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Ukraine set for Dec 9 truce
Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said on Thursday they had agreed to halt fire on December 9 under the terms of a truce. …read more Source:...
Ukraine sets new truce date with rebels
New ceasefire beginning on December 9 will seek to establish a buffer zone between rebels and government troops. …read more Source: AL...
Opinion: Putin is losing his luster
One of the myths woven around Vladimir Putin’s personality cult is based on the narrative of his first visit to “the Holy Land” as a young man, where he is supposed to have been inspired to assume “a special mission” in the service of Mother Russia. The Putin system is often spelled out with a verbal tripod: a man, a nation, a mission! That...
Ukraine Announces Dec. 9 Truce
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has ordered a new cease-fire next week, as part of a push to end months of fighting with pro-Russian rebels near the Russian border. Thursday’s announcement said Ukraine troops will observe a day of silence Tuesday to usher in the truce. Russian and Western media quote rebel leaders as saying they...
Turkey reiterates support for Ukraine, Crimean Tatars
Foreign Minister Cavusoglu says Turkey does not recognize de facto situation in Crimea in OSCE meeting …read more Source: Anadolu...
Foes hope to dismember Russia: Putin
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin accused Russia’s enemies on Thursday of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punish it for becoming strong, but said his country would rise to any challenge. In a fiercely patriotic state of the union speech, the Kremlin leader trumpeted his annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula,...
News24.com | Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels agree truce
Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed to a ceasefire across the eastern war zone. …read more Source:...
Kerry, Lavrov Trade Barbs on Ukraine
LONDON —U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov exchanged sharp comments on Ukraine at an international meeting in Basel, Switzerland. Secretary Kerry put the blame for the Ukraine crisis squarely on Russia, with his Russian counterpart sitting nearby.Kerry on Thursday accused Russia of providing weapons and...
News24.com | West wants to undermine Russia – Putin
President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of exploiting the Ukraine crisis to undermine an increasingly confident Russia, and said Crimea was “sacred” to Moscow. …read more Source:...
Putin defends Russia’s foreign policy
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to give his annual state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on December 4, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)Moscow, AP—In an annual speech ranging from economy to school tests, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday evoked religious...
