Here Are The Countries That Would Be Most Affected By A Russia Gas Disruption
Some parts of Europe are now threatening to impose sanctions on Russia as Moscow-supported rebels stand accused of shooting down an airplane carrying citizens of four different European countries,...
View ArticleFighting Erupts In Ukraine As Crash Investigators Arrive
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian army tanks were reported to be launching an assault to break pro-Russian rebels' hold on the eastern city of Donetsk on Monday in the first major outbreak of...
View ArticleRussian Steel Giant Severstal Is Selling Its US Plants For $2.3 Billion
Russia's steel giant Severstal announced on Monday the sale of its North American plants to US companies for a total of $2.3 billion (1.7 billion euros).Severstal is selling Severstal Columbus...
View ArticleThe Harsh Words That World Leaders Have For Russia Following MH17 — And What...
As early as last week, the European Union was divided over the need to impose further sanctions on Russia over its involvement in the Ukraine dispute.Now, following the downing of Malaysia Airlines...
View ArticleThe UK Wants To Hit Russia With Sanctions That Would Actually Bite
Britain will push for EU sanctions targeting whole sectors of the Russian economy in the wake of the Ukraine plane disaster even if it means taking a short-term "hit" to the economy, its ministers said...
View ArticleRussia's Military Tells A Very Different Story About What Happened To MH17
Russia is taking a different line than most of the world regarding the Malaysian passenger plane shot down Thursday.Ukraine and the West have presented a mountain of evidence indicating that...
View ArticleOBAMA TO PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS: What Are You Trying To Hide?
President Barack Obama has called for an immediate, unimpeded investigation at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down four days ago near the Ukrainian border.Speaking on...
View ArticleOne Russian News Outlet Isn't Buying Putin's Story On MH17
The Russian Ministry of Defense has just held a press conference on the downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), lost last week in southeastern Ukraine, in territory under the Kremlin’s...
View ArticleWhite House Pans Russia's 'Desperate' Malaysian Plane Narrative
The White House on Monday criticized Russia's "desperate" and "much harder to believe" explanation of the events that led to a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane being shot down over Ukraine.Earlier in...
View ArticleScientists Finally Got A Close-Up View Of That Mysterious Siberian Crater —...
When a helicopter discovered a mysterious giant crater on the Yamal Peninsula of Siberia, a place referred to as "the end of the world," speculation was rampant. People suggested it could have been...
View ArticleEverything We Know About The Huge Spy Base In Cuba That Russia Is Reopening
Moscow and Havana have agreed to reopen a Cold War-era signals intelligence (SIGINT) base in Lourdes, Cuba. An agreement was reached during Putin's visit to Cuba last week to reopen the base, Russia...
View ArticleThe Rebel Leader Whose Troops Likely Shot Down MH17 Claims That He's Retaken...
A railway station at the forefront of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, Ukraine, was the scene of fighting between Ukrainian and pro-Russian separatists Monday, Reuters reports. The rebels claim the...
View ArticleRussian Billionaires Have Lost More Than $14 Billion In 2014
Russia’s wealthiest have lost billions of dollars since the beginning of the year, as Western sanctions against the country over its involvement in Ukraine continue tightening their grip over the weak...
View ArticleUkraine Rebels Hand Over Black Boxes From Downed Malaysia Passenger Jet
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - The remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine were making their way to the Netherlands on Tuesday as a senior Ukrainian...
View ArticleAustralia Prime Minister: MH17 Evidence Has Been Tampered With On An...
Evidence has been tampered with on an "industrial scale" at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday, calling it "a cover-up".Abbott, whose...
View ArticleA Closer Look At The Soviet-Era Missile System Probably Used To Shoot Down MH17
There is overwhelming evidence that Malaysia airlines Flight MH 17, carrying 298 people, was shot down by SA-11 Buk surface-to-air antiaircraft missiles that were fired by the rebels— and supplied by...
View ArticleEven MH17 Isn't Convincing The EU To Truly Punish Putin
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers threatened Russia on Tuesday with harsher sanctions over Ukraine, but tougher talk may not be matched by much action after France's president...
View ArticleInternational Monitors: Pro-Russian Rebels In Ukraine Have Sawed Into The...
Investigators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe say pro-Russian rebels have "hacked into" pieces of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 wreckage with power saws, NBC News...
View ArticleFrance And The UK Are Bickering About Who Panders To Russia More
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister hit back at Britain on Tuesday, telling Prime Minister David Cameron he should do something about UK-based Russian oligarchs before questioning France's plan...
View Article8 Things To Know About The Separatist Leader Possibly Behind The Downing Of MH17
In the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 tragedy, the world's attention turned again to eastern Ukraine, the crash site where pro-Moscow separatists are fighting government forces.Much of...
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