Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Madeleine Albright: The UN ‘Has To Act’ If A State Doesn’t Protect Its Citizens
Madeleine Albright, the U.S. Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001, chairs the Advisory Council of The Hague Institute for Global Justice. She spoke to The European last week about international security.The European: Mrs. Secretary, the slogan of this year’s Munich Security Conference asked whether the world order was collapsing. Do you...
How the Post-Cold War Order Broke Down
MOSCOW — The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Debaltseve removes a major obstacle to the full implementation of the recent Minsk agreement. However, that development also has a different meaning. It was not the Ukrainian side, but their opponents — who are working to dismantle the current Ukrainian state — that determined...
Can Minsk 2.0 Save Ukraine?
KYIV — The new ceasefire agreement for Ukraine was signed in Minsk almost one year to the day after Russian troops — their faces masked, their military insignias removed — invaded Crimea. In the interim, thousands of Ukrainians have been killed, and hundreds of thousands more have been turned into refugees in their own country....
Kiev Says It Can’t Withdraw Weaponry As Attacks On Ukrainian Troops Persist
By Pavel Polityuk and Anton Zverev KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday it could not start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east as required under a tenuous ceasefire because pro-Russian separatists who advanced last week were still attacking its positions. A truce to end...
Ukraine Says It Will Start Pulling Back Heavy Weapons
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine plans to begin pulling back heavy weaponry from the front lines of its fight with Russia-backed separatist rebels on Sunday, in accordance with a peace plan whose initial step was a cease-fire that is still being violated, a military spokesman said. Ukrainian military spokesman Col. Andriy Lysenko told a briefing that...
At Least Two Killed In Blast At Peace March In Ukraine’s Kharkiv
KIEV, Feb 22 (Reuters) – At least two people were killed and 10 wounded on Sunday when an explosive device was thrown from a car into a crowd attending a peace rally in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said. An aide to Ukraine’s security and defense council said an unspecified number of suspects were...
Kerry: U.S. Considering Extra Sanctions On Russia Over Ukraine
LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday the United States and its allies were not prepared to play games with Russia and are discussing additional sanctions against Moscow over its role in eastern Ukraine, undermining a European-brokered truce. “Russia has engaged in an absolutely brazen and cynical...
Russians Protest ‘Fascist Coup’ In Ukraine On Anniversary Of Yanukovych Ouster
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in downtown Moscow to demonstrate against what they describe as a “fascist coup” one year ago in neighboring Ukraine. The demonstrators gathered near Red Square on Saturday to protest events in Ukraine, where a pro-European protest movement last year led to the ouster of the...
UN: Food Challenge At Worst Level Since World War II
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The World Food Program is confronting its worst challenge since World War II in trying to tackle five top-level humanitarian crises at the same time, the head of the U.N. agency said Friday. Ertharin Cousin said in an interview with The Associated Press that the five crises — in Syria, Iraq, Central African Republic, South...
Moody’s Cuts Russia Credit Rating To Junk
NEW YORK (AP) — Moody’s Investors Service says it has cut Russia’s credit rating to junk grade, citing the crisis in Ukraine and a slide in oil prices and the ruble.The credit rating agency said late Friday that it expects those challenges will plunge Russia into a deep recession this year and continued contraction next...
