Section: Voice of America (USA)
Russia, Ukraine Outline Terms for 5-Year Gas Transit Deal to End Dispute
Russia and Ukraine announced terms of a new gas transit deal on Saturday, under which Moscow will supply Europe for at least another five years via its former Soviet neighbour and pay a $2.9 billion settlement to Kyiv to end a legal dispute.The deal is a major breakthrough for both countries, which have been seeking to resolve disputes over...
Firm Suspends Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Work Over US Sanctions
A company that operates ships laying sections of a new German-Russian pipeline said Saturday it is suspending that work after U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation threatening sanctions. Trump on Friday signed the bill passed earlier this week by the Senate that provides for sanctions against individuals and companies involved in laying...
West-Russian Relations Likely to Remain Antagonistic Next Year
In his four-hour, stage-managed year-end news conference Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin went out of his way to back U.S. President Donald Trump in the impeachment saga unfolding in Washington.Lambasting American Democrats for what he termed “made-up reasons” to impeach Trump, a Republican, the Russian leader accused them...
Trump Blasts Evangelical Christian Magazine Calling for His Removal From Office
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at a leading evangelical Christian magazine after it published an editorial calling for his removal from office.The editorial in Christianity Today, founded by the late Reverend Billy Graham, a respected spiritual counselor to multiple U.S. presidents, said the magazine could no longer remain silent...
Democratic Presidential Candidates Assail Trump as Corrupt
Seven leading U.S. Democratic presidential candidates squared off in a spirited debate late Thursday, with quick attacks on the newly impeached President Donald Trump as the most corrupt leader in the country’s history.All the challengers seeking the Democratic nomination to take on Trump in next year’s national election said they...
Impeachment Reflects Deep American Divide
The U.S. House of Representatives’ vote to impeach President Donald Trump broke along party lines Wednesday, reflecting the American public’s deep divide over the president. National polls showed public opinion remained evenly split on the president’s impeachment, moving little since the process began. According to a recent...
GOP Embraces Trump as Never Before
One day after House Republicans stood in unanimous opposition to impeachment, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell positioned his GOP-controlled chamber to second the party’s unapologetic embrace of President Donald Trump, putting the president’s effective takeover of the party on stark display. McConnell signaled his confidence in...
Pelosi: Timing of Impeachment Submission to Senate Depends on Rules
One day after U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will not send the articles of impeachment to the Senate or choose impeachment prosecutors until the Senate agrees on rules governing the process.”When we see what they have, we’ll know who and how many to send...
Ukraine Names Veteran Diplomat as New US Envoy to Washington
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy named Volodymyr Yelchenko, 60, his envoy to Washington on Thursday. In choosing the soft-spoken but seasoned diplomat, he is putting his faith in Yelchenko to steer relations with the administration of President Donald Trump at a sensitive time. Ukraine’s new envoy to Washington is no stranger to...
Putin: Trump Impeachment ‘Far-Fetched,’ Senate Will Acquit
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the U.S. impeachment process “far-fetched” Thursday, making a seemingly obvious prediction that Donald Trump will be acquitted in the Senate.Putin said Thursday at his annual news conference in Moscow that the move is a continuation of the Democrats’ fight against Trump. “The party...
