Section: US & Canada
Three Ways America Should Respond to the Ukraine Crisis
With thousands of regular Russian troops in Ukraine and tens of thousands massed on the border, the danger of further Kremlin aggression in Ukraine is high. America must work urgently with its European allies to find a stronger and more effective response to deter this threat. Based on strategic analysis and long diplomatic experience, we offer...
Putin’s Religious Claims On Crimea Seen Cutting Both Ways
Russian President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow’s annexation of Crimea on December 4 by invoking Kievan Rus leader Vladimir the Great, who is said to have been baptized on the peninsula in the 10th century and converted the medieval Slavic state to Orthodox Christianity. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nuclear failure was the last thing Ukraine needed
An accident at a nuclear facility in Ukraine underscored the country’s lack of energy security, said experts and stakeholders. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebel: Residential areas used as cover
Alexander Khodakovskiy, commander of the Vostok battalion, a rebel unit, speaks in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko) …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Putin’s War of Words
Ten examples of Russian President Vladimir V. Putin’s strong language to inspire nationalist support at home and encourage pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine since the annexation of Crimea in March. …read more Source: The New York...
Company fined in deadly scaffolding collapse
TORONTO – The company that supplied a swing stage involved in a deadly scaffolding collapse in Toronto on Christmas Eve 2009 has been fined $350,000 for failing to ensure the platform was in good condition.Ottawa-based Swing N Staff Inc. pleaded guilty to the charge in a Toronto court, and also faces a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge.One...
Islamic Militants Attack Chechen Capital; 20 Dead
GROZNY, Russia—Police waged hours-long gunbattles with Islamic militants who attacked Chechnya’s capital Thursday, leaving at least 20 people dead and underscoring Russia’s vulnerability just as President Vladimir Putin used patriotic and religious imagery in his state-of-the-nation address to defend his standoff with the West. The...
Why Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg Left His Home Country
Pavel Durov, often referred to as “Russia’s Mark Zuckerberg” since the social network he founded became bigger than Facebook in Russia, fled his home country in April in part because of the government’s increasing interference in his business. Durov told The New York Times’ Danny Hakim that he first started thinking...
Vladimir Was Here: Finding ‘Winners’ in the War in Ukraine
The kid with the Kalashnikov isn’t happy. He scowls at us from under his rain cape, water dripping off the peak of his army cap. He flourishes my passport. “Britain,” he says. “You are from Britain.” We are stopped at a Donetsk highway rebel roadblock that does not appear to be under any kind of adult supervision. The skinny soldier with my...
Hosszu, Le Clos keep world records rolling
Doha (AFP) – Katinka Hosszu set a new world record in the 100m backstroke with Chad le Clos laying down a new marker in the 100m butterfly at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships.With world records also set by the Russian men’s 4x50m medley relay which was subsequently lowered tonight by Brazil, it brings to seven the number...
