Gunfire at Crimea Airbase Sounds a Warning for Ukraine ; First Shots of Russian Incursion into Crimea Rang out YesterdayMcLaughlin, Daniel
These include Ukraine ceasing military action, changing its constitution to enshrine neutrality, acknowledging Crimea as Russian territory and recognizing the rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent territories, Peskov told Reuters. Ukraine's policymakers were made aware of these conditi...
Between June 14-19, 1995, a group of 80 to 200 Chechen terrorists, led by Shamil Basayev, attacked the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk, where they stormed the main police station and the city hall. In heavy fighting, the Chechens regrouped in the city hospital, where they took betwe...
Excluding Russia from SWIFT would cause its economy to shrink by 5%, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin estimated in 2014 — the last time this sanction was considered in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea Sberbank said it was prepared for any developments and had worked through scena...