Section: US & Canada
NATO, Swedish Fighters Scrambled to Intercept Russian Plane
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO and Swedish fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian intelligence-gathering plane that briefly entered Estonian airspace on Tuesday, the alliance said on Wednesday. The Estonian Foreign Ministry called the Russian ambassador to the ministry and gave him a protest note over the incursion, the Estonian...
Here Is The Major Ukrainian City Destroyed During A Supposed Ceasefire
A ceasefire has technically been in place in eastern Ukraine since negotiations began in Minsk between the Ukrainian and Russian governments on September 5. But this attempted cessation in hostilities has failed to take effect on the ground. Large parts of Donetsk have been destroyed as a result of the fighting, which has included large-scale and...
Poll: Ukraine Leader’s Bloc Holds Election Lead, Tymoshenko Threatened
President Petro Poroshenko’s bloc holds a big lead ahead of Ukraine’s election on Sunday while a rising populist party looks set to take second place, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. A surge in support for the Radical Party of populist Oleh Lyashko, the champion of government troops and scourge of super-wealthy oligarchs,...
World War 3? Fears of Russian Invasion Increase as ‘Provocations’ in Countries Outside Ukraine Grow
Fears of Russia invading countries outside of Ukraine are growing as the “provocations”–including incursions into the sea and air–increase. The latest is a Russian submarine reportedly detected just outside Stockholm in Sweden, prompting a swift response from Swedish military. The Swedes learned from experience–last year six Russian military...
Peugeot says sales edge ahead in long haul out of crisis
Paris (AFP) – Peugeot Citroen said Wednesday strong quarterly sales in China and by its car-parts subsidiary has kept its drive away from crisis on track, despite an overall lacklustre performance. Europe’s second-largest carmaker is pinning much of its recovery strategy on a tie-up agreed this year with Chinese group Dongfeng and on...
Why I’m Not a ‘Patriotic’ Ukrainian
I remember the beginning of the 2014 Orange Revolution in Ukraine. I was a university student and was energized by the revolution. I left my native town in the western part of Ukraine to go to Kiev and actively participate in the revolution. Why? Because I, along with all Ukrainians, longed for a better future. After years of disappointment, new...
Watch: Creepy Vladimir Putin doll annexes Crimea
What with his propensity for leather and shirtless cavorting, Russian President Vladimir Putin is used to being something of a fetish object. So perhaps we shouldn’t be too alarmed by this mechanical toy that’s on auction in Germany. The device depicts a somewhat anachronistic Russian leader at a wooden desk with a kerosene lamp,...
Ukrainian Intelligence Seize Arms Cache as They Uncover ‘Russian’ Plot to Attack Kiev
Russian special forces plotted a series of armed attacks against Ukrainian cabinet ministers and several other targets in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev this week, according to a spokesperson for Ukraine’s counter-intelligence services (SSU), after a weapons cache was uncovered. The explosive allegations come ahead of parliamentary...
Iran claims to arrest spies near nuclear plant
(JTA) — Iran has arrested several suspected foreign spies in the southern province of Bushehr, home to the country’s first nuclear power plant. Fars News Service, the country’s semi-official news agency, reported Tuesday on the arrests but did not provide any further details. Iranian media reported that the country’s...
Russia Wants Ukraine Assurance of Gas Payment
Ukraine should be able to find ways of paying for Russian gas supplies within a week, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday, suggesting a standoff would end once Moscow received financial guarantees from Kyiv. The latest round of gas talks between Moscow and Kyiv ended late on Tuesday in Brussels with no agreement in a dispute...
