending plans. Speaking at a meeting of his party, Medvedev said Tuesday that the government won’t retreat from its strategic aims and social spending. Otherwise, he said Russia could plunge into...
Ukraine abandons nonaligned status in possible step toward NATO membership
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to abandon the country’s nonaligned status, a move that could be a step toward seeking membership in NATO. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukrainian Parliament Votes To Renounce ‘Non-Aligned’ Status
(Reuters) – The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday renounced Ukraine’s “non-aligned” status with the aim of eventually joining NATO, angering Moscow, which views NATO’s eastward expansion as a threat to its own security. Any accession to the Western military alliance is likely to take years, but a NATO spokesman in...
FP’s Situation Report, presented by Lockheed Martin: The Internet goes down in North Korea; U.S. needs a cybersecurity overhaul; Congress demands anti-terror results from Pakistan; and much more.
By David Francis with Sabine Muscat The Internet goes down in North Korea. After the United States implicated Pyongyang in the hack of Sony Pictures, rumors about Internet connectivity problems in North Korea began to circulate. Yesterday, after President Barack Obama promised a “proportional response” to the alleged cyberattack, someone turned...
Russia fumes as Kiev renounces ‘non-aligned’ status to pursue NATO bid
‘This political vector will only add to nuisances and acuteness in ties,’ Russian envoy to OSCE says …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine’s Parliament Drops Non-Aligned Status
Ukraine took a further step toward seeking NATO membership Tuesday, when the country’s parliament passed a law abolishing Kyiv’s neutral, non-aligned status. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to do away with the non-aligned status. It was adopted in 2010 under Russian pressure and prevented Kyiv from making military alliances. Ukrainian...
Ukraine abandons nonaligned status, possibly step toward seeking NATO membership
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to abandon the country’s nonaligned status, a move that could be a step toward seeking membership in NATO. …read more Source: FOX...
Harper government selective on Russians being sanctioned – Putin’s inner circle untouched
It seems the Harper government has left off a few key Russians from its sanctions list and questions are being asked why? As readers know, Prime Minister Stephen Harper pretty much compared Russian leader Putin’s actions in Ukraine to those of Adolf Hitler just before the Second World War. …read more Source: National...
