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EU blacklist sheds light on Putin’s rag-tag Ukraine army
Jul26

EU blacklist sheds light on Putin’s rag-tag Ukraine army

The latest EU blacklist on Russia sheds light on the command structures, composition, and ambitions of Putin’s east Ukraine forces. …read more Source:...

EU targets Russian intelligence heads with sanctions
Jul26

EU targets Russian intelligence heads with sanctions

Author(s): NEOnline bortnikov.jpg The European Union on Friday extended its Ukraine-related sanctions to target top Russian intelligence officials and leaders of the pro-Russia revolt in eastern Ukraine, official documents showed. Among the 15 new people subjected to an EU-wide asset freeze and travel ban were Alexander Bortnikov, head of the...

EU sanctions target Putin’s inner circle
Jul26

EU sanctions target Putin’s inner circle

Author(s): Dan Alexe kadyrov_putin.jpg The European Union on Friday extended its Ukraine-related sanctions to target top Russian intelligence officials and leaders of the pro-Russia revolt in eastern Ukraine, official documents showed. Among the 15 new people subjected to an EU-wide asset freeze and travel ban for allegedly undermining or...

EU to hit Russia with economic sanctions next week
Jul25

EU to hit Russia with economic sanctions next week

The EU is set to impose economic sanctions on Russia next week. Meanwhile, southern member states want the European Commission to consider any blowback effect when it assesses national deficits. …read more Source:...

[Analysis] EU sanctions on Russia hurt more than it seems
Jul25

[Analysis] EU sanctions on Russia hurt more than it seems

Threats, leaks, innuendoes – the creation of “market uncertainty” on Russia is “a new tool of European and US foreign policy”. …read more Source:...

Incertitude in Ukraine after government resignation
Jul25

Incertitude in Ukraine after government resignation

Author(s): Dan Alexe belgaimage_60496335_preview.jpg The entire Ukrainian government resigned on Thursday, after two parties said they would pull out of the governing coalition. This opened the way for new elections that would reflect the country’s starkly changed political scene after the ouster of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych...

Son of MH17 victims makes passionate plea for peace
Jul25

Son of MH17 victims makes passionate plea for peace

Author(s): XINHUA mh17_letter_tragedy.jpg The son of an Australian couple who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed over Ukraine last week said on Friday that justice will only be served when fighting in the region stops. Paul Guard, whose parents Roger and Jill Guard were on the doomed flight, told local radio that the Ukraine conflict...

[Ticker] US says Russia fired artillery into Ukraine
Jul25

[Ticker] US says Russia fired artillery into Ukraine

The US Thursday said it has evidence, based on “intelligence information”, that Russia is firing artillery across the border into Ukraine. US deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Russia intends “to deliver heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers” to pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine....

EU extends Russian sanctions list
Jul25

EU extends Russian sanctions list

The European Union has agreed to extend its blacklist of Russians subject to sanctions for stoking the conflict in eastern Ukraine. It has also started intense discussions on details of possible restrictions on sophisticated sectors of strategic Russian industries. A meeting of ambassadors of the EU’s member states ended yesterday with...

Ukrainian government collapses
Jul24

Ukrainian government collapses

Ukraine’s prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, resigned today (24 July) following his failure to push through two pieces of legislation and the decision by two parties to leave the governing coalition. Ukrainian media report that the political parties had been negotiating behind closed doors about the possibility of leaving the government,...