Some legislators are pushing for LNG exports to weaken Russia’s energy grip on Ukraine
Some legislators are pushing for LNG exports to weaken Russia’s energy grip on Ukraine
Some legislators are pushing for LNG exports to weaken Russia’s energy grip on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia will face sanctions over its military incursion in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula unless it withdraws its troops or engages in credible talks to defuse the situation, European leaders said Thursday. “We need to send a very clear message to the Russian government that what has happened is unacceptable and should have consequences,” […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia will face sanctions over its military incursion in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula unless it withdraws its troops or engages in credible talks to defuse the situation, European leaders said Thursday. “We need to send a very clear message to the Russian government that what has happened is unacceptable and should have consequences,” […]
Putin’s fast and defiant dismissal of Obama’s threats sparked a new round of criticism from the White House’s Republican opponents. Republican Sen. John McCain accused Obama of having “a feckless foreign policy in which nobody believes in America’s strength anymore.”
Putin’s fast and defiant dismissal of Obama’s threats sparked a new round of criticism from the White House’s Republican opponents. Republican Sen. John McCain accused Obama of having “a feckless foreign policy in which nobody believes in America’s strength anymore.”
“Utter hypocrisy is at work. When similar protests and riots broke out in Britain and France, the positions taken and the tones used by the above actors was very different.”
“Utter hypocrisy is at work. When similar protests and riots broke out in Britain and France, the positions taken and the tones used by the above actors was very different.”
At least 50 people have died this week in clashes in Kiev, a sharp reversal in a months-long crisis that had shown tentative steps toward compromise just days earlier.
At least 50 people have died this week in clashes in Kiev, a sharp reversal in a months-long crisis that had shown tentative steps toward compromise just days earlier.
Recent protests in Caracas against the continued rule of Chavez’s political heirs suggest that the electoral revolution carried out by Venezuela’s late caudillo is a least a bit shaky.
Recent protests in Caracas against the continued rule of Chavez’s political heirs suggest that the electoral revolution carried out by Venezuela’s late caudillo is a least a bit shaky.
A police officer aims his shotgun during clashes with protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of anti-government protests, modern Ukraine has never been so bitterly polarized. To be sure, Ukraine has long been divided. Russia and Europe have vied for dominance for centuries, causing deep cultural differences between the mostly Ukrainian-speaking western and central regions on the one hand, and the Russian-speaking east and south on the other. But as the crisis has deepened, each side has grown stronger in its convictions, and those who stood in the middle have been forced to choose sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)
A police officer aims his shotgun during clashes with protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine. After two months of anti-government protests, modern Ukraine has never been so bitterly polarized. To be sure, Ukraine has long been divided. Russia and Europe have vied for dominance for centuries, causing deep cultural differences between the mostly Ukrainian-speaking western and central regions on the one hand, and the Russian-speaking east and south on the other. But as the crisis has deepened, each side has grown stronger in its convictions, and those who stood in the middle have been forced to choose sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)