Section: US & Canada
Russian site invites you to meditate to the sound of the falling ruble
KIEV, Ukraine — If there is one thing Russians do well, it is dark humor. Their ruble has collapsed to all-time lows, thanks in large part to sinking oil prices and Western sanctions, which have hampered the country’s once-booming economy. Inflation is setting in, with prices of goods shooting through the roof, and entering a recession next...
New Cease-Fire Hoped For Between Ukrainian Military and Russian-Backed Separatists
The Ukrainian military and Russia-backed separatists also are expected to hold talks in an effort to resolve tensions. …read more Source: U.S....
Austria unhappy over opera star’s outreach to Donetsk
VIENNA – Opera star Anna Netrebko says she doesn’t want to get involved in Ukraine’s politics. But her appearance with a separatist spokesman is being interpreted as taking sides by the government of Austria, her adopted home. Netrebko on Monday gave separatist Oleg Tsaryov a check for 1 million rubles (more than $18,000). She also...
Cash-Strapped Russia Won’t Support Ukrainian Separatist Regions Of Donetsk And Luhansk
As a new ceasefire begins Tuesday between Ukraine and pro-Russia separatists in the east of the country, the Kremlin plunged the political fate of the contested regions of Donetsk and Luhansk into uncertainty. According to the left-leaning Russian Daily Newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which cited officials within the Kremlin, sources withn the cabinet...
Russia’s Lavrov Says Moscow Concerned by German Leaders
Russia said on Tuesday it was concerned by the behaviour of German leaders and warned that Europe would suffer if Berlin stopped playing a constructive role in relations between Moscow and the West. Under Chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin has taken the lead in trying to convince President Vladimir Putin to engage with the West during the crisis in...
Ukraine, on Anti-graft Drive, Mulls Selling Stakes in State Firms
Ukraine will conduct audits of state companies with a view to selling stakes on international markets, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Tuesday, as part of the new government’s drive to reform corrupt and inefficient state institutions. Around 1,500 state firms cannot be privatized by law at present, but the Kyiv government will...
Netherlands gets wreckage from Ukraine plane crash
AMSTERDAM — A convoy of eight trucks carrying wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster arrived at a Dutch military base Tuesday, as the official investigation into the cause of the crash continues nearly five months after the plane went down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Boston...
MH17 wreckage arrives in Netherlands, 5 months later
A convoy of eight trucks carrying wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster arrived at a Dutch military base Tuesday, as the official investigation into the cause of the crash continues nearly five months after the plane went down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Collapse of Industrial Heartland Reverberates Across Ukraine
The sweeping collapse of industry in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions has reverberated across the country, posing serious economic problems for the government and the rebels alike. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Wreckage Reaches Netherlands
AMSTERDAM—A convoy of eight trucks carrying wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster arrived at a Dutch military base Tuesday, as the official investigation into the cause of the crash continues nearly five months after the plane went down in eastern Ukraine. Flight 17 was shot down on July 17 over territory held by pro-Russia...
