Columnist Charles Krauthammer declared that Europe and the US were engaging in a “complete sellout” of Ukraine that was “the worst sellout of a European country since the Munich Agreement of 1938” on Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News
Germany, France, Ukraine, and Russia can deny it, but the alleged ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia collapsed before it even began. The Russian soldiers and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine broke it 250 times since it was supposed to go into effect on February 15.
A House of Lords committee has claimed Britain and other EU nations “sleepwalked” into the crisis in the Ukraine, accusing leaders of “catastrophic misreading” of the mood in the Kremlin. Peers on the House of Lords EU Scrutiny Committee said
Informed foreign policy and economic experts rightly fear one gathering threat today even more than genocidal attacks by the purported Islamic State and its shadowy network of affiliates: the possibility that Russia, an ever expanding power, could one day provide military and diplomatic cover to Iran as that nation contrives to topple the monarchy in Saudi Arabia, and subsequently extends control by force over other energy-rich Arab kingdoms, including United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
Among those in attendance at President Obama’s ‘Countering Extremist Violence’ Conference this week is none other than the chief of Russia’s Federal Security Service– a.k.a. the modern day KGB; Aleksandr Bortnikov.
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Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot released a new music video Wednesday to pay homage to Eric Garner, the man who was inadvertently killed last summer after being put in a chokehold by New York City police officers.
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CNN International Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh reported from Donetsk, Ukraine that “one of the bloodiest episodes in the Ukrainian War” was “playing out under an alleged ceasefire” on Tuesday’s “Wolf.” “There is significant shelling on the road to Debaltseve, and
European leaders have largely failed to stand up to Vladimir Putin’s Russia and its infiltration into the continent’s eastern front. Leaders on both sides of the European political aisle have failed to condemn Putin, and some have even called for an alliance with Russia.
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Russian soldiers and pro-Russian separatists continue to shell in strategically important Debaltseve, Ukraine, despite an official ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia set to begin at midnight on February 15. In response, the European Union (EU) passed new sanctions and admitted Russia sent forces to east Ukraine.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whose socialist administration has been a staunch supporter of the radical leftist anti-austerity parties rising to prominence in Greece and Spain, claimed on a national broadcast last week that Greek PM ‘Comrade Alexis’ Tsipras has agreed to visit Venezuela and several other socialist Latin American nations.
Sunday on AM 970 New York’s “The Cats Roundtable,” in discussing the chaos in Yemen with host John Catsimatidis, Rep. Peter King (R- NY) said the American people need to understand Russia and Iran are moving on many fronts and
Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin calls Vladimir Putin a “nice guy” and believes the big man in Moscow would triumph in a free-for-all with the big man in Washington, DC. TMZ caught up with the three-time NHL MVP in Los
According to Bishop Jacek Pyl, the Vatican does not officially recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and still considers his diocese as part of the Catholic Church in Ukraine.
Europe faces ‘enormous tragedy’ over Europe’s Mediterranean rescue program; Confusion reigns over Ukraine ceasefire deal
Apparently the tensions between the Ukrainian and Russian governments are not the only tensions sky high. A Russian journalist from Kremlin station LifeNews literally barked at a Ukrainian journalist in Minsk, Belarus where leaders convened to end the war in east Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande met in Minsk, Belarus, in an attempt to end the war in east Ukraine. The four emerged after 16 hours, all agreeing to a ceasefire in the east starting on February 15.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on Wednesday that Russia would consider financial aid to Greece should the circumstances allow, with the caveat that Russia’s economy is not in the greatest state it could be to help bail out anyone else. Lavrov’s comments echo those of the nation’s Finance Minister in January following the election of new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Failing Ukraine ceasefire negotiations to go through the night; Greece’s negotiations with eurozone fail to reach deal; US closes Yemen embassy, following Somalia, Syria and Libya
Most experts observing the meeting in Cairo between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi this week are interpreting it as Egypt’s way of letting the Obama Administration know there are other super-power fish in the sea. Judging by the report published in the State-run Xinhua press, China thinks something a bit more serious is going on: sunset for America’s status as the premiere world power.
Russian media indicates Russia is in the “rudimentary” stages of developing an aircraft carrier capable of holding 100 planes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed to work together to fight against terrorism in the world. Putin also promised Sisi to help the country build a nuclear power plant.
The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 as a way to bring the nations of Europe together and sweeten relations between suspicious countries still recovering from World War II. Largely due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the contest has long included Asian participating nations, but this year, organizers intend to stretch the definition of Europe even further: to Australia.
