VIENNA — The Munich Security Conference, the exclusive annual gathering of powerful decision-makers, can add one more event to its agenda this weekend: the Iran nuclear talks. As officials signal an agreement may be nearing, European nuclear negotiators are expected to travel to Munich this weekend to keep talks going during the conference over reviving … Read more
Press play to listen to this article KYIV — Russia started its intimidation of Ukraine not with the ongoing buildup of troops, but eight years ago with the invasion and annexation of Crimea. The peninsula remains at an intractable point of antagonism between Russia, Ukraine and the West. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made that clear … Read more
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of US Senate Republicans introduced on Tuesday their own legislation to support Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia over a military build-up near Ukraine’s borders, after weeks of talks on a bipartisan bill hit a stalemate. Introduction of the measure, called the Never Yielding Europe’s Territory (NYET) … Read more
32 Republican senators introduced a new bill on Tuesday that would impose immediate sanctions on no fewer than 15 Russian oligarchs and members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, regardless of whether Russia invades Ukraine. why it matters: Anti-kleptocracy activists have long called on the US to do more to target Russian oligarchs who exploit Western … Read more
WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican senators acknowledged Monday it’s unlikely they would be able to strike a bipartisan deal and pass a new sanctions package before what they believe is an “imminent” Russian invasion of Ukraine. Instead, senators turned to a possible Plan B and began drafting a non-binding resolution warning the Kremlin of severe … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Russian President Vladimir Putin and his trusty foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, signaled on Monday that there would be no imminent military strike on Ukraine and that they were prepared to continue diplomatic dialogue with the West, led by the United States. Coming after the US warned that a … Read more
A family prepares tea outside the Directorate of Disaster office where they are camped, in Herat, Afghanistan, on November 29, 2021. (AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For … Read more
President Joe Biden has warned of swift and severe economic consequences if Russia invades. “We’re prepared to respond decisively,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” But the administration has so far rebuffed calls to preemptively sanction Moscow. Bipartisan talks in the Senate led by Foreign Relations Chair Bob Menendez … Read more
Press play to listen to this article BERLIN — Even before Washington warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was facing a daunting double mission to Kyiv and Moscow this week. In Ukraine on Monday, his main task is to pacify national leaders angry at Berlin’s refusal to … Read more
Russia’s ambassador to Sweden, Viktor Tatarintsev, made the strong comments during an interview with the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet after more than a dozen countries told their citizens to leave Ukraine as the risk of war with Russia rises Russian state TV shows ‘offensive’ Ukrainian war preparations Vladimir Putin “does not give as**t” about sanctions and … Read more