Now that Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, the east part of the country is worried they will be Russia’s next target. But Russian President Vladimir Putin is not the only one who threatens Ukraine in the east. Pro-Russians have been
In the aftermath of Vladimir Putin’s Russian annexation of Crimea – and in the wake of the Obama administration’s tepid response, amounting to a slap on the wrist directed at a specific few individuals who seem less than perturbed by
With the resurgence of a Cold War sensibility in Europe and the U.S. now that Russia has annexed Crimea, it is getting hotter for Westerners living in Russia. Many foreign business leaders and ex-patriots living in Moscow are beginning to
Russia President Vladimir Putin claimed Crimea as a Russian territory and NATO countries that border Russia are concerned over Putin’s next move. Britain offered to supply their NATO allies with six Typhoon jets. British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will send
Vice President Joe Biden is in Poland to discuss the tense situation between Ukraine and Russia. At the same time Russia President Vladimir Putin signed the decree officially recognizing Crimea’s independence from Ukraine and then claimed it as a Russia
Ukraine’s Western-backed prime minister said on Tuesday that his country’s conflict with Russia was entering a “military stage” following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea. Ukraine’s navy chief Sergiy Gayduk said earlier
Ukraine’s Western-backed prime minister said on Tuesday that his country’s conflict with Russia was entering a “military stage” following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea’s largest city, Simferopol. “The conflict is shifting
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday in Poland hit back at Russia President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to annex the Crimea region of the Ukraine: Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
(Reuters) – Western sanctions on Russia for its attempts to annex the Ukrainian region of Crimea have so far been pathetic and European leaders must get tougher on Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, a senior British lawmaker said on Tuesday. The United States
Russia sent Crimea the first of what will most likely be several checks after the peninsula voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia, the amount totaling $414,550,645.45. Crimeans expressed frustration with Kiev, and they hope to prosper financially under Russia. They
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev came out in public support of Vladmir Putin’s takeover of Crimea. He described the annexation as a “happy event.” In reference to Sunday’s referendum Gorbachev said, the “people really wanted to return to Russia.” This
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the decree that officially acknowledged Crimea’s independence and claimed the peninsula as Russia territory. “Taking into consideration the will of Crimea’s people on the nationwide referendum, which took place on March 16, 2014,
Politicians in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria have asked the Russian parliament to allow their territory to join the Russian Federation. The region, also known as Trans-Dniester, forms the part of Moldova on the east bank of the Dniester river.
In 2012, when Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney visited Poland to show solidarity with the newly free democracies of Eastern Europe, the American media mocked him. “What about your gaffes?” a journalist shrieked as Romney left a war memorial in
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a treaty with the leaders of Crimea on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula becoming part of Russia, state television showed. Putin signed the treaty with Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov and other Crimean leaders
There has been a chorus of criticism–and ridicule–surrounding President Barack Obama’s response to Russia’s impending annexation of Crimea. Having failed, after several long telephone conversations, to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Obama is now responding with sanctions against seven–seven–individuals
A former senior official of FIFA and his family were paid almost $2 million ( £1.2m) from a Qatari firm liked to the Gulf state’s successful bid for the 2022 World Cup finals, according to a report in Tuesday’s edition
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia’s Putin declares Crimea to be a ‘sovereign and independent state’ Does Iran’s anti-nuclear fatwa really exist, as claimed? U.S. special forces capture pirate Libyan oil tanker in Mediterranean Russia’s Putin declares Crimea to
Even as the world condemns Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. public relations firm Ketchum says it will continue its lucrative contract with the Russian government, which has earned the firm over $55 million since 2006. “Our work continues
Each passing day sees more resistance to the Obama Administration’s announced handover of Internet domain supervision to an as-yet undetermined global agency. There’s still plenty of support for the move as well, but the pendulum seems to be swinging against
An administrator at a Chinese firm has reported that the stolen passports used by a pair of Iranian men to board the missing Malaysian jetliner were used last year by two men applying for visas to China. In a new
Russian President Vladimir Putin will sanction top US politicians and Obama administration officials in retaliation against Obama, who released his own sanctions against Russia. According to The Daily Beast, the list will be similar to Obama’s list. Crimea voted Sunday
On Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to President Barack Obama announced sanctions, which he deemed to be very weak. Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeff_poor
President Mikheil Saakashvili sees many parallels between the current situation in Crimea and his own war with Vladimir Putin in 2008, when the Russian premier whittled away at Georgia’s breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In a column for
The Obama Administration strategy for containing Iran’s nuclear program rests on cooperation from Russia, but that cooperation will be sorely tested as the crisis in Ukraine escalates. While State Department spokesman Jennifer Psaki says that she expects Russia to “remain an active
