As Europe’s post-cold war architecture crumbles in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, the prime architect of President Obama’s “reset” policy still argues it has been a great success. Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken is quoted
Vice President Joe Biden reassured America’s NATO allies the US will defend them if Russia decides to attack. Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine and three NATO countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, who border Russia, believe they might be
The Crimean economy is “no better than Palestine”, Russian Regional Development Minister Igor Slyunyayev has claimed. “The peninsula is not self-sufficient when it comes to the entire group of vitally important resources — first of all, electricity and water,” Mr. Slyunayev
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today backed Russia’s claim to the Crimea, comparing it to Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands. Speaking during a visit to Paris, Mrs Kirchner said that Crimea “has always belonged to Russia”, just as
Russian news agency RIA Novosti is reporting the Crimea government is asking Crimean Tatars, who only make up 15% of the population, to vacate their land and move to assigned lands. Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliyev said the government
Putin has gone as far as he needs to in Ukraine and has no plans to invade any more of its territory, it was claimed yesterday. The Ukrainian government has been exaggerating Russian troop movements in order to garner sympathy
On Friday, March 14, 2014, the Obama administration announced that it was taking a step-without prior notice or evident consultation with Congress-to “support and enhance the multi-stakeholder model of Internet policymaking and governance.” Like so many other of Team Obama’s
Kazakhstan’s foreign ministry has announced that the Crimea referendum and the subsequent Russian annexation of the region is the “free expression of will of the autonomous republic’s population”, invoking the United Nations Charter in support of its claims. In a statement
Crimean Tatars are to be forced off their lands and relocated, according to Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliyev. Russia’s official RIA Novosti news agency reports that Mr Temirgaliyev said in an interview that he wants to “regularise” the land
On Wednesday, the National Geographic Society announced that they would be altering the global map to include Crimea in the map of Russia after Crimea’s secession from Ukraine is legally finalized. On Tuesday, National Geographic editorial leadership, led by geographer
Vladmir Putin is a gangster, but a shrewd one who is at least showing the Russian people leadership, vision, and action. According to USA Today, the Russian market is up and so is Putin’s popularity, which hit 72% among Russians
After Crimea declared independence from Ukraine on March 17, the government said they would seize all Ukrainian property and disband the Ukrainian military in the peninsula. They are keeping their word, as Crimean forces took control of Ukraine’s Navy headquarters
It’s time for the “manchildren” inside the Obama administration, and waving the pom-pons around it, to plug in their iPads, because they’re going to have to work overtime to defend this one. “But… but… What would Mitt Romney do?” isn’t
Labour leader Ed Miliband was mad at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). He was ‘John McEnroe mad’ – and there was general unhappiness with Putin’s Crimea annexation and the way mental health services are treated in the NHS. On Putin,
Ukrainian Defence Minister Igor Tenyukh is urgently heading to Crimea on Wednesday in a bid to ease tensions after Russia claimed the peninsula, the government said. “Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk told Igor Tenyukh and (First Deputy Prime Minister) Vitaliy Yarema
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Putin announces the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation Furious Vladimir Putin expresses contempt for the West Putin’s spokesman signals plans to invade eastern Ukraine Report: Chechnya terrorist leader Doku Umarov is dead
First the White House meddled in the healthcare industry, and now it is telling people how to invest. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told investors not to invest in any Russian stocks since the US imposed economic sanctions against
An investigation by the UK Telegraph has revealed that the former Vice President of FIFA, Jack Warner, received suspicious million-dollar payments from a Qatari company controlled by a former football official, leading to speculation that the nation bribed FIFA to win
Former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser went on “Russia Today” to discuss Russia’s attempt to annex the Crimea from the Ukraine and took the opportunity to express his anti-America views… Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
On 16 June 1941, as Hitler readied his forces for Operation Barbarossa, Josef Goebbels looked forward to the new order that the Nazis would impose on a conquered Russia. There would be no come-back, he wrote, for capitalists nor priests
While in Poland on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden claimed that as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, he led the fight for Poland’s entry into NATO-an event that occurred before his chairmanship. “Fifteen years ago, I was honored, as
In response to Politico’s Dylan Byers Plays Goalie Against Obama’s Ukraine Critics: This might be the first time I’ve seen a pack of straw men pick up and move goalposts. What a completely idiotic last-ditch defense of Obama’s catastrophic foreign
The game has changed since the West aligned against the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and Russia knows it. America is weaker, and British leaders are captivated by procuring and protecting personal fortunes. According to Politico Magazine, Russia realized
Far-left director Oliver Stone is weighing in on Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and guess which side he’s taking? Stone noted the spiking popularity of Russia’s Vladimir Putin on his Facebook page before pointing the blame for the current geopolitical crisis
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told radio station Europe 1 the G8 decided to suspend Russia from the forum, but the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan said no agreement was made. “As for G8, we decided to suspend Russia’s membership,”
