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      Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: EU prepares tough sanctions package targeting Russian economy
      Jul24

      Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: EU prepares tough sanctions package targeting Russian economy

      Tougher sanctions designed to target key sectors of the Russian economy for the first time over the Ukraine crisis are set to be imposed on Moscow by Britain and other European Union countries. …read more Source: The...

      Moscow not arming rebels and sanctions are illegal, says ambassador
      Jul24

      Moscow not arming rebels and sanctions are illegal, says ambassador

      The Russian ambassador to the UK today flatly denied that Moscow was arming the Ukrainian separatists suspected of shooting down… …read more Source: The...

      German newspaper accuses David Cameron of ‘gross hypocrisy’ over EU sanctions
      Jul24

      German newspaper accuses David Cameron of ‘gross hypocrisy’ over EU sanctions

      Welt newspaper criticises the Prime Minister’s government for calling for tougher sanctions against Russia’s Vladimir Putin yet still continuing to supply the country with arms and giving shelter to Russian oligarchs …read more Source: The...

      [Ticker] Ukraine PM resigns
      Jul24

      [Ticker] Ukraine PM resigns

      Ukraine PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk Thursday announced his resignation after several parties said they were pulling out of the ruling coalition. President Petro Poroshenko welcomed the move saying: “The society wants a full reset of state authorities,” reports Reuters, with a new vote possibly purging the parliament of pro-Russia political...

      Poland’s defence: A front-line state
      Jul24

      Poland’s defence: A front-line state

      POLAND spent $4.7 billion on 48 American-built F-16 fighters, but in the event of a conflict with Russia, the safest place for the warplanes would be on a German airfield, quips a defence analyst. Threadbare Soviet-era air defences would be unable to protect Poland against an attack.With neighbouring Ukraine in turmoil, Warsaw is more acutely...

      MH17: Ukraine Workers ‘Chased Off Crash Site’
      Jul24

      MH17: Ukraine Workers ‘Chased Off Crash Site’

      Armed rebels confiscate investigators’ equipment who say that victims’ bodies were removed in the proper way. …read more Source: Sky...

      Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk resigns
      Jul24

      Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk resigns

      Yatseniuk quits as he berates parliament for failing to pass law taking control of energy sector as Russian gas supply dwindlesUkraine’s prime minister has tendered his resignation, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over the country’s increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army...

      VIDEO: Fears MH17 crash site ‘abandoned’
      Jul24

      VIDEO: Fears MH17 crash site ‘abandoned’

      There are renewed calls for tighter security at the site of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine, after some reports it had been left abandoned. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine PM resigns as battle rages around MH17 site
      Jul24

      Ukraine PM resigns as battle rages around MH17 site

      Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced the resignation of his government after two pro-Western parties left the ruling coalition. Battles have blocked access to the crash site of the downed flight MH17. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Europe needs a lesson in deterrence
      Jul24

      Europe needs a lesson in deterrence

      Events in Ukraine illustrate how Europeans have been slow to recognise the world as it is rather than as they imagined …read more Source: Financial...