NATO and the United States monitored more Russian jets in the Baltic region on Saturday and Sunday. Reports of Russian jets flying threateningly close to the Baltic states have become a near-weekly occurrence, yet NATO regularly issues concerns and warnings
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian production company has hired a man charged with the murder of a Russian agent as a consultant on a TV series about the mysterious death. Former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko died in London in 2006
European stock markets slid further on Tuesday following heavy losses across Asia, as oil prices struck fresh five-year lows before recovering slightly. The euro rallied against the dollar a day after the European single currency hit a two-year trough against
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will rally the conservative faithful this week at their party congress, which is all but certain to jubilantly re-elect her as their unchallenged party chief. The only real question is whether she will match or even
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Government troops and Russian-backed separatists largely suspended hostilities in east Ukraine Tuesday in a fresh attempt to revive a largely ignored cease-fire deal. The lull in fighting followed a proposal by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to
More independent media in Russia face outages due to their unwillingness to toe the Kremlin line. Independent station Rain TV (TV Dozhd) lost its first office in January and was kicked out of its second office over the weekend. The
The Ukrainian Parliament has begun work on a bill that would ban “communist,” “Nazi,” “anti-Ukrainian” ideologies, and the functioning of any communist parties within the state. The bill has been tabled while the government expands other programs to fight Putinist
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised and thanked the Chechen government for responding to an attack in the capital of Grozny late Wednesday night. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov attended Putin’s state of the nation address on Thursday. “Now the ‘rebels’ once
LONDON (AP) — The British Museum has loaned one of the Parthenon Marbles to Russia’s Hermitage Museum — the first time in 200 years that any of the ancient sculptures has left Britain. The move outraged Greece, which has demanded
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to announce his pick Friday to lead the Pentagon amid the threat from Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the White House said. White House press secretary Josh Earnest would not say
Was he flexing his muscles or beating a retreat? Opinions are divided over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise announcement to abandon Moscow’s $50 billion South Stream gas pipeline. Some analysts viewed the unexpected December 1 decision to scrap the project
Today marks 70 years since the day the Greek Communist Party first attempted to seize control of Greece by force. Though they were defeated, Marxism has remained a prominent force in Greece – and is primarily responsible for the economic
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian government has for the first time acknowledged that the country will fall into recession next year, battered by the combination of Western sanctions and a plunge in the price of its oil exports. The economic
BRUSSELS (AP) — Former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk is pushing the European Union’s center of political gravity eastward by taking over the EU presidency from Belgium’s Herman Van Rompuy. Monday’s transition ceremony highlighted the increasing power of Poland within
Pro-European parties edged out those backing closer ties with Russia in weekend parliamentary elections in ex-Soviet Moldova, which took place against the backdrop of the bloody conflict in neighbouring Ukraine. With more than 87.7 percent of the votes counted, three
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s ruble hit a new all-time low on Monday, dropping more than 4 percent as declining oil prices and the conflict in eastern Ukraine weigh on the country’s economy. The Russian currency traded at 52.41 rubles against
More that a few European officials are beginning to point a finger at Russia for alleged covert operations designed to stop fracking procedures from going forward as it presents a threat to their domination of certain energy markets. Gazprom, a
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has imposed sanctions on the organizers of rebel elections in eastern Ukraine this month, the bloc said on Saturday, hitting the separatists and their organizations with asset freezes and travel bans. As reporting by
Friday on Euronews’ “The Global Conversation,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) asked host Isabelle Kumar if she was “crazy,” when she asked if the Arizona Senator feared angering Russian President Vladimir Putin by calling for arming Ukraine in their struggle to
(Reuters) – Latvian President Andris Berzins said on Wednesday an agreement deepening cooperation between Russia and Georgia’s Abkhazia region threatened regional stability and security. But, during a visit to the Georgian capital Tbilisi, he also said it was vital for Russia’s neighbors
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian defense ministry says its warships have entered the English Channel to wait out a storm following a week of maneuvers in the North Sea. The ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies
(Reuters) – When Russians crossed the border to fight with rebels in eastern Ukraine earlier this year, Moscow said the soldiers had not been deployed but had gone on their own vacation time. When Estonia was the victim of a cyber attack
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland forming alliance to confront Russia Health workers boycott Pakistan’s polio vaccination campaign after shooting Two British brothers jailed for training at Syria terror camp Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers! Ukraine,
Josef Koudelka, the Czech-born photographer whose smuggled images defined the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet bloc in August 1968, is the focus of a visiting exhibition, Nationality Doubtful, at the Getty Center in Los Angeles through March 22, 2015.
Russia has reached a military agreement with Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia, a move that has drawn ire from the West. Georgia has denounced the agreement as a step toward de facto annexation of its territory, according to various news
