Aug 07 Watch Moscow answers U.S., European sanctions with ban on food imports for a year By PBS News Hour Russia imposed a year-long ban on most Western food imports in retaliation for American and European sanctions leveled in response to Russia’s support of rebels in eastern Ukraine. President Obama replied that the Kremlin is hurting its own people. Meanwhile,… Continue watching
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
Aug 01 Obama, Putin talk Ukraine separatists, nuclear missiles By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin to reiterate concern about Russia's support of separatists in Ukraine and about Russian compliance with a 1987 nuclear missile treaty that the U.S. says Moscow breached. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Russia’s response to MH17 crash shifts EU attitudes on sanctions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 29 U.S. accuses Russia of violating arms control treaty by testing cruise missile By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach "a very serious matter" and going public with allegations that have simmered… Continue reading
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 21 Watch Will the MH17 disaster cause Putin to change course in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch Rebels allow MH17 bodies to leave crash site By PBS News Hour Four days after a Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in Ukraine, international teams are still seeking access to the rebel-controlled site. Neil Connery of Independent Television News reports on the drama over the fate of the victims’ bodies. Gwen Ifill examines… Continue watching
Jul 21 Obama pushes Putin to rein in separatists at Malaysia Airlines crash site By News Desk and Associated Press U.S. officials have been seeking to build a case that the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Officials also say it is unlikely the separatists could have fired a missile without assistance from Russia. Continue reading