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      Why would Russia deploy bombers in Crimea?
      Jul24

      Why would Russia deploy bombers in Crimea?

      Why would Russia send heavy warplanes to Crimea? …read more Source:...

      Return of Ukraine fighters alarms Russia
      Jul24

      Return of Ukraine fighters alarms Russia

      As volunteers drift home, authorities fear what it could mean …read more Source: Financial...

      Schengen visas for Ukrainians
      Jul24

      Schengen visas for Ukrainians

      Ukrainians traveling west this summer still need visas. Kiev had hoped that the EU would scrap the requirement at the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga in May, but Brussels balked. “We are not creating a fortress,” said Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of Frontex, the Warsaw-based EU border agency. He’s right. The border is not closed,...

      Europe’s new Iron Curtain
      Jul24

      Europe’s new Iron Curtain

      SHEHYNI, Ukraine — Ukrainians call it the kordon, the border. With most EU countries reluctant to anger Russia by offering Ukraine even the distant prospect of membership, the border is here to stay, cutting off the volatile ex-Soviet east from the prosperous EU west. The implications for Ukraine are devastating. For Ukrainians, one road into the...

      Strengthening Border with Ukraine, Chinese Paratroopers – Belarus Security Digest
      Jul24

      Strengthening Border with Ukraine, Chinese Paratroopers – Belarus Security Digest

      Chinese officials on a visit to Belarus. Image: mil.by The situation in Ukraine continues to be a major concern for the Belarusian authorities, while the prospects of Russia’s air base is still uncertain as Minsk maintains its low-profile cooperation with NATO. Belarus is set to receive additional second-hand Russian S-300 missile systems...

      Austrian parliament’s upper chamber ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
      Jul24

      Austrian parliament’s upper chamber ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

      The Bundesrat, the upper chamber of the Austrian Parliament, has ratified the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, according to Ukraine’s Ambassador to Austria Oleksandr Scherba. …read more Source:...

      Britain calls for new international tribunal to deliver ‘justice’ for MH17
      Jul24

      Britain calls for new international tribunal to deliver ‘justice’ for MH17

      Britain today urged world leaders to back a new international tribunal able to prosecute anyone found responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine. …read more Source: London Evening...

      As Ukraine Bans Russian TV Shows for ‘Propaganda,’ Local Channels Put Up a Fight
      Jul24

      As Ukraine Bans Russian TV Shows for ‘Propaganda,’ Local Channels Put Up a Fight

      No Russian TV series for Ukrainians… At least not until TV channels find loopholes in the new law. Images mixed by Anna Poludenko-Young Ukraine has banned a number of Russian TV shows that it claims glorify the Russian government, military, and law enforcement. However, the new law outlining the rules for banning content has run into resistance...

      Africa’s disappointment with Obama
      Jul24

      Africa’s disappointment with Obama

      Beneath the ecstatic welcome President Barack Obama will receive when he arrives in his father’s homeland of Kenya on Friday is a lingering sense of disappointment. More than the first black president, he’s the first African-American U.S. president, and that’s accentuated a frustration among many Africans — and some Americans —...

      FRANCE – UKRAINE – RUSSIA: Delegation of French MPs visit Crimea despite sanctions
      Jul24

      FRANCE – UKRAINE – RUSSIA: Delegation of French MPs visit Crimea despite sanctions

      0 France and Ukraine are condemning a visit by 10 French MPs to Crimea this week in defiance of Western sanctions against Russia. The Ukrainian ambassador in Paris has expressed “outrage”, calling it a “lack of respect for the sovereignty and …read more Source: Radio France...