ukraine

The Crimean Crisis and the Middle East: Will Syria and Iran Be the Winners?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 3, 2014 The Russian intervention in the Crimea is more direct and dramatic than the one in Syria, with actual troops deployed. But there are similarities. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Kerry Threatens Putin With Revocation of G-8 Status

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 3, 2014 The U.S. secretary of state warned Sunday that Russia could be expelled from the G-8 and face economic sanctions unless President Vladimir Putin stops his “incredible act of aggression” and withdraws troops from Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ukraine: ‘Go West, Young Man’

By Jeffrey Sommers and Michael Hudson, Truthout Mar 2, 2014 When other countries seek to defend a multi-ethnic secular state, the U.S. foreign office has backed the fundamentalists for nearly the past half-century in all cases. This should be the subtext for reporting on the Ukrainian uprising that seems to have been carefully timed to coincide with Sochi. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Obama’s Dumbest Plan Yet

By Mike Whitney, CounterPunch Mar 1, 2014 Obama and Co. have ousted Ukraine’s democratically elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, with the help of ultra-right, paramilitary, neo-Nazi gangs who seized and burned government offices, killed riot police, and spread mayhem and terror across the country. These are America’s new allies in the Great Game. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Obama Warns of ‘Costs’ of Military Intervention in Ukraine; Putin Requests Approval to Send Troops

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2014 President Obama appeared on television Friday to discourage any world power considering military intervention in Ukraine, specifically Russia that had been rumored to have soldiers in Crimea. Hours later, Russian President Vladimir Putin gained the approval of his country's parliament to deploy troops. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Ukraine, Shrinking the Military, and Gay Marriage

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 1, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists talk about the threat to Ukraine's economy and territorial integrity, the Pentagon's intention to shrink the Army to pre-World War II levels and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's veto of a law that would have allowed private businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Viktor Yanukovych Addresses the World

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 28, 2014 “I am the legitimate president of Ukraine,” the deposed Ukrainian president said Friday at a news conference in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What’s the U.S. Got to Do With White Supremacists in Ukraine?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2014 Neo-Nazis have formed a large part of the protesting population in Ukraine, and the U.S. may be supporting them; somehow the large majority of Wikipedia articles have been written about Western and Southern Europe; meanwhile, has a new NSA leaker emerged? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Were Los Angeles Police Doing in Israel?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2014 Top LAPD officers took a trip to Israel, at least in part paid for by taxpayer money, in search of policing tips; the question of whether Putin will take Crimea from Ukraine has arisen; and there are only about six different types of Twitter conversations. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )