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      Ukraine crisis leaves Estonia feeling vulnerable and isolated  again
      Sep02

      Ukraine crisis leaves Estonia feeling vulnerable and isolated again

      Obama’s visit will do little to lift the small Baltic state’s familiar feelings of powerlessness next to its Russian neighbourWhen Barack Obama lands in Estonia on Wednesday he will find a country anxious not just about the intentions of its big eastern neighbour but of its new western allies too.Obama’s whistlestop tour is...

      Crimea does not need gay people, says top official
      Sep02

      Crimea does not need gay people, says top official

      Sergei Aksyonov tells Russian media that police and self-defence forces will be called if the LGBT community tries to organise gatherings. RFE/RL reportsCrimeas most senior official has said sexual minorities have no chance on the peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in March.Speaking about gay people during a Crimean government session on...

      The first day of the new school year in Ukraine – in pictures
      Sep02

      The first day of the new school year in Ukraine – in pictures

      With flowers, bells, balloons and processions, the first day of the school year is a big event in Ukraine … …read more Source: The...

      Million ‘have fled Ukraine conflict’
      Sep02

      Million ‘have fled Ukraine conflict’

      The number of people who have fled the fighting in Ukraine has doubled in weeks, and the UN says more than a million have now been displaced. …read more Source:...

      Putin says he could take Kyiv in a fortnight
      Sep02

      Putin says he could take Kyiv in a fortnight

      Italian daily paper La Repubblica has reported that in a phone call to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Vladimir Putin claimed he… …read more Source:...

      EU proposes tough sanctions on Moscow as Ukraine rebels advance
      Sep02

      EU proposes tough sanctions on Moscow as Ukraine rebels advance

      BRUSSELS/KIEV (Reuters) – European officials proposed sweeping new sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russia’s companies of capital and technology as punishment for Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, where Kiev officials said Russia was bolstering an “invasion” force. …read more Source:...

      Putin boasts he could take Kiev in two weeks if he liked
      Sep02

      Putin boasts he could take Kiev in two weeks if he liked

      Vladimir Putin has boasted to European leaders that Russian forces could overrun the whole of Ukraine in a fortnight. The… …read more Source: The...

      West ‘to appease aggression again?’
      Sep02

      West ‘to appease aggression again?’

      On the 75th anniversary of the beginning of WWII, a group of Polish intellectuals and artists have warned tension caused by the Ukraine crisis is “reminiscent of 1939”. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

      Video:  Bodies ‘left behind’ as Ukraine forces flee rebel assault
      Sep02

      Video: Bodies ‘left behind’ as Ukraine forces flee rebel assault

      For days, the bodies of Ukrainian troops have been left sprawled among burned out trucks and armoured personnel carriers near the small town of Komsomolske in the east of the country. FRANCE 24 visits the scene in the rebel-controlled area. …read more Source: France...

      OSCE: Luhansk airport no longer under control of Ukrainian forces
      Sep02

      OSCE: Luhansk airport no longer under control of Ukrainian forces

      The airport of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine is not under the control of the Ukrainian troops, the OSCE monitoring mission said on …read more Source:...