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      After six months of Crimean chaos, cult of Putin still reigns
      Sep17

      After six months of Crimean chaos, cult of Putin still reigns

      The portrait of President Putin staring down from the wall of Irina Ugrimova’s office is one of thousands now gracing… …read more Source: The...

      Ukraine crisis: Two killed in shelling despite ceasefire
      Sep17

      Ukraine crisis: Two killed in shelling despite ceasefire

      Shelling in the rebel-held eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk killed two people on Wednesday and wounded three others, the city council has confirmed. …read more Source: The...

      U.N. Security Council to discuss Dutch report on MH17 downing
      Sep17

      U.N. Security Council to discuss Dutch report on MH17 downing

      UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn eastern Ukraine will be discussed by the U.N. Security Council on Friday after Russia requested a meeting on a Dutch finding that a large number of fragments hit the plane and tore it apart. …read more Source:...

      The EU-Ukraine association agreement: a potted history
      Sep17

      The EU-Ukraine association agreement: a potted history

      Ukraine’s association agreement with the EU, now signed and in the process of ratification, has become highly controversial because of Ukraine’s political crisis in 2013 and Ukraine’s crises with Russia this year. When and how did the association agreement develop? The idea of an association agreement was floated in 2006,...

      Feeling the cold from Russia’s gas war
      Sep17

      Feeling the cold from Russia’s gas war

      The fear stalking European leaders is that European voters may soon feel the war in Ukraine on their skins. Russia has long tried to depict Ukraine as an unreliable partner for the European Union and, since Russia stopped supplying Ukraine with gas, there are fears that Ukraine might use Russian gas in its stores that is earmarked for the EU....

      Gloomy economic outlook as Russia’s trade war takes its toll
      Sep17

      Gloomy economic outlook as Russia’s trade war takes its toll

      Ukraine’s gloomy economic prospects have become darker still in recent weeks. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) now projects that Ukraine’s economy will shrink by 6.5% this year, rather than by 5.0%, its forecast early this summer. Those figures, which bear the heavy imprint of a drop in trade with Russia and a plunge in output in...

      Maidan coalition breaks up
      Sep17

      Maidan coalition breaks up

      Ukraine’s two leading politicians have decided not to combine forces for parliamentary elections in October, leaving questions about the long-term unity of the country’s pro-reform and pro-European alliance. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had been exploring the possibility of leading a...

      Russia arrests signal new order
      Sep17

      Russia arrests signal new order

      Charges against tycoon spur speculation of a shift in a Moscow rattled by tensions over Ukraine and the effect of western sanctions …read more Source: Financial...

      Ukraine crisis triggers increase in Polish support for national service
      Sep17

      Ukraine crisis triggers increase in Polish support for national service

      Survey suggests increasing number of Poles support return to national service in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea …read more Source: The...

      Mysterious $30m reward offered for MH17 evidence
      Sep17

      Mysterious $30m reward offered for MH17 evidence

      An anonymous investigator offers $30m for indisputable evidence on who show down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as it flew over the Ukraine-Russia border …read more Source: The...