Section: International Business Times (USA)
Russia Sanctions: Western Penalties Benefit Domestic Businesses, Russian Official Claims
A top Russian official claimed Tuesday that the European Union and United States’ sanctions against Russia for its role in the eastern Ukraine conflict have improved business for companies focused on replacing imports with domestic production. The comments came just hours after the European Union announced its intention to extend the...
Viktor Yanukovych Embezzlement Scandal: Ostriches At Petting Zoo ‘Just Happened To Be There,’ Former Ukrainian President Says
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych defended himself Monday from allegations that he embezzled state funds to upgrade his lavish presidential estate, which included a petting zoo with ostriches. Speaking to Western media for the first time since he was forced to leave office in February 2014 in the face of pro-democracy protests,...
Russia And Belarus To Conduct S-400 Air Defense Drills In East Siberia; 40 Jets And Helicopters To Be Involved
Russia and Belarus will take part in joint exercises in East Siberia to test Moscow’s advanced S-400 missile defense system, according to a Russian officer speaking on Monday. The exercise, which will see as many as 40 jets and helicopters used, is part of a growing number of military operations in which Russia partners up with former...
Pentagon Chief Planning For Longer-Term Rift With Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) — The United States and its NATO allies are preparing militarily for the prospect that their rift with Russia could outlast President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Sunday. Russia’s intervention in Ukraine has put NATO allies in eastern Europe on edge and triggered a series of military moves...
Ukraine Crisis Update: 2 Ukrainian Soldiers, 1 Civilian Killed In Donetsk Shelling, Officials Say
Shelling from pro-Russia separatist rebels killed two Ukrainian soldiers in the country’s eastern Donetsk province this weekend, a Ukraine military spokesman said. Separately, the rebels accused Ukraine government forces of killing a civilian as hostilities continued in the ongoing conflict, despite last February’s ceasefire...
Russia Open To Foreign Investors Despite Ukraine Unrest: Putin
Russia says that it is still open to developing economic cooperation with Western countries and welcomes foreign investment, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2015) Friday. He dismissed the notion that Russia had stopped cooperating with the West over the political unrest in Ukraine....
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Crash: Whistleblower Gets $47 Million For Revealing ‘Truth’
According to German detective Josef Resch, a whistleblower has come forward with information about the fatal 2014 crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine. The information makes the source eligible for a reward of $47 million. While Western powers have strongly claimed that pro-Russian forces shot the flight with a BUK surface-to-air...
NATO To Implement ‘Biggest’ Military Reinforcement In Europe Since Cold War
NATO is undertaking the biggest military reinforcement in Europe since the Cold War. The announcement comes after NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s charge that Russia has been using “force to change borders, to annex Crimea and to destabilize eastern Ukraine.” Stoltenberg attended the first deployment exercise of the...
Russian And Saudi Arabian Officials Meet In St. Petersburg, Raising Questions About Possible New Alliance
Saudi Arabian and Russian officials took part in a series of high-level talks this month, something which analysts say raises questions about a possible new alliance between Saudi Arabia and Russia — a close American ally and its old, and re-emerging, geopolitical foe. A close relationship between Riyadh and Moscow also could hinder U.S....
Ukrainian Nationalist Leader Calls For Concentration Camps, Bombing Pro-Russian Rebels
Ukrainian nationalist leader Dmytro Korchynsky called on the government to bomb residential areas in war-torn Donbass and create concentration camps for residents living in the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. Korchynsky, who heads the Ukrainian Bratstvao (Brotherhood) party, said the United States successfully...
