Section: US & Canada
Belarusian Military Expert Missing Amid Reports Of Arrest
A Belarusian military expert and journalist, Alyaksandr Alesin, has been missing for days. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Artists Around The Country ‘Won’t Back Down’ For Ferguson
A few weeks after Michael Brown’s death rocked residents in and around Ferguson, Missouri, a small printshop in St. Louis took action. The graphic design studio, dubbed Firecracker Press, began hand printing posters emblazoned with the words “Promote peace in St. Louis.” Amidst protests and heightened police presence in the...
France: possible Russia may never get warships
PARIS (AP) – France’s defense minister suggested on Friday that two warships ordered by Russia may never be delivered because of its actions in Ukraine. Last month, President Francois Hollande suspended the delivery of the first of the ships “until further notice” due to tensions over Ukraine. It … …read more...
Ex-Soviet GUAM Group Drops Russian, Switches To English
The GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development comprises Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin’s Crimean Jerusalem, the Real History
Russian President Vladimir Putin claims Crimea is sacred to Russians because Vladimir the Great, who Christianized Russia, was baptized there. Vladimir’s Crimea story, however, was one of an invasion, not a spiritual quest. …read more Source:...
Ukraine tests ground for lasting cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian military spokesman says a one-day truce announced by the president will serve as a test for the prospects of a definitive cessation of hostilities against Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine tests ground for lasting cease-fire with Russian-backed separatists with one-day truce
A Ukrainian military spokesman says a one-day truce announced by the president will serve as a test for the prospects of a definitive cessation of hostilities against Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: FOX...
Can Anything Save the Ruble?
Woe to Russian consumers who like Swiss watches with their Italian suits — or even furry Australian boots with their Chinese disposable fashion. The ruble has lost more than 40 percent of its value in the past year, including a drop of about 8 percent so far this week, and the slide shows no signs of slowing. But with Vladimir Putin offering...
British Museum Loans Parthenon Sculpture to Russia
LONDON— The British Museum has loaned one of the Parthenon Marbles to Russia’s Hermitage Museum — the first time in 200 years that any of the ancient sculptures, whose return has been strongly demanded by Greece, has left Britain. The marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos —a reclining male figure from the west pediment of the Parthenon...
FP’s Situation Report: The Pentagon hasn’t punished anyone accused of retaliating against soldiers who reported possible sex crimes; Hagel denies tensions with the White House; Islamists in Chechnya upstage Putin; and much more.
By David Francis and Sabine Muscat The Defense Department finds those who retaliate against soldiers reporting assaults have not been punished. The long-awaited sexual assault report shows the number of cases of unwanted sexual contact decreased by 25 percent from 26,000 in 2012 to 19,000 cases in 2014. The total number of cases actually reported...
