“Into the valley of death rode the 600…” Russia reacted angrily to President Trump’s recent assertion that the Crimean Peninsula should be returned to Ukraine. The Kremlin had hoped the election of Trump over Hillary would bring a new American policy to ease sanctions and ‘put the issue behind them.’…
IMF Director Lagarde Says Ukraine Bailout Looks To Be Moving Forward.
Afghan warlord Syed Mohammad Akbar Agha said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, a Russian media outlet that favors the Kremlin, that the Taliban has been meeting with Russia for three years in order to foster stronger ties and rid the Middle East of Western influence, especially American forces, reports…
Former Latvian Prime Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, now the European Commisions vice president, said recently that Europe is ready to defend ‘European Values.’ “We should be ready to defend longstanding European values when they are threatened or when evidence-based policy is assaulted by alternative facts,” he said in a speech at…
Tens Of Thousands In Romanian Capital Streets On 13th Day Of Protest.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, anticipates meeting with newly confirmed, U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, soon and hopes to find common ground with the Ukrainian issue. Lavrov confirmed he sees no other way forward except to enforce the Minsk accords. “Europeans and, I hope, Americans confirm it. I am…
Russia Insists Full Gas Debt With Belarus Must Be Settled.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that the alliance’s attempt to bring Moldova into its orbit would hurt the tiny country’s security and undermine its neutrality. “For me, the opening of such an office is not helpful for the security of the people; it is…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said recently that Kyiv should have a deal in place with the International Monetary Fund by the end of February of this year to release the next $1.7 billion tranche of the international organization’s $17.5 billion aid package. With renewed violence in Donbass as the…