Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)
In Ukraine, blockade threatens to force issue at heart of civil war
Coal shipments from rebel regions and bound for Ukrainian power stations have been halted for a month by armed men beyond the control of President Poroshenko and Russian-backed rebels. The aim may be to build momentum toward a breakup. …read more Source: Christian Science...
How uncertainty over Trump is fueling Ukraine’s latest deadly violence
Though their explanations differ, Kiev, Moscow, and the rebels in the restive Donbass region all point to the new US administration’s ambivalence about Ukraine as cause for the spate of fighting. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Is Putin stepping up the violence in eastern Ukraine? (+video)
A surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine over recent days has led to the highest death toll in weeks. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Is Putin stepping up the violence in eastern Ukraine?
A surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine over recent days has led to the highest death toll in weeks. …read more Source: Christian Science...
In 2017, Putin faces his toughest challenge: Russian pessimism
After several years of economic hardship and international pressure over its annexation of Crimea, Russia may see its lot improve next year. But most are skeptical of the possibility of lasting change. …read more Source: Christian Science...
At quick summit meeting, Obama and Putin talk Syria, Ukraine
In what is likely to be their last meeting before the US president leaves office, Mr. Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Syria and Ukraine for about four minutes Sunday as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru. …read more Source: Christian Science...
US, Britain weigh new sanctions on Russia. But have the old ones worked? (+video)
Though Russia’s economy has suffered in recent years, due in part to Western sanctions over Russian activities in Ukraine, the Kremlin – and the Russian public – have shown little sign of yielding. …read more Source: Christian Science...
US, Britain weigh new sanctions on Russia. But have the old ones worked?
Though Russia’s economy has suffered in recent years, due in part to Western sanctions over Russian activities in Ukraine, the Kremlin – and the Russian public – have shown little sign of yielding. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Merkel to host Putin, Poroshenko for Ukrainian peace summit (+video)
Amid increasingly murky relations between Russia and the West, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting a summit in Berlin to try to bring peace to the conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Merkel to host Putin, Poroshenko for Ukrainian peace summit in Berlin
Amid increasingly murky relations between Russia and the West, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting a summit in Berlin to try to bring peace to the conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: Christian Science...
