(Reuters) – Russia’s military is likely a reluctant participant in Ukraine’s conflict, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday, adding that although he had not spoken to his Moscow counterpart in about two months he was keeping an open
Whatever your position on the Ukraine crisis, it has exposed the utter impotence of the EU and the fatal flaw behind the concept of the European super-state. The sanctions that EU leaders have threatened to impose – when they can get
(Reuters) – The loss of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 must prove a catalyst for changing Russia’s approach and ending the conflict in Ukraine, Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on Friday in an opinion piece in the New York Daily News.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked parliament to pass a vote of confidence in the government on Friday after the shock resignation of premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk piled political uncertainty onto the crisis wracking the country. Yatsenyuk quit in protest Thursday after
Wednesday on NPR’s “On Point” when guest host John Harwood asked Hillary Rodham Clinton if both the Bush and Obama administration approaches to Russia have obviously failed and what can be done, the former Secretary of State defiantly claimed the
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union would target state-owned Russian banks and their ability to finance Moscow’s faltering economy in its most serious sanctions so far over the Ukraine crisis under proposals considered by EU governments on Thursday, diplomats said.
J’accuse every single Western academic, each intellectual and journalist who has ever circulated and signed a Resolution against Israel and in favor of Hamas is a supporter of Islamist barbarism against Western civilization. They are the West’s equivalent of suicide (or
On July 22 French President Francois Hollande defied Britain and the U.S., saying his country will “deliver a helicopter carrier to Russia” in October. His announcement came on the eve of discussions of “sanctions on Moscow over the downing of…[the
Britain is still exporting arms and military equipment to Russia, according to a parliamentary report released Wednesday just hours after Prime Minister David Cameron rapped France for selling weapons to Moscow. Cameron has urged the EU to ban military sales
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius let slip his irritation with Britain Tuesday after London slammed its warship deal with Moscow, pointing out that the British capital was full of “Russian oligarchs.” The deal, under which France is selling two warships
LONDON (AP) — The British government announced plans Tuesday for a wide-ranging public inquiry into the mysterious 2006 death of poisoned former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko. The decision, which comes at a time of rising tensions with Russia, is a
The downing of Malaysia flight MH17 casts new light on just how inept and decadent the United States and Europe have become. Faced with Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and attempts to repeat in eastern Ukraine, the best Western Europe
Today The Daily Mail reports that a “blockbuster new book” reveals that “Israel intercepted White House phone calls, including x-rated conversations.” More from The Daily Mail: [A]s reported in the book, at a meeting held in October 1998 near
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists grudgingly give up ‘black boxes’ Gaza war splits Arab states into competing alliances Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists grudgingly give up ‘black boxes’ Late Monday, the pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, underenormous international
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — A train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday on their way to the Netherlands, a journey which has been agonizingly slow
A 20-year-old Australian student narrowly escaped dying on the doomed Malaysian Airways flight MH17, after she changed her travel plans at the last minute. Bec McDonald from Geelong in Victoria was due to fly home on the plane, but just
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it will hold a public inquiry into the death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering his murder from his deathbed after he was poisoned in
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that “evidence-tampering on an industrial scale” is taking place at the MH17 crash site, accusing pro-Russian rebels of attempting a “cover-up”. Speaking after the success of an Australian UN resolution calling a full
President Obama reaffirmed demands for “immediate and full access” for international investigators to the flight crash site of Flight MH17 and called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to take immediate action. In a press conference on Monday, Obama accused Russian
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned that he has put his nation’s military on standby in response to the alleged shooting down of commercial aircraft Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, on which 28 Australian citizens died. Any action by Russia
During the third presidential debate on October 22, 2012, President Obama mocked Republican candidate Mitt Romney for saying that Russia was America’s number one geopolitical threat. “A few months ago when you were asked, what’s the biggest geopolitical threat facing
Britain will push for EU sanctions targeting whole sectors of the Russian economy in the wake of the Ukraine plane disaster even if it means taking a short-term “hit” to the economy, its ministers said on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister
British Prime Minister David Cameron has demanded that Vladimir Putin ends his support for Russian separatists in Ukraine and stops his attempts to destabilise the country. The comments came in his statement to the House of Commons on the shooting
The British military are to spend £650 million on drones to stop the Russians from making any further incursions into the UK’s territorial waters. The drones will be used to patrol the coast after Ministers became worried that Moscow was
Obama’s July 16 executive order banning the importation of Russian-made AK-47s (Kalashnikov action) also bans the importation of Izhmash weaponry and “Saiga rifles and shotguns.” The Izhmash and Saiga firearms are included because of their use of Kalashnikov actions. On
