Section: US & Canada
Ukraine: Poroshenko, Putin, the West, and a New Marshall Plan
A few days ago I was interviewed by Alla Lazareva of the Ukrainian newsweekly, Tyzhden. As the first anniversary of the Maidan revolution approached, we spoke about that event, about Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, about Ukraine’s position between a diffident Europe and a forceful Russia, and about my proposal for a Marshall Plan for...
Still On: Russian Minister Says France Still Selling Them New Warships
MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) – Russia says it has received an invitation to take delivery of the first of two French warships, an arms deal that was cast into doubt by tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine that led the United States and Europe to impose sanctions on Moscow. The invitation was sent for Russia to take delivery of the...
Ukraine, Russia struggle to resolve gas dispute as winter looms
As temperatures have dropped below freezing in Ukraine and relations with Russia have come under new strains, energy officials from the two former Soviet republics were meeting in Brussels on Wednesday for a last-ditch attempt to negotiate a resumption of Russian natural gas deliveries for… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ask Me Anything: NPR’s David Greene Takes Questions On Crimea
Morning Edition Host David Greene recently returned from a reporting trip to Crimea and responds to questions on Reddit about how the Black Sea peninsula has changed since it was seized by Russia.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
‘No Putin — No Russia’
MOSCOW — Speaking at the Valdai Club in Sochi recently, President Vladimir Putin easily dismissed the slogan, “No Putin — No Russia,” put forward on the eve of the event by his deputy chief of staff Vyacheslav Volodin. By doing so, Putin showed that he is a “European” leader and not a Central Asian...
Profits Crash Dramatically For Russia’s Rosneft After Sanctions
Russian state-controlled energy giant Rosneft says its profits during the third quarter of 2014 crashed dramatically after Western sanctions were imposed over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What the activist who started the Ukrainian revolt wants now
Mustafa Nayem says parliament needs to undertake rapid political reforms …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine Separatists Shun Elections
Steve Rosenberg visits two cities in rebel held Ukraine which will be boycotting the forthcoming parliamentary elections. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukraine Elections: ‘We’ve Had Enough of Looking East’
Ukrainians go to the polls this weekend in a key parliamentary election. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg is reporting from across the country. …read more Source: The Boston...
Spirit of Revolution Simmers in Kiev
Steve Rosenberg visits Kiev to see how the recent violence in Ukraine has had an impact on who is running for parliament. …read more Source: The Boston...
