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      Crimea Tatars living ‘in fear’
      Mar19

      Crimea Tatars living ‘in fear’

      The leader of the Crimean Tatars has warned that, 12 months after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, his community is living in an “atmosphere of fear and intimidation”, and is being weakened by migration. Mustafa Dzhemilev, a Soviet-era dissident who has been thrown out of Crimea, said in Brussels on 17 March that a United Nations calculation...

      How to lose friends and alienate people
      Mar19

      How to lose friends and alienate people

      Friendship generates goodwill and friends in need of favours can usually expect offers of help and understanding. The European Union’s political culture attaches a premium to co-operation and solidarity because the club cannot successfully function without them. Member states only lose the goodwill of their partners in extreme...

      Imagining Russia without Putin
      Mar19

      Imagining Russia without Putin

      Prescient or preposterous? Vladimir Putin’s absence from public life sparked a frenzy of speculation last week. Some commentators thought a backstage coup was under way or at least a full-scale Kremlin power struggle, in which the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (a staunch ally of Putin) was ranged against the siloviki of the security and...

      Ukraine’s refugees find new future in Poland
      Mar19

      Ukraine’s refugees find new future in Poland

      Ukrainian refugees begin new lives in Poland …read more Source:...

      Ukraine peace plan creaks amid fresh Russian-Ukrainian dispute
      Mar19

      Ukraine peace plan creaks amid fresh Russian-Ukrainian dispute

      KIEV (Reuters) – A peace plan to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine came under renewed strain on Wednesday, with Ukraine and Russia clashing publicly over the next steps and further Ukrainian military casualties from rebel attacks testing a fragile ceasefire. …read more Source:...

      Vladimir Putin addresses 100,000 supporters marking one year since Russia seized Crimea
      Mar19

      Vladimir Putin addresses 100,000 supporters marking one year since Russia seized Crimea

      Putin appeared on stage today at a celebratory concert by the walls of the Kremlin to make an impassioned justification for seizing the Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: Daily...

      Biden and Poroshenko agree over Russian sanctions
      Mar19

      Biden and Poroshenko agree over Russian sanctions

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      Biden, Ukraine’s Poroshenko agree Russia sanctions must be tied to Minsk
      Mar19

      Biden, Ukraine’s Poroshenko agree Russia sanctions must be tied to Minsk

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko agreed in a telephone call on Wednesday that sanctions against Russia must be tied to the full implementation of the Minsk peace plan, the White House said. …read more Source:...

      Vladimir Putin praises Russian patriotism and claims: Ukrainians and Russians are one
      Mar18

      Vladimir Putin praises Russian patriotism and claims: Ukrainians and Russians are one

      Russia celebrates the one year anniversary of the annexation of Crimea as the Russian president claims Crimea has returned to its “native shores” …read more Source: The...

      Crimea’s Russians laud Vladimir Putin for taking them ‘home’
      Mar18

      Crimea’s Russians laud Vladimir Putin for taking them ‘home’

      Celebrations mark year since annexation, amid criticism from Ukraine and West …read more Source: The Irish...