Section: US & Canada
NATO Commander Warns That Separatist Polls In Ukraine Don’t Help
With Russian military aid still said to be pouring into eastern Ukraine and debate raging over makeshift “elections,” NATO’s top military commander says the voting organized by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine contravene the peace plan and will not help the situation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A “Laid Back” American Foreign Policy?
There is an undercurrent of thinking in foreign policy circles that a restrained, less actively engaged approach to the country’s external relations may best conform to American national interests and capabilities. It has emerged as counterpoint to the hyper activism that has characterized the United States’ dealings in the world...
The Global Economy Is Flying on One Engine — But There Is Turbulence Ahead
TOKYO — The global economy is like a jetliner that needs all of its engines operational to take off and steer clear of clouds and storms. Unfortunately, only one of its four engines is functioning properly: the Anglosphere (the United States and its close cousin, the United Kingdom). The second engine — the eurozone — has now...
Russia backs Ukrainians separatists’ election
Russia gave its backing Monday to a contentious election held by separatists in eastern Ukraine, setting the stage for renewed diplomatic tensions with the West.Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Russian Women Bemoan a Lack of Men – and Their Money
The kettle was furiously boiling, as was the atmosphere in the kitchen. The two women, Yelena Lazareva and her daughter Yekaterina are swapping stories about their loneliness – and complaining about Russian men. The subject is clearly often discussed in the two-bedroom apartment they share in a 12-storey building in Moscow’s suburbs. Both...
Ukraine’s Separatist Elections Were Laughable, But We Should Take Them Seriously
An untold number of Ukrainians living in rebel-held territories of Donetsk and Luhansk turned out Sunday in separatist elections. Everything about the vote was farcical, save for the voters themselves: exit polls showed results from 100.1 percent of votes cast; one candidate for prime minister of …read more Source: The New...
Russia backs Ukrainians separatists’ election
Russia backs Ukrainian separatists’ election, setting stage for renewed tensions with West …read more Source:...
Putin Spanks Obama in New Russian Propaganda Art Gallery
Vladimir “Putin is a gift to caricaturists,” said Barry Blitt, a New Yorker artist, when he designed a Sochi Olympic-themed cover earlier this year, featuring the Russian leader in frilly ice skating attire. The caricature artists of Russia take a very different approach. On Friday a gallery titled “No Filters” with the...
Rogue Election Yields New Pro-Russian Leader in Eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine named a leader of their breakaway republic on Monday after a weekend election which was denounced by Kiev and the West and further deepened a standoff with Russia over the future of the former Soviet state. Organizers of the vote said that Alexander Zakharchenko, a 38-year-old former mining electrician, had...
An Illegitimate Election in Ukraine
Alexander Zakharchenko, a 38-year-old mining electrician, won an illegitimate election in pro-Russian separatist controlled Ukraine this weekend. The election was held to determine a leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, however, the militant separatist group is not recognized as a legitimate power by the Ukrainian government. President...
