Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Russia Gets Greater Control Over Black Sea Region
MOSCOW—Russia tightened its control Monday over Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia with a new treaty envisaging closer military and economic ties with the lush sliver of land along the Black Sea. The move drew outrage and cries of “annexation” in Georgia and sent a chill through those in Abkhazia who fear that wealthy Russians will...
World War 3: Russia Accuses West of Seeking ‘Regime Change’ in Moscow
Russia has accused the West of trying to uproot the current regime in Moscow, which prompted comparisons to the Cold War era. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this weekend: “As for the concept behind the use of coercive measures, the West is making it clear it does not want to try to change the policy of the Russian Federation … they...
Remaining Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Flight Wreckage Recovered in Ukraine
PELAHIIVKA, Ukraine—Workers have finished recovering wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, more than four months after the passenger jet was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Under the supervision of Dutch investigators and European security officials, the recovered fragments were loaded onto a train in the village of...
Ukraine’s Facebook Revolution, 1 Year Later
KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s revolution began with a status update on Facebook. Angered by another high-handed move by an increasingly unpopular government, activist reporter Mustafa Nayyem called for a rally on the country’s most famous square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti — Independence Square. “As soon as there are more than 1,000 of us, we...
Cold War 2? Russia Warns US Against Giving Arms to Ukraine After Reports of Shelling
Russia issued a warning to the United States after it was suggested by one official that arms should be sent to Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, according to reports. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said the move would be construed as sending a “very serious signal.” Pro-Russian rebels...
Russia’s Nuclear Warheads Could Get Past US Missile Interceptors: United States Official
A U.S. official says that the United States could not stop the hundreds of nuclear warheads that Russia possesses if they were fired around the same time. Rose Gottemoeller, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, made the comments recently in Bucharest, Romania at the Missile Defense Agency. She said that missile defenses...
Corruption Saps Enthusiasm for East Ukraine Rebels
DONETSK, Ukraine—As battle raged in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine, cargo trains piled high with coal thundered along rail tracks to keep heating and power going to households in rebel-held territory. Coal is the lifeblood of this region dominated by pro-Russia separatists — and now the source of its first corruption scandal. The former energy...
World War 3 Coming Soon? Vladimir Putin Claims West is Provoking Russia
Russian president Vladimir Putin says that the West, including the United States, is provoking Russia into a new cold war, or a World War 3, with a series of military moves. Putin was asked by German broadcaster ARD if the accusations lobbed from both sides and a notable increase in Russian military near other countries pointed to a new cold war...
Putin Receives New US Ambassador in Kremlin
MOSCOW— The new U.S. ambassador to Russia has presented his credentials to President Vladimir Putin in a Kremlin ceremony that politely hinted at the challenges the career diplomat will face, with the Washington and Moscow locked in their worst confrontation since the Cold War over the crisis in Ukraine. Putin gave a slight smile as John Tefft...
Are Europe and the World Slipping Back Into a 2nd Cold War?
Bloodshed in Europe and the Middle East against the backdrop of a breakdown in the dialogue between major powers is of enormous concern. The world is on the brink of a new Cold War, some are even saying that it has already begun. – Mikhail Gorbachev Gorbachev may be right, but the “new Cold War” is very different to the old one. At the end of the...
