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Crimea fetes anniversary of vote to join Russia
Crimea kicked off celebrations Monday to mark one year since a controversial vote that led to Russia’s annexation of the peninsula, a historic shift blasted by the West and Ukraine as an illegal takeover. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia starts nationwide show of force
More than 45,000 Russian troops as well as war planes and submarines started military exercises across much of the country on Monday in one of the Kremlin’s biggest shows of force since its ties with the West plunged to Cold War-lows.President Vladimir Putin called the Navy’s Northern Fleet to full combat readiness in exercises in...
Ukraine mired in intense negotiations with creditors
Debt reduction will further charge relations with Russia, which holds $3 billion of country’s debt. …read more Source: Anadolu...
With pomp and no regrets, Crimea celebrates choice to join Russia
Moscow is pulling out all the stops to mark the first anniversary …read more Source: Gulf...
Poroshenko tables resolution on UN force for Ukraine
Draft legislation expected to be discussed in Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday. …read more Source: Anadolu...
EU warns of Russian military buildup in Crimea
The EU warned March 16 of a continued Russian military build-up in Crimea as it condemned Moscow’s “illegal annexation” of the peninsula from Ukraine one year ago. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia Conducts Massive Arctic Military Drills
MOSCOW—The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine. The five-day Arctic drills involving 38,000 servicemen, more than 50 surface ships and submarines, and 110 aircraft are intended to check...
EU Voices Concern at Military Build-up in Crimea
BRUSSELS/ROME—The European Union said on Monday it would stick to its policy of not recognizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea and voiced concern over what it said was a military build-up and deteriorating human rights situation there. “The European Union does not recognize and continues to condemn this act of violation of international...
The Kremlin’s troll army
The murder of an opposition politician in Moscow, Boris Nemtsov, is the latest big political story to come out of a country, where the media are a story of their own. Over the past year, a new battleground has emerged in the information war between Russia and its western rivals. You can find it in the comments section of just about any news site...
Putin set to reappear after 10-day absence
President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman.Putin is scheduled to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint Petersburg later Monday, and a Kremlin official confirmed to AFP that the...
