Section: US & Canada
An American Investment Banker Fighting In Ukraine Was Killed In Battle
A 55-year-old American-born investment banker has died while fighting against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Simon Ostrovsky of Vice News reported. Mark Gregory Paslawsky, a dual U.S.-Ukrainian citizen who Vice News named only as “Franko” when he was revealed to be fighting in the country earlier this month, was killed on...
Ukraine To Check Russian Aid
Ukrainian border guards are expected to begin checking some of the cargo of a Russian aid convoy on August 21. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Open Source: An American Voice on Ukraine’s Front Lines Goes Silent
Mark Paslawsky, a 55-year-old American investment banker, died fighting Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine this week. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia Closes Four McDonald’s in Moscow
Getting a Big Mac in Moscow is about to get a lot harder. Russia’s food safety watchdog has temporarily shut down four McDonald’s in Moscow for what they say are sanitary violations. The closures come amid worsening ties between U.S. and Russia over the ongoing situation in Ukraine. The move prompting some to wonder if it’s...
Why Won’t the Big Powers Allow Global Monitoring of Flights Like MH370?
SINGAPORE — Two Malaysian aircraft have come to tragic ends this year. MH370 has disappeared without a trace. MH17 was shot down. Many despair that little can be done to prevent such tragedies. Actually, there is a small “silver bullet” to help prevent an easy recurrence of such tragedies. This “silver bullet” is...
Europe’s Neighborhood Nightmare
Europe is currently facing its most alarming security environment in decades. With the return of old fashioned hard power aggression on its eastern flank and the spread of terrorism, instability and failed states at its southern doorstep, Europe is now stuck in a geopolitical perfect storm. What’s worse: unless Europe can finally get its...
U.S. Army Vet Killed Fighting Pro-Russian Separatists In Ukraine
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and the only American known to have fought alongside Ukrainian forces against pro-Russian separatists was killed in eastern Ukraine, his brother told RFE/RL. Mark Gregory Paslawsky, 55, died while fighting with the volunteer Donbass Battalion. Paslawsky, who fought under the nom de guerre “Franko,” was...
Amid Defiant Russian Sanctions, Serious Doubts About Economic Future
This is the season of economic discontent in Russia, with Moscow and the West tit-for-tatting sanctions in response to the ongoing Russian-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin issued a not-so-subtle threat this week that it might impose sanctions on car imports if United States and its Western partners slapped new restrictions on...
Ukraine asks IMF to combine two aid tranches
Ukraine wants the IMF to combine the expected third and fourth tranches of a $17 billion dollar bailout package. …read more Source:...
Russia Shuts 4 McDonald’s Restaurants Amid Ukraine Tensions
Russia ordered the temporary closure of four McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow on Wednesday, a decision it said was over sanitary violations but which comes against a backdrop of worsening U.S.-Russian ties over Ukraine. The four restaurants ordered to suspend operations by the state food safety watchdog included the first ever...
