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Obama’s Ukraine policy in shambles
President Barack Obama’s effort to rescue Ukraine from Russia’s military grip has stalled, and turmoil inside Ukraine’s government may hand Russian President Vladimir Putin a victory in a conflict that Obama has said involves “the most basic principles of our international system.” Two years after the pro-western protests that...
‘Exposed’ Baltics seek NATO help to combat Russia threat
WASHINGTON — Latvia and its Baltic neighbors need help to combat the threat from Russia, and they need it soon. That was Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs’ message when he met with American officials in Washington this week. And it’s why the Baltic states are eagerly awaiting July’s NATO summit in Warsaw, where they will...
Half of Dutch don’t know about Ukraine referendum
Almost half of Dutch voters are not aware of a coming referendum on an EU-Ukraine deal, just over a month before the vote takes place. The survey, out Thursday, found that 49 percent of those questioned knew nothing about the vote on an EU-Ukraine association agreement. Only 12 percent were able to name the correct voting day — April 6. The...
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[Ticker] Poll: Half of Dutch unaware of Ukraine referendum
According to a poll of Dutch people published Thursday, 49% did not know a referendum on an EU-Ukraine cooperation agreement will take place on 6 April. Of those polled, 21% said they would “definitely” vote; 28% said “probably”. The plebiscite is only valid if there is a 30% turnout. …read more Source:...
How to shore up NATO for the long haul
The Obama administration’s proposal to increase deployment of heavy weapons, armored vehicles and troops in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, would ensure that a full combat brigade, roughly 5,000 troops, could be maintained to deter Russian aggression in the region. The price tag for Congress to consider: $3.4 billion in...
US’s Milan expo dream crushed by debt
Thinc Design, a New York firm whose credits include the 9/11 Memorial Museum, designed exhibits along a boardwalk brought in from Coney Island and hung living plant “chandeliers” to create a distinctive look for the U.S. pavilion at last year’s World Expo in Milan, a big success for its State Department sponsors. The problem is nobody paid...
West told Ukraine to abandon Crimea, document says
US moved warships out of Russia’s way. Germany urged Ukraine not to fight – newly-published minutes of a Kiev crisis meeting in 2014 show how the West let Putin seize Crimea out of “fear.” …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Eurovision song takes aim at Russia
Ukraine has decided against using a love song as its entry in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, preferring a tune about Stalin’s mass deportation of the Tatar people in 1944, in a move sure to provoke Russia. Susana Jamaladinova, who uses the stage name Jamala, was chosen as Ukraine’s entry on Sunday night. She struggled to...
[Ticker] Ukraine chooses Crimean Tatar for Eurovision
A Crimean Tatar singer will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision song contest in May. Singer Jamala will participate in the contest with a song called 1944, about the deportation of Crimean Tatars to Central Asia by Stalin. Crimea was annexed by Russia in Mars 2014. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] German authorities to ‘monitor’ Russian media
Christiane Wirtz, a deputy spokeswoman for the German government, on Friday accused Russian media of “biased reporting” on Ukraine and on refugees. “We’re very closely monitoring the increased activity of Russian media,” she said. Comments come after Russian media ran fake story that migrants raped a German-Russian...
