Ukraine Is Running Out of Time
Putin’s goal is clear: to dismember Ukraine in whole or in part as a means of restoring Russia to great power status. The West has few opportunities left to prevent Moscow from achieving its end game.
Russia faces new US, EU sanctions over Ukraine crisis - Reuters
Reuters Russia faces new US, EU sanctions over Ukraine crisis Reuters The steps are the latest by the United States and the EU following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March and what the West sees as an effort since then to further destabilize Ukraine by backing pro-Russian separatists with troops ...
Find And Book A Better Value Cruise Vacation Online
Chinese New year is really just nearby. The Chinese will definitely be busy running errands to make sure all of the Chinese New Year celebration is well arranged. Some may choose to start as early as a month before the celebration receiving the best means the rest is distributed month inside the Lun ...
From Russia with Love- Ian Fleming
'We are here to find a target who will fulfil our requirements. Someone who is admired and whose ignominious destruction would cause dismay' A beautiful Soviet spy. A brand-new Spektor cipher machine. SMERSH has set an irresistible trap that threatens the entire Secret Service. In Fleming's fifth ...
5 Reasons Why Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff Should Not Be Reelected
Over the last 20 years, Brazil has undergone a huge social and economic transformation that culminated with the country lifting tens of millions of people out of extreme poverty and reaching seventh place among the world’s largest economies. Such transformations began to take place during the govern ...
US strengthens sanctions on Russia
The US imposes new sanctions on major Russian banks, defence and energy firms, hours after a similar move by the European Union.
Sanctions Against Russia Are Grounding Private Jets
Wealthy Russians are finding it much more difficult to fly to chic European hotspots as sanctions in response to the Ukrainian crisis affect the flight plans of private jets. According to Bloomberg's Patrick Winters and Andy Hoffman, " European Union sanctions curbing travel for leading Russian busi ...
In the Throes of Defeat
“…it’s no secret to you that the thinkers and perceptive ones from among the Americans warned Bush before the war and told him: ‘All that you want for securing America and removing the weapons of mass destruction – assuming they exist – is available to you, and the nations of the world are with you ...
REPOST: Apple’s Smartwatch Is Cool, But The Classic Wrist Watch Isn't Going Anywhere
The tech industry has grown tremendously that it managed to make mobile devices―from tablets to smartphones―a necessity to man’s daily activities. However, there is one important possession that users would love to remain analog: wristwatch. This article explains why classic timepieces can last for ...
Anonymous Concerted (We Are Anonymous, expect us!)
A concerted effort of millions of attempts to cripple Israeli websites during the Gaza conflict has failed, Israel's finance minister said Monday, claiming that the only site that was successfully hacked was back up within minutes. Cyber security experts said that such hacking attempts have become a ...
US steps up sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, targets oil and defense industries
The United States announced more sanctions against Russia on Friday, affecting oil and defense industries and further limiting the access of major Russian banks to US debt and equity markets to punish Russia for its intervention in Ukraine. The sanctions ...
US offers conditions to Russia over sanctions exemption
WASHINGTON - New US sanctions on the Russian energy, defense and financial sectors could be rolled back if Moscow withdrew its forces from Ukraine and established a buffer zone along the border among other conditions, a senior US official said. The ...
Wall St falls, energy hit by new Russia sanctions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were lower on Friday, with energy again leading the market down after the Treasury department announced new sanctions against Russia. The sanctions, designed to punish Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, affect oil and ...
Russia's Rostec sees little impact of sanctions on arms exports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - State-owned Rostec said on Friday new European Union sanctions would have little impact on the Russian conglomerate's arms exports or on its chief executive, an ally of President Vladimir Putin. Rostec owns companies including ...
US sanctions target key Russia economic sectors
WASHINGTON — The United States hit Russia Friday with a new round of economic sanctions, levying penalties on Russia's largest bank and expanding financing restrictions on major energy and defense companies. The sanctions were imposed in coordination ...
US steps up sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The United States announced more sanctions against Russia on Friday, affecting oil and defence industries and further limiting the access of major Russian banks to US debt and equity markets to punish Russia for its intervention in Ukraine.
Russia slams West over sanctions, rouble sinks
MOSCOW: New EU sanctions on Friday (Sep 12) sank the rouble to a new low as Moscow accused the West of undermining the fragile truce in Ukraine and turning the heat on its Cold War-era foe. The new EU punitive measures came in lockstep with fresh sanctions ...
U.S. Widens Sanctions on Russia Banks, Energy, Defense
The U.S. expanded sanctions against Russia to include the country’s largest bank, OAO Sberbank (SBER), energy companies as well as five state-owned defense and technology companies. “Russia’s economic and diplomatic isolation will continue to grow as ...
Russia fears sanctions on refineries, expects gasoline shortages
MOSCOW, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Any further Western sanctions which may aim at technology for Russia's modernising oil refineries could lead to gasoline shortages, an energy ministry official said. The latest Western sanctions, imposed on Friday, have targeted ...
NATO: Russia still has 1,000 troops in Ukraine, 20,000 more along border
(CNN)-- Russia still has about 1,000 troops inside eastern Ukraine, a NATO military officer said Thursday, a week after Ukraine's government and pro-Russian rebels agreed to a ceasefire aimed at ending months of conflict. NATO also sees 20,000 more Russian ...
