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      Ukraine names detained Russian soldier, charges him with terrorism
      Jul29

      Ukraine names detained Russian soldier, charges him with terrorism

      KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state security service on Wednesday named a Russian army major who was detained by Ukrainian servicemen at the weekend with a cargo of military equipment in eastern Ukraine and said he had been charged with terrorism. …read more Source:...

      Army makes 20,000 job cuts three years ahead of schedule
      Jul29

      Army makes 20,000 job cuts three years ahead of schedule

      Credits Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images Alt Text British army soldier Cuts to service personnel will send a dangerous message to Britain’s enemies, warns former commander One-Minute Read Wednesday, July 29, 2015 – 3:47pm …read more Source: The...

      Gerard Depardieu banned from Ukraine for supporting Russia over Crimea
      Jul29

      Gerard Depardieu banned from Ukraine for supporting Russia over Crimea

      French actor will not be allowed to enter Ukraine for five years for appearing to support Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea …read more Source: The...

      Russia’s Putin says opposes MH17 tribunal ahead of U.N. vote
      Jul29

      Russia’s Putin says opposes MH17 tribunal ahead of U.N. vote

      MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he opposed the creation of an international tribunal to prosecute those who shot down a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine, hours before a U.N. vote on such a proposal. …read more Source:...

      Moscow and the West can get along after all | Helsingin Sanomat – Finland
      Jul29

      Moscow and the West can get along after all | Helsingin Sanomat – Finland

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      Russia ‘Ready to Sign Only Part of Turkish Stream Deal’
      Jul29

      Russia ‘Ready to Sign Only Part of Turkish Stream Deal’

      Russia is currently ready to sign only an agreement to build the first section of Turkish Stream, Russian news websites quote an Energy Ministry source as saying.This comes after reports that Moscow has sent a draft intergovernmental agreement to Ankara on the construction of a pipeline set to replace the abandoned South Stream project.Turkish...

      Special Report: Ukraine struggles to control maverick battalions
      Jul29

      Special Report: Ukraine struggles to control maverick battalions

      KIEV (Reuters) – From a basement billiard club in central Kiev, Dmytro Korchynsky commands a volunteer battalion helping Ukraine’s government fight rebels in the east. A burly man with a long, Cossack-style moustache, Korchynsky has several hundred armed men at his disposal. The exact number, he said, is “classified.”...

      Violence flares up in east Ukraine as government, OSCE report gunfire
      Jul29

      Violence flares up in east Ukraine as government, OSCE report gunfire

      Ukraine’s government said Monday that separatist rebels opened fire on civilian homes in east Ukraine, in a flare up of weekend fighting that saw monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) caught in heavy gunfire. Two… …read more Source:...

      National Guard: Number of new volunteers still soaring
      Jul29

      National Guard: Number of new volunteers still soaring

      The number of new members of the National Guard (Zemessardze) has been continuously soaring since war began in Eastern Ukraine, Leonīds Kalniņš, the Brigadier General of the National Guard said in an interview to Latvian Radio on Wednesday. …read more Source:...

      Dacic urges all sides to ensure safety to OSCE
      Jul29

      Dacic urges all sides to ensure safety to OSCE

      An OSCE monitor in Ukraine was lightly injured when this mission’s teams came under fire in eastern Ukraine, the OSCE has said.The organization announced a revision of its operations in “certain locations” due to the growing number of incidents. …read more Source:...