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      Putin’s magnificent messaging machine
      Aug26

      Putin’s magnificent messaging machine

      In trying to create a likeness of Soviet power, Vladimir Putin is doing one thing demonstrably better than the Kremlin masters of old: propaganda. During the Cold War Soviet outlets like Pravda would disseminate outlandish claims so crass and obviously false that even true comrades turned the page or flipped the channel (and there were a lot...

      Kremlin pays out for 2,000 Ukraine deaths
      Aug26

      Kremlin pays out for 2,000 Ukraine deaths

      The Kremlin has paid out almost £13 million in compensation to injured servicemen and the families of more than 2,000… …read more Source: The...

      Ukraine, separatists to strive for full ceasefire from September 1
      Aug26

      Ukraine, separatists to strive for full ceasefire from September 1

      MINSK (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists, in a gesture to shore up a tenuous ceasefire, agreed on Wednesday to strive for an end to all truce violations from next Tuesday, the OSCE and rebel representatives said. …read more Source:...

      This Is What Happened When a Ukrainian Film Director Was Sentenced to 20 Years in a Russian Prison
      Aug26

      This Is What Happened When a Ukrainian Film Director Was Sentenced to 20 Years in a Russian Prison

      Protesters outside the Russian embassy in Kiev demand the release of Oleg Sentsov and Aleksander Kolchenko on August 25, 2015. Photo by Inna Sokolovska from Demotix. A military court in Russia’s Rostov-on-the-Don has sentenced Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov to 20 years of hard labor in a high-security prison on charges of planning a...

      Brussels hopes to end Ukraine-Russia gas war
      Aug26

      Brussels hopes to end Ukraine-Russia gas war

      The European Commission is trying to restart gas talks between Russia and Ukraine, but the same issue that caused a breakdown in June — a dispute over prices — is still keeping the two sides apart. However, mounting urgency on both sides could help build a compromise: the Ukrainians want to top up their gas storage before the start of winter,...

      Greece offers ‘war relief’ to Greek-origin Ukrainians
      Aug26

      Greece offers ‘war relief’ to Greek-origin Ukrainians

      Greece has said it would give special treatment to Greek-origin Ukrainians on the front line who want to resettle in the EU. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine and Poland to discuss conflict resolution talks format
      Aug26

      Ukraine and Poland to discuss conflict resolution talks format

      Ukraine and Poland will discuss Warsaw joining talks on resolving the crisis in Donbas in early September. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

      [Ticker] Russia lets slip Ukraine war dead figure
      Aug26

      [Ticker] Russia lets slip Ukraine war dead figure

      Russian journal Delovaya Zhizn Wednesday accidentally published army pay figures, saying “as of February 1, 2015, monetary compensation had been paid to more than 2,000 families of fallen soldiers” in Ukraine, according to business magazine Forbes. Russia has long denied its soldiers are fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Makei, Kuchma, Demchenko exchange views on Ukraine settlement
      Aug26

      Makei, Kuchma, Demchenko exchange views on Ukraine settlement

      The parties discussed the current situation in the conflict zone, its impact on the regional and global international environment. “The parties had a substantive exchange of views on the negotiating process and the ways of promoting the speedy settlement of the conflict on the basis of the Minsk accords,” the press service of the Minsitry...

      The number of Russian troops killed or injured fighting in Ukraine seems to have been accidentally published
      Aug26

      The number of Russian troops killed or injured fighting in Ukraine seems to have been accidentally published

      Whilst Russia continues to deny that its troops are fighting in the ongoing Ukrainian conflict, a respected news site in Russia seemingly inadvertently published secret figures that detail deaths and causalities of forces on the ground. …read more Source: The...