Mar 07 Watch News Wrap: U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs despite February’s harsh winter weather By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 07 Ukraine athletes protest, but compete in Paralympics despite Russian occupation By Sarah Corapi Concerns that Ukraine would be boycotting the Sochi Paralympic Games were quelled on Friday when the Ukrainian Paralympic Committee announced that -- despite Russian occupation in Crimea -- its team would still be competing. Valeriy Sushkevich, president of the… Continue reading
Mar 07 Dempsey: Russia’s ethnic Crimea claim poses ‘significant risk’ to Eastern Europe By Larisa Epatko Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday the U.S. is pushing “aggressively” for a diplomatic resolution to the Ukrainian Crimea tug-of-war with Russia and that he’s been in touch with his Russian counterpart daily. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch On Ukraine, ‘we’re seeking aggressively to resolve this diplomatically,’ Dempsey says By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 07 Lavrov warns Kerry that ‘reckless’ sanctions could come back to harm U.S. By Joshua Barajas, Justin Scuiletti Updated March 7 at 1:30 p.m. EST | In a call with Secretary of State John Kerry Friday, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov warned the United States against "hasty and reckless steps" that would damage relations between Russia and the… Continue reading
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 07 Obama to Putin: Russia’s actions violate Ukraine’s sovereignty By Joshua Barajas Updated March 7, 11:00 a.m. ET | The Kremlin said that Putin, for his part in the phone conversation with Mr. Obama, reiterated that Russia could not ignore the current Ukraine government's "illegitimate decisions" in Crimea, and that US-Russia relations… Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch Crimean call for vote on splitting from Ukraine prompts international opposition By PBS News Hour The Crimean Parliament announced a referendum on whether the region should join Russia or remain part of Ukraine, but the newly formed government in Kiev pushed back, calling it illegal. President Obama criticized the upcoming vote and took action to… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch UN Ambassador Power: ‘Russia is looking at the path of political and economic isolation’ By PBS News Hour U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power points to the hope of greater economic ties as a critical leverage point for the United States in persuading Russia to "pull back from the brink." She joins Gwen Ifill to discuss the new sanctions announced… Continue watching