Aug 29 Russian fund with U.S. advisers eludes sanctions By Jeff Horwitz, Stephen Braun, Associated Press Despite its ties to Russian state businesses and officials, the Russian Direct Investment Fund has managed to operate unaffected by the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and EU in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's military actions in Ukraine. The… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch What's driving Russia to raise the stakes in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour As Kiev accuses Russia of an outright invasion, Hari Sreenivasan gets a closer look at rising tensions on the ground from The New York Times’s Andrew Kramer, reporting from Donetsk. Then Jeffrey Brown talks to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch Ukraine accuses Russian forces of invasion By PBS News Hour Ukraine claims Russian forces are on Ukrainian soil, and are helping rebels open a new front in the southeast. Kiev confirmed the rebels have captured the town of Novoazovsk, leaving the port city of Mariupol vulnerable to attack. At the… Continue watching
Aug 28 Obama condemns Russia for Ukraine violence; rules out U.S. military involvement By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Ukrainian officials say two Russian military columns have rolled into the southeastern part of Ukraine after missiles were fired at a border post. Continue reading
Aug 28 Obama: 'no strategy yet' for U.S. military action in Syria By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama played down the prospect of imminent U.S. military action in Syria on Thursday, saying "we don't have a strategy yet" for degrading the violent militant group seeking to establish a caliphate in the Middle East. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch News Wrap: Fighting in Ukraine intensifies as Putin and Poroshenko meet one-on-one By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch What will shape the upcoming meeting between Poroshenko and Putin? By PBS News Hour On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for the first time since June. Steve Sestanovich, a senior fellow from the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., joins Hari Sreenivasan to provide input on… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch News Wrap: Russian convoy rolls into Ukraine without Kiev's consent By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Amid tensions at Russia-Ukraine border, diplomats push for calm By PBS News Hour Tensions are high at the Russia-Ukraine border after reports that the Ukrainian military destroyed an armed Russian convoy. James Marson from The Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Moscow for the latest on the diplomatic push for… Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch News Wrap: Mob attacks convoy of Pakistan opposition figure By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, supporters and opponents of Pakistan’s government clashed while thousands of protesters flooded the nation’s capital. The convoy of opposition figure Imran Khan was attacked with stones and gunfire, according to Khan. Police disputed that account. Continue watching