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      Russian aid convoy at last starts to cross into Ukraine
      Aug21

      Russian aid convoy at last starts to cross into Ukraine

      After a week of delays the first of 262 trucks from a controversial Russian aid convoy have begun to clear… …read more Source: The...

      Serbia’s foreign policy: Divided loyalties
      Aug21

      Serbia’s foreign policy: Divided loyalties

      A NICE summing-up of Serbia’s foreign-policy dilemmas was shown in a recent drawing by Corax, the country’s leading political cartoonist. Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s prime minister, is shown playing two pianos at once, with Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, conducting on one side, and Vladimir Putin, Russia’s...

      The Eurasian Union: The other EU
      Aug21

      The Eurasian Union: The other EU

      A Eurasian threesome “IT IS like you’ve been dating a girl for a long time,” grins Pavel Andreev, an editor at a state-controlled broadcaster, Rossiya Segodnya, explaining why it has taken so long to press ahead with the Eurasian Union. “You’ve met the parents, you’ve spent a weekend with the families, and now you want to get...

      Ukraine and Russia: Battering on
      Aug21

      Ukraine and Russia: Battering on

      IN A dusty Russian field close to the border with Ukraine, a fleet of nearly 300 trucks sit under the hot summer sun. Their arrival on August 14th was a sideshow to the war inside Ukraine, a piece of political sleight-of-hand that was neither a true humanitarian mission (as Moscow presented it) nor a prelude to invasion by Russian “peacekeepers”...

      Ukraine ‘Captures Russian Armoured Vehicles’
      Aug21

      Ukraine ‘Captures Russian Armoured Vehicles’

      Russia denies the claims, saying Ukraine’s army has the same equipment and documents allegedly found inside had been stolen. …read more Source: Sky...

      VIDEO: Ukraine crisis: Who controls what?
      Aug21

      VIDEO: Ukraine crisis: Who controls what?

      Pro-Russian rebels, who had taken control of eastern Ukraine, are under pressure as government forces fight to regain control. …read more Source:...

      Customs checks begin on Russian aid trucks
      Aug21

      Customs checks begin on Russian aid trucks

      The first trucks of a Russian aid convoy have cleared through a customs checkpoint at the border with Ukraine. More than 260 trucks had spent days at the frontier awaiting clearance from Ukrainian officials. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Russian aid convoy ‘heading into Ukraine’
      Aug21

      Russian aid convoy ‘heading into Ukraine’

      The first trucks from a Russian aid convoy stuck for almost a week at the border with Ukraine have reportedly passed a checkpoint on their way to… …read more Source:...

      ‘Ambiguous warfare’ providing NATO with new challenge
      Aug21

      ‘Ambiguous warfare’ providing NATO with new challenge

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March, NATO has been publicly refocusing on its old Cold War foe Moscow. The threats it now believes it faces, however, are distinctly different to those of the latter half of the 20th century. …read more Source:...

      As Ukraine forces gain in east, focus of German diplomacy shifts
      Aug21

      As Ukraine forces gain in east, focus of German diplomacy shifts

      BERLIN/KIEV (Reuters) – After months of ratcheting up pressure on Vladimir Putin, concern is mounting in Berlin and other European capitals that an emboldened Ukraine’s military successes in the east are reducing the chances of a face-saving way out of the crisis for the Russian leader. …read more Source:...