Section: US & Canada
US Calls on Russia to Calm Turbulence in Ukraine
BASEL, Switzerland— U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia could rebuild its relations with the West if it simply helps calm the violence on its border with eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow separatists are fighting with Kiev forces. Kerry was at a meeting Thursday of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes...
Russia’s Fifth Column
Once a year, beneath the neo-Gothic spires of the Foreign Ministry building in Moscow, Russian diplomats from around the world gather to receive their President’s orders. The summit this year took place in July, a few months after Russia had invaded and annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea. The address from President Vladimir Putin laid...
Rouble Falls As Putin Warns of Russia’s Enemies in Keynote Speech
President Vladimir Putin accused Russia’s enemies on Thursday of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punish it for growing strong, in an annual state of the union speech that seemed to outdo even his own recent strident nationalism. The Kremlin leader trumpeted his annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula, praised the...
Watchdog Says World Internet Freedom In Decline
A U.S.-based rights watchdog says Internet freedom around the world has deteriorated for the fourth consecutive year, with the steepest declines in Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin demands central bank act to stop ruble ‘speculation’
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the central bank and government on Wednesday to take “tough action” to stop speculation on the ruble after the currency hit new all-time lows this week.”I ask the Bank of Russia and the government to carry out tough coordinated actions to discourage the so-called...
Putin blasts West in state of nation address
Vladimir Putin calls actions in Ukraine act of ‘true sovereignty.’ …read more Source: USA...
Kerry says Moscow could rebuild relations with the West just by easing tensions in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia could rebuild its relations with the West if it simply helps calm the violence on its border with eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow separatists are fighting with Kiev forces. …read more Source: FOX...
World War 3? Dennis Kucinich Says Congress Wants US-Russia Conflict
Former Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich, now a pundit, is claiming that some members of Congress want to start up a conflict with Russia. Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain stipulated there “would never be an all-out war with Russia.” “U.S.-Russia relations have deteriorated severely in the past decade and they are about to get worse, if the House...
Putin Accuses West of Provoking Ukraine Crisis
Striking a defiant tone, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of provoking a crisis in Ukraine and using sanctions to try to constrain Russia. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
President Obama ‘Impressed’ By ‘Clout’ of China’s Leader
President Barack Obama says he is impressed by the clout possessed by his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, likening his quick consolidation of power to that of Deng Xiaoping, who led China from 1978 to 1992. Obama, speaking to The Business Roundtable in Washington Wednesday, also said he is “less optimistic” about the prospects of improving...
