EU, U.S. Sway Bulgaria to Stop Work on Russian-Backed Gas Pipeline

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2014 The prime minister of Bulgaria, Plamen Oresharski, has suspended work on a gas pipeline that has recently drawn scrutiny from U.S. and European Commission officials. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Ukraine Leader Promises End to Fighting This Week

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2014 Ukraine's new Western-backed president, Petro Poroshenko, vowed Sunday to halt by the end of the week nearly two months of bloodshed in the separatist east that have threatened the very survival of the ex-Soviet state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s $1 Billion Offer to Strengthen European Forces Gets Kremlin’s Attention

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jun 4, 2014 In Warsaw on Tuesday, President Obama announced that he will ask Congress for $1 billion to fund a European Reassurance Initiative. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Twitter: Censorship at Governments’ Requests

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig May 28, 2014 Last week, Twitter made a pro-Ukrainian Twitter feed inaccessible in Russia. In addition to blocking that account, Twitter has also worked with the Turkish government to monitor content that officials there find objectionable. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Black Day for Ukraine Military Ahead of Key Vote

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2014 Pro-Russian rebels firing mortar shells and grenades killed 17 Ukrainian soldiers Thursday, the blackest day yet for the military and a dramatic ratcheting up of tensions just three days before an election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poroshenko: The Chocolate King Poised to Lead Ukraine

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2014 He has chocolate factories galore, is a self-made billionaire and has been both cabinet minister and occasional revolutionary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Has Thomas Piketty Really Never Gotten Around to Reading Marx?

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2014 The best-selling author whose "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" has been shaking up the world says Karl Marx did not influence his research, but his statement may be tongue in cheek; the true Crimean referendum results were accidentally revealed, showing only 15 percent of voters backed annexation; meanwhile, the mayor of Seattle has proposed a plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Real Risk of War

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 7, 2014 Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea and threat to Ukraine are causing damage he perhaps did not anticipate: disorientation of the United States and profound division in Europe, especially in Germany, and in NATO. A real risk of war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Odessa Violence Flares Anew as Ukrainian PM Blames Deaths on Russia

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2014 Thousands of pro-Russian protesters assaulted Odessa's police headquarters Sunday, days after deadly clashes and a fire there killed dozens of their comrades in what Kiev charged was a Russian plot to "destroy Ukraine." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russia Assures U.S. It Won’t Invade Ukraine

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2014 The United States and Europe hit Russia with fresh sanctions for failing to stop soaring tensions in Ukraine, where a pro-Moscow mayor was shot and badly wounded and rebels seized another town. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Decries ‘Thugs’ in Ukraine, Russian ‘Provocation’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2014 President Obama told Russia on Sunday that it should cooperate with international observers in Ukraine, not stand by while they were detained by pro-Moscow "thugs." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

G-7 Agrees to Sanctions on Russia as Tensions Mount in Ukraine

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2014 The Group of Seven rich countries have agreed to slap sanctions on Moscow as early as Monday over the soaring Ukraine crisis amid fears in the West that Russia could be about to invade. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )