Section: US & Canada
Total curbs Russia investment after MH17 downing
Total stopped buying shares in Russia’s Novatek the day of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Obama: ‘Not a new Cold War,’ but new Russia sanctions announced
President Obama announced a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russian banks and a shipbuilding company Tuesday, saying Russia must pay an increasingly high price for its military aggression in Ukraine and the downing of a passenger jet. The penalties follow tougher sanctions in an agreement reached by European Union … …read more...
Educating Their Children Abroad Is the Russian Elite’s Guilty Secret
Lucky Anastasia Zheleznyak. She has secured one of the BBC’s sought-after positions, working as a production assistant at London’s Ellstree Film Studios. But Zheleznyak isn’t just any Russian expat making her way up the career ladder. She’s the daughter of Duma Deputy Speaker Sergei Zheleznyak, known for his warning of an...
EU Units of Russian Banks Exempt From Sanctions
European Union-based subsidiaries of Russian state-owned banks are exempt from EU sanctions, two European officials said. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
19 killed in Ukraine as separatists maintain control of MH17 wreckage
International observers have turned back from another attempt to reach the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
The Right-Wing Delusion That Obama Is an Israel-Hating Dove
Among some right-leaning hawks, there is a persistent delusion that President Obama is a non-interventionist dove who rejects American exceptionalism and hegemony, all the while harboring a unique, possibly anti-Semitic distaste for Israel. The populist manifestation of this delusion has asked us to believe that Obama “pals around with...
Russia Restricts Imports Of Fruit, Vegetables From Poland
Russia’s food safety watchdog says it has imposed “restrictions” on imports of fruit and vegetables from Poland beginning August 1. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Here’s Putin’s Next Move (RSX)
Vladmir Putin’s next move could be to block the transit of gas through Ukraine to Europe, write Morgan Stanley analysts. This could cause energy prices to spike in Putin’s effort to retaliate against the world for imposing economic sanctions on Russia. New Sanctions The U.S. and the European Union announced a fresh round of economic...
Markets Are Down In Europe, But Up Everywhere Else (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)
European markets are in the red early Wednesday. Here’s the scorecard: Britain’s FTSE 100 is down 0.20%. France’s CAC 40 is down 0.51%. Germany’s DAX is down 0.11%. Spain’s IBEX is up 0.28%. Italy’s FTSE MIB is down 0.10%. The comes after the U.S. and Europe imposed the toughest sanctions against Russia since...
Belarus To Host Ukraine-Russia Talks
Belarus says it will host talks between Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE on the crisis in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
