Tag: Ukraine

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

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

Vladimir Putin seizes the Crimea, so we blockade the Bosporus. Iran defies the UN, so we sink its Persian Gulf fleet. China expands its air defense zone, so we start downing Chinese fighters. North Korea fires some missiles, so we

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,

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

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

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

Crimea is lost. The challenge now is to avoid a wider conflict with Russia, which is bent on absorbing more territory and further extending its influence into Eastern Europe. To avoid an eventual choice between feeding Russia’s appetite for lost

Crimea voted to join Russia on Sunday and cities in east Ukraine wish to follow in their footsteps. Pro-Russians in Donetsk and Kharkiv have staged many protests since parliament ousted Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovych on February 22. Ethnic Russians in

Ukraine’s parliament approved Hr 6.7 billion ($600 million) for military defenses and called up reservists and the national guard after Crimea seceded to Russia on Sunday. The national budget does not go over $50 billion a year, and it is

President Obama and the European Union passed sanctions against Russia and Crimeans who are responsible for Crimea’s referendum to join Russia and leave Ukraine. Obama signed the executive order early Monday morning, which expanded on EO 13660 he signed two

Crimea’s parliament declared the peninsula an independent nation and asked Moscow to join the Russian Federation after 90% of the population voted to leave on Ukraine on Sunday. At the extraordinary plenary meeting of the Supreme Council of ARC on

“We are entering into our renewed relationship with our eyes open,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton five years ago, before presenting Russia’s foreign minister with the infamous bright red “reset” button. Russia has pushed the “reset” button all right,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Islamic Jihad gaining popularity over Hamas in Gaza Western politicians express outrage as Crimea votes to join Russia Russia and the West plan their next steps after Crimea referendum Islamic Jihad gaining popularity over

Writing at Politico Magazine, Russian activist and former chess world champion Garry Kasparov urges Europe and the United States not to repeat the same appeasement that led to World War II in their response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions