Section: US & Canada
Are the New Sanctions on Russia Really Working?
The EU and the U.S. announced new sanctions against Russia this week, with Europe banning a laundry list of activities and exports—no more pulsed electron accelerators or live Marburg viruses allowed—that the U.S. matched by expanding its sanctions across several sectors of industry. Short of Russian President Vladimir Putin halting...
4th stymied attempt to get Flight 17 probe going
Almost two weeks after the jet packed with Europeans was shot down over Ukraine, investigators are turned back a 4th time from crash site …read more Source:...
Ukraine government battles pro-Russia activists
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Victims’ relatives frustrated as clashes prevent access to jet crash site
Almost two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 went down, clashes on Wednesday between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels again prevented international experts from reaching the crash site — deepening frustration for victims’ relatives and the governments whose citizens died. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Clashes Prevent Visit to Jet Debris Site
DONETSK, Ukraine—Almost two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down, clashes on Wednesday between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels again prevented international experts from reaching the crash site to recover remains still baking in midsummer heat in farm fields — deepening frustration for victims’ relatives and...
The Kremlin Floats An Exit Strategy
Andrei Kolesnikov’s recent column, in which he says the Kremlin would wash its hands of the separatists in eastern Ukraine if they were indeed proven to be responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, is either a trial balloon or a signal of a policy shift. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
3 Putin allies among 8 hit with new EU sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) — Three long-time Putin associates are among eight people who have been hit with new European Union sanctions, an official EU document showed Wednesday…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site
Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near jet crash site, observers again fail to reach area …read more Source:...
Russia counts cost of new US, EU sanctions
After raft of new Western sanctions, Russian central bank moves to support local lenders …read more Source:...
Ukraine Official: Rebels Placed Land Mines on Roads to MH17 Crash Site
An Ukrainian official accused pro-Russian separatist fighters of lining the roads to the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 with land mines Wednesday, making it impossible for international investigators to access the scene of the crash. The Associated Press reports that observers from the Organization for Security and...
