Section: US & Canada
Obama Signs Ukraine Aid Bill, Won’t Immediately Impose Russia Sanctions
U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill authorizing new sanctions against Russia on December 18 but said that he would not impose them “at this time.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
E.U. Imposes New Sanctions Over Russia’s Inteference in Ukraine
The European Union outlawed European investment, trade and tourism in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in March. …read more Source: The New York...
Putin: West wants to defang, declaw Russian bear
Putin voices confidence ruble will recover, accuses West of trying to corner Russia …read more Source:...
Study: large carnivores gaining ground in Europe
BERLIN (AP) — Brown bears, grey wolves and other large carnivores are making a comeback in Europe. Scientists studying populations of bears, wolves, Eurasian lynx and wolverines found they have flourished on the continent, decades after being driven almost to extinction by hunting and the destruction of their habitat. Surprisingly, the animals...
Poll: 81 per cent back Putin even as ruble falls
AP-NORC Poll: 81 per cent of Russians back Putin even as ruble falls and economic woes grow …read more Source:...
Putin Talks Tough But Wants a Deal
Putin was his usual belligerent, unrepentant self in his annual press conference. But he also suggested he’s ready to make a deal in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
FACT CHECK: Putin on the ruble collapse, Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — A fact-checking look at some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements on the ruble collapse and the Ukrainian crisis from his annual news conference Thursday:… …read more Source: Associated...
Putin Says Russian Bear Isn’t About to Sit Back and Just Eat Berries and Honey
The year 2014 was supposedly one in which a chess-playing Vladimir Putin outsmarted the checkers-playing West. But even with Crimea in Russian hands, it ends on what must surely be a sour note for the Russian president. His country’s economy is in a tail-spin amid Western sanctions. The ruble is tanking. And Russian meddling in Ukraine now...
Russian sailors leaving France without warship
PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of Russian sailors pulled out of a French port Thursday, bearing perfumes for their loved ones but lacking the controversial bounty they came for: a 1-billion-euro, French-built warship that has become a hostage to the biggest East-West conflict since the Cold War. The Vladivostok helicopter carrier is part of a strange and...
Poroshenko: Ukraine in EU by 2020
Ed AdamczykWARSAW, Poland, Dec. 18 (UPI) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country should prepare to join the European Union by 2020, and hinted entry into NATO was also within his plans. …read more Source: United Press...
