Mar 07 Background Briefing: What you should know about the Ukraine crisis By Council on Foreign Relations Ukraine's most prolonged and deadly crisis since its post-Soviet independence began as a protest against the government dropping plans to forge closer trade ties with the European Union and has since spurred a global standoff between Russia and Western powers. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch Obama: Crimea referendum would violate international law By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 06 Obama imposes visa restrictions aimed at Russian officials By Julie Pace and Lara Jakes, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration slapped new visa restrictions Thursday on pro-Russian opponents of the new Ukraine government in Kiev and cleared the way for financial sanctions as the West began punishing Moscow for its occupation of Ukraine's Crimea region. Continue reading
Mar 05 Analysts: Russia unlikely to pull back in Crimea By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Russia is unlikely to pull back its military forces in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, analysts and former Obama administration officials say, forcing the United States and Europe into a more limited strategy of trying to prevent President Vladimir Putin… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Debating how the U.S. should respond to Moscow’s military moves in Crimea By PBS News Hour How damaging is Russia’s recent activity in Crimea to Russia’s long-term relationship with the West? Is the current tension adding momentum toward “a new Cold War divide?" Gwen Ifill gets two views from Stephen Cohen of New York University and… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Urging change of course by Russia, U.S. ‘prepared to facilitate’ talks with Ukraine By PBS News Hour Russia has effectively taken control of the Crimean region in Ukraine, despite efforts by the international community to isolate Russia with condemnation and economic penalties if it doesn’t back down. Judy Woodruff talks to Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Obama: ‘Russia is on the wrong side of history’ in Ukraine dispute By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch Monday, March 3, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tonight on the program, we examine the increasingly tense situation in Ukraine as Russian forces have seized key areas in Crimea, drawing international reactions. Also: Teaching students how to combat the stresses of poverty through yoga, a second look at… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch Ukrainians brace for conflict as prospect of war looms By PBS News Hour Tension continued to build in Ukraine on Sunday as the government prepared for the possibility of war, putting the country’s military on high alert. In the eastern region of Crimea, Russian forces surrounded Ukrainian military buildings and engaged in a… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch As tensions build, U.S. has ‘zero options’ in Ukraine By PBS News Hour As tension between the United States and Russia escalates, and Secretary of State John Kerry announced plans to visit Kiev on Tuesday, analysts are looking to history for clues for what may happen next. Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian… Continue watching