Section: US & Canada
Russia counts cost of new economic sanctions
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia blasted the West’s new economic sanctions on Wednesday, accusing the U.S. of being “prosecutorial” in its drive to impose penalties on the country’s key energy and finance sectors. The U.S. and European Union on Tuesday announced a raft of new sanctions that would limit the trade of arms and...
Ukraine official: Rebels lay mines near crash site
International observers turned back Wednesday after making another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine, and a government official said the area near the zone had been mined by pro-Russian separatists who control it. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine Welcomes Sanctions Against Russia
The authorities also said they would not scale back their military offensive, even if it impeded access by investigators to the crash site of a Malaysian airliner. …read more Source: The New York...
US And EU Target Russian Banks, Arms And Oil Industry With Wide-Ranging Sanctions
The United States and the European Union followed up on sanctions imposed on Russia two weeks ago, in an attempt to tackle Russian support for separatists in Ukraine, and announced a fresh round of wide-ranging sanctions, according to reports published Tuesday. …read more Source: International Business...
Observers turn back after another attempt to reach MH17 wreckage
International observers turned back Wednesday after making another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine, and a government official said the area near the zone had been mined by pro-Russian separatists who control it. …read more Source: CTV...
OSCE observers turn back after another attempt to reach MH17 wreckage
International observers turned back Wednesday after making another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine, and a government official said the area near the zone had been mined by pro-Russian separatists who control it. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia’s Central Bank Will Support Banks Targeted by Sanctions
…read more Source: The Epoch...
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ, TWTR)
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know. 1. Russian Stocks Shrug. Russia’s MICEX index is up more than 2% despite the announcement of further sanctions against Russian financial institutions. BI’s Sam Ro explains why markets are unmoved: “…There’s little doubt that Russia’s economy is indeed under...
‘Nobody Can Prove’ Russian Link to Rebels: Diplomat
Leonid P. Moiseev, Russia’s ambassador to Singapore, made the denial hours after Barack Obama imposed harsh new sanctions on Russian banks. …read more Source:...
Ten Weeks In The Hands Of Ukrainian Separatists
Ukrainian theater director Pavel Yurov and Denis Grishchuk, a Kyiv-based artist, were freed earlier this month after being held for 70 days by pro-Russian separatists. They shared their story with RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
