Aug 01 Obama phones Putin to talk Ukraine, missiles and sanctions By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press In an Obama-initiated phone call Friday, the U.S. president also raised concerns that Russia violated a key Cold War era nuclear weapons treaty, the White House said. In a letter this week from Obama to Putin and in an administration… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Russia's response to MH17 crash shifts EU attitudes on sanctions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch U.S., EU slam Russia with more sanctions for stoking Ukraine unrest By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 29 Obama announces a new round of Russia sanctions By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to announce a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russia Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch News Wrap: Violence prevents access to MH17 wreckage By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, heavy fighting between government troops and rebels in eastern Ukraine prevented an international police team from reaching the wreckage of the downed Malaysian airliner to secure the crash site. Also, a federal appeals court in… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Economic fragility, energy on the line for EU countries considering tougher Russia penalties By PBS News Hour What is the chance Europe will form a united front when it comes to imposing further sanctions against Russia? Gwen Ifill joins Heather Conley of the Center for Strategic & International Studies about hesitation within the European Union to level… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch EU foreign ministers discuss more hard-line response to Russia over MH17 disaster By PBS News Hour The Dutch foreign minister spoke passionately to his European Union colleagues of the loss his country had suffered with the Malaysia Airlines disaster and about fears that Russian-backed separatists might be tampering with evidence. Europe imposed new sanctions on individual… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch News Wrap: Obama warns Putin of further sanctions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, President Obama advised Russian President Vladimir Putin to avoid further sanctions, a day after new measures to punish Moscow’s support of Ukrainian rebels. Putin said the sanctions will push U.S.-Russia relations to a “dead end,”… Continue watching
May 22 Watch Russia-China gas deal may influence U.S. strategy on Ukraine By PBS News Hour China and Russia struck a $400 billion gas deal amid mounting tension between the United States and both countries. Jeffrey Brown talks to Geoff Dyer of Financial Times and Julia Nanay of IHS about why China and Russia chose this… Continue watching
May 07 Watch Is Putin trying to diffuse the Ukraine crisis? By PBS News Hour Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he has pulled his military forces from Ukraine’s border, and called on pro-Russian separatists to postpone their planned secession vote. However, the White House imposed further sanctions, saying there’s no evidence of the retreat. Continue watching