Defence Minister Bill Blair says NATO countries like Canada must ramp up their aid to Ukraine as support from the United States languishes in a legislative quagmire. In an interview that aired Sunday on Rosemary Barton Live, Blair expressed optimism that the U.S. would eventually pass a significant aid bill to provide billions of dollars worth … Read more
âIâm not ready for my son to become a martyr.â Alexey Navalnyâs mother said these words in 2011, at the start of his journey to prominence as Russiaâs most active opposition politician. Thirteen years later, as news of her sonâs death, in a remote penal colony inside Russiaâs Arctic Circle, spread across the world, she … Read more
Elon Musk and several Republican senators have voiced opposition to a Senate bill offering aid to Ukraine, with the Tesla CEO arguing that Vladimir Putin won’t lose and risks assassination if he withdraws. Expressing views on a conflict where his satellite network plays a key role, Musk told US Republican senators “there is no way … Read more
Igor Sychev, 48, fled Russia as an exile in 2016. While in Russia, Sychev already received multiple death threats against himself and his family. Since then, after moving to Latvia, the father-of-two told International Business Times UK that he has been victim to several Putin-backed assassination attempts and the threat of “physical elimination”. “I have … Read more
The UK and Ukraine have partnered to launch a new initiative that will improve the tech sectors and further protect Kyiv from Russia’s full-scale invasion. During the first year of the conflict, Kyiv lost up to 35 per cent of its GDP. The economic collapse marked the largest recession in Ukraine’s history. The project, which … Read more
In a statement, Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) announced that the famous sandwich chain Subway, has been added to its list of “international war sponsors”. Already on the list of those accused of supporting international conflict, after continuing to conduct business in Russia, are brands PepsiCo, Philip Morris International and Procter and Gamble. … Read more
Armies rarely measure their success by the roads they’ve paved or the rail lines they’ve laid down — but that may be the metric Russia is using in occupied portions of Ukraine, where major infrastructure projects are underway or are being planned. Over the last few months, Moscow-based media have reported on the construction of a new railway line between Rostov-on-Don … Read more
This month, the UK and its allies, including the US and other member-states of NATO, implemented a new string of restrictions on Russia’s economy. The additional restrictions on Russia’s imports and export licences, marked the most severe sanctions ever imposed on a major country. The sanctions have been prompted by Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, … Read more
“War,” said British philosopher, mathematician and pacifist Bertrand Russell, “does not determine who is right — only who is left.” Those words might be the perfect lens through which to view what probably lies ahead for Ukraine in the coming year as its troops dig in — and dig deep — along a front roughly 960 kilometres wide. … Read more
By Suzan Fraser | Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly … Read more
