Section: US & Canada
U.S. Senators Urge More Sanctions On Russia
The top two lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee have questioned Obama administration officials over sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fuele: Visa-Free Travel For Ukrainians ‘On The Table’
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said the European Union is working toward abolishing visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens completely. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Andrei Shary and Irina Lagunina on July 7 in Prague, Fuele said Russia’s annexation of Crimea will have no effect on visa-free travel for Ukrainians and cited...
Francis Fukuyama: End of History Still in Sight Despite China’s Rise
This interview is part of The Stanford Daily’s “Ideas of an International Order” series which explores the potential for evolving and contrasting concepts of an international system in the 21st century, and what America can or should do in response.Winton Shi: Do you believe that there are existing alternatives to the world...
Fugitive Snowden Asks to Extend Stay in Russia
Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has asked Moscow to extend his asylum in Russia, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Russia granted Snowden a one-year visa in August 2013 despite the United States wanting Moscow to send him home to face criminal charges, including espionage, for disclosing secret U.S Internet and telephone...
Fuele Says EU Working On Further Sanctions Against Russia
The European Union’s enlargement commissioner, Stefan Fuele, said EU member states are working on an additional set of sanctions against Moscow. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Irina Lagunina and Andrei Shary in Prague, Fuele said if the situation in eastern Ukraine continues to be destabilized “with Russia’s direct...
Public Opinion Against Russia Hardens After Ukraine Intervention, Poll Finds
Russia is widely disliked in Europe, the Middle East and the United States, and President Vladimir V. Putin inspires little confidence, according to a Pew Global Attitudes poll. …read more Source: The New York...
Germany: Michigan man wanted in WWII killings dies
German prosecutors say a Michigan man they were investigating over his alleged service in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II in present-day Ukraine has died in the U.S. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian Astronomers Name A Star ‘Putin-Huilo,’ Which Means ‘Putin Is A D**khead’
Ukrainian astronomers have taken their disdain for Russian President Vladimir Putin to the cosmos. Together with pro-Ukraine activists, the astronomers named a star “Putin-Huilo” — a Ukrainian insult that, loosely translated, means “Putin is a d**khead.” Post by...
Russian Court Charges Ukraine’s Interior Minister In Absentia
Moscow’s Basman District Court has charged Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov in absentia with involvement in murders and other crimes. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama, Rasmussen Meet As Multiple Crises Face NATO
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has met with President Barack Obama to discuss the pressing crises facing the alliance in two different parts of the world. Tuesday’s meeting at the White House came as NATO prepares for a critical summit in September. There were smiles as t Obama met Rasmussen in the Oval Office. But half a...
