Section: US & Canada
E.U. tightens sanctions against Russian banks, defense companies and individuals
MOSCOW — The European Union announced stricter sanctions against Russia on Thursday in response to that country’s recent involvement in the Ukraine crisis, taking aim at Russia’s energy sector, as well as its vital financial and defense industries. Read full article >> …read more Source: The Washington...
U.S. to Ratchet Up Russia Sanctions
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that the United States would “deepen and broaden” its sanctions on Russia for its actions in eastern Ukraine, despite last week’s cease-fire reached between the government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists. American and European officials have been preparing the additional sanctions for weeks,...
U.S. to impose new sanctions on Russia, Obama says
The new round of sanctions is coordinated with the European Union, and will begin Friday …read more Source: USA...
Obama: U.S. Will ‘Intensify’ Sanctions On Russia
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States will join the European Union in imposing tougher sanctions on Russia’s financial, energy and defense sectors after Moscow sent troops into eastern Ukraine last month, and will provide details on the new steps on Friday. “These measures will...
Putin says Ukraine crisis used by West to ‘revive’ NATO
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western countries of creating the Ukrainian crisis and using it to revive NATO. Duration: 00:34 Video provided by AFP …read more Source: USA...
EU slaps new economic sanctions on Russia
The European Union has decided to slap new economic sanctions on Russia — including ones targeting the country’s vital oil industry — for what it sees as Moscow’s meddling in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
OBAMA ANNOUNCES NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA
President Barack Obama on Thursday announced the U.S. would join the European Union in intensifying sanctions on Russia’s finance, energy, and defense sectors. “We will deepen and broaden sanctions in Russia’s financial, energy, and defense sectors,” Obama said in a statement. “These measures will increase...
Self-Exiled Blogger: ‘Crimea Is A Big Prison’
Crimea blogger Yelizaveta Bohutskaya says freedoms are dwindling in the annexed peninsula, which she fled this week after her home was raided by security forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Can Foreign Policy Help Republicans Take the Senate?
Foreign policy and the Middle East as a major issue in the midterms? A few months ago, it would have been almost laughable—but with overseas news dominating the headlines and on voters’ minds, Republicans see the issue as the final piece in the puzzle for using fears about President Obama’s tenure against Democratic candidates in key...
Ukraine: Winter of Gas Pain?
It’s a long wait – but the food does come. Emergency stocks of cooking oil, flour and tea make things a bit better for these refugees from the fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk. Life in Ukraine is hard – it could be harder if Moscow puts a stranglehold on gas imports from European neighbours. Like Poland, for whom Russia has...
