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      Key players in east Ukraine unrest
      Jun25

      Key players in east Ukraine unrest

      Key figures on both sides of east Ukraine’s unrest …read more Source:...

      Nato steps back from giving Georgia full membership of alliance
      Jun25

      Nato steps back from giving Georgia full membership of alliance

      Republic gains only possibility of ‘cooperation’ deal amid fears of some Nato members that full tie-in would antagonise RussiaGeorgia’s hopes of achieving full membership of Nato were set back on Wednesday as the alliance vowed to stop short of approval, avoiding possible confrontation with Moscow over an expansion to...

      The British Army: cash-strapped, homeward bound, and looking for new roles
      Jun25

      The British Army: cash-strapped, homeward bound, and looking for new roles

      Future operations would be limited, suggests head of the army General Wall speaks of “soft use of hard power” No plans to send troops to IraqGone are the days, for the forseeable future at least, of Britain deploying large numbers of “boots on the ground”. Any intervention by Britain’s armed forces in future will be...

      From Russia with love: new wave of emigration sparks debate
      Jun25

      From Russia with love: new wave of emigration sparks debate

      Issue of whether to stay or go has become a hot topic in liberal press with some spurred on by annexation of CrimeaTo flee or not to flee? That has always been the question for a certain stratum of Russian society, from Tsarist times through the Soviet period and the chaos of the 1990s, and up to the present day. People have left Russia in...

      NATO keeps up pressure on Russia over Ukraine crisis
      Jun25

      NATO keeps up pressure on Russia over Ukraine crisis

      At a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels the organisation’s Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, accused Russia of not respecting its… …read more Source:...

      Putin moves to calm Ukraine invasion fears as new sanctions threat looms
      Jun25

      Putin moves to calm Ukraine invasion fears as new sanctions threat looms

      The Russian parliament today rubber-stamped a request from President Putin to strip him of emergency powers to send troops into… …read more Source: The...

      Ukraine to stick to ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels despite deadly attack
      Jun25

      Ukraine to stick to ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels despite deadly attack

      Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko agrees to honour week-long truce early despite pro-Russian rebels shooting down military aircraft, killing nine troops …read more Source: The...

      NATO: Russia not meeting international commitments in Ukraine
      Jun25

      NATO: Russia not meeting international commitments in Ukraine

      Moscow hasn’t upheld its promises to calm tensions in Ukraine, NATO has said. The West is watching Russian President Putin closely this week, as Ukraine struggles to combat separatists who have violated a ceasefire. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Russia revokes Putin’s right to send troops into Ukraine
      Jun25

      Russia revokes Putin’s right to send troops into Ukraine

      The Russian parliament’s upper chamber has voted overwhelmingly to revoke President Vladimir Putin’s right to order military intervention in Ukraine.… …read more Source:...

      NATO chief says Russia not meeting international commitments over Ukraine
      Jun25

      NATO chief says Russia not meeting international commitments over Ukraine

      BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The head of NATO said on Wednesday he saw no sign that Russia was respecting its international commitments over Ukraine as Britain warned Moscow it could face tougher European Union sanctions unless it acted to stop fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...