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      Putin speech bodes ill for Ukraine ceasefire
      Mar27

      Putin speech bodes ill for Ukraine ceasefire

      Putin has said “the West” is encroaching on Russia and fomenting internal unrest in his first foreign policy speech for more than a month. …read more Source:...

      Syria’s Assad says West wants to weaken Russia
      Mar27

      Syria’s Assad says West wants to weaken Russia

      MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of trying to weaken Russia by turning Ukraine into a puppet state, a tactic he said had also been used against his own country. …read more Source:...

      How do you solve a problem like Ukraine?
      Mar27

      How do you solve a problem like Ukraine?

      Analysis: Kiev should stop banning Russian films and TV programmes and start talking to Russophone Ukrainians, says Nicolai PetroNot long ago, former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko gave a wide ranging interview in which he offered the man who now sits in that seat some advice.President Petro Poroshenko must understand, the ex-leader said,...

      From popular leader to enemy of the west: it is 15 years since Putin came to power
      Mar27

      From popular leader to enemy of the west: it is 15 years since Putin came to power

      The Russian president has been in power in some capacity for 15 years. Is his political autumn finally looming? An unsettled diplomatic winter lies ahead of spring. Photo: Getty Spring came more quickly in the Caucasus. Those first warm days that year made the late winter cold of Moscow seem even more remote, yet the signs of the destructive...

      President v oligarch
      Mar26

      President v oligarch

      FOR the past year, Ukraine’s government has enlisted the help of the country’s powerful oligarchs in fighting its war against pro-Russian separatists. This week a new war opened up, pitting the government against one of the very oligarchs it had relied upon. On March 25th Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president, forced Ihor...

      Exclusive: West holds off on Ukraine aid pledges, seeking reforms
      Mar26

      Exclusive: West holds off on Ukraine aid pledges, seeking reforms

      BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International lenders are delaying plans to offer Ukraine billions of dollars on concerns Kiev cannot yet prove the cash will not vanish into a corrupt economy which EU officials fear could remain a “bottomless pit”. …read more Source:...

      Germany ratifies Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
      Mar26

      Germany ratifies Ukraine-EU Association Agreement

      The German parliament, the Bundestag, ratified the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on Thursday. …read more Source:...

      WizzAir Ukraine to shut down business in Ukraine from April 20
      Mar26

      WizzAir Ukraine to shut down business in Ukraine from April 20

      The airline said eight flights in and out of Ukraine will be carried out by sister airline WizzAir Hungary. …read more Source:...

      Siim Kallas in Kiev: Estonia has achieved success because it has had the guts to make decisions
      Mar26

      Siim Kallas in Kiev: Estonia has achieved success because it has had the guts to make decisions

      In a presentation made in Kiev on Thursday, former Estonian Prime Minister and European Commissioner Siim Kallas highlighted the 1992 currency reform, visa waivers with important neighbouring countries such as Finland, the legal revolution and successful privatisation as the economic policy success factors that created the preconditions for the...

      Russia manipulates public opinion in Bulgaria on Ukraine, defense ministry declares
      Mar26

      Russia manipulates public opinion in Bulgaria on Ukraine, defense ministry declares

      The ministry of defense expresses its concern, caused by the manipulation attempts on public opinion in Bulgaria via media campaigns and speeches of political figures, regarding the war in Ukraine. A hybrid war is taking place in this country, the institution’s Report on the state of military forces in 2014 reads, as published on the...