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      Presidential race frames parliamentary election
      Apr23

      Presidential race frames parliamentary election

      WARSAW — The first round of Poland’s presidential election next month has captivated the country’s chattering classes, but there is little doubt that in the end the winner will be the incumbent Bronisław Komorowski. While there is not much of a mystery over the outcome, the size of Komorowski’s likely victory, and whether he has...

      POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by GE — Gazprom under fire — Verhofstadt on fire — GROW shrinks — DG LIMBO
      Apr23

      POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by GE — Gazprom under fire — Verhofstadt on fire — GROW shrinks — DG LIMBO

      by Ryan Heath, @PoliticoRyan | [email protected] Our @POLITICOEurope app launches today in both iTunes & Android stores GAZPROM: GAME ON, SAYS EU COMPETITION CHIEF: The “very dominant” gas provider, majority-owned by the Russian government, is charged with abusing that dominance in five Central and Eastern Europe countries. That’s a...

      Give us strength
      Apr23

      Give us strength

      Ukraine has embarked on an economic transition the outcome of which will determine the country’s future. Other states have traveled this path already, but not in conditions as challenging as the ones we face. We are burdened with a legacy that includes 74 years of totalitarian rule and dysfunctional command economics, 19 years of inadequate...

      U.S.: Russia deploys more air defence systems in Ukraine’s east
      Apr23

      U.S.: Russia deploys more air defence systems in Ukraine’s east

      The U.S. has on Wednesday, April 22, accused Russia for deploying additional air defence systems in Ukraine’s east in breach of the current Minsk truce. …read more Source: Baltic News...

      NATO goes to war — over Montenegro
      Apr23

      NATO goes to war — over Montenegro

      The next battleground for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a rocky seaside Balkan state of 650,000 people. The conflict in Ukraine is fueling a behind-the-scenes struggle within the Western military alliance over a proposal to bring in Montenegro, which lies 2,000 kilometers southwest and four borders from Russia but has gotten entangled...

      US accuses Russia of building up military presence in Ukraine
      Apr23

      US accuses Russia of building up military presence in Ukraine

      The US has accused Russia of building up its largest military presence along its border with Ukraine since October 2014. Air defense systems have also been deployed, the US says. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Ukraine crisis: Russia ‘building up troops on border’, claim US officials
      Apr23

      Ukraine crisis: Russia ‘building up troops on border’, claim US officials

      Russia is sending more troops to its border with Ukraine, where it has built up its largest force since October last year, US officials have said. …read more Source: The...

      Russia ‘ramping up Ukraine presence’
      Apr23

      Russia ‘ramping up Ukraine presence’

      The US accuses Russia of deploying more air defence systems in eastern Ukraine in breach of February’s ceasefire agreement. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Russia says EU and US sanctions cost €25bn
      Apr23

      [Ticker] Russia says EU and US sanctions cost €25bn

      Russian PM Medvedev said Wednesday EU and US sanctions cost his country €25bn in lost export income in first quarter 2015 and that the Russian economy shrank 2% in the same period. He noted the sanctions are due to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, which he compared to German reunification. …read more Source:...

      France to refund Moscow for undelivered ‘Mistral’ warship
      Apr23

      France to refund Moscow for undelivered ‘Mistral’ warship

      French President Francois Hollande has said his country would reimburse Russia for a failure to deliver the “Mistral” warship. Paris suspended the Mistral delivery last year because of the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Deutsche...