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1 dead, 7 injured in fighting in eastern Ukraine
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EU intends to abolish roaming fee for Georgia and five others
The European Union EU plans to abolish roaming fee for its six allies from the Eastern Partnership for Georgia Ukraine Azerbaijan Armenia Moldova and Belarus …read more Source:...
[Feature] Crimeans seek stable life under Russian control
Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, there has been a somewhat mixed reaction to the increased Russian presence on the peninsula. Some welcome it, others reject it in hushed voices. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Report: EU to extend Crimea sanctions
EU states’ ambassadors agreed in Brussels on Tuesday to extend sanctions on Russia-annexed Crimea in Ukraine for a further year, the RFE/RFL news agency reported. It said foreign ministers will rubber stamp the measures, which include a ban on all types of business activity there, on 19 June. Russian special forces seized the peninsula,...
Naming and Shaming Human Rights Violators
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his address to the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council in GenevaBy Zeid Ra’ad Al HusseinGENEVA, Jun 6 2017 (IPS)Fifty years ago, this was the day I first heard the sound of war. I was three and a half years old and, while fragmentary, I can still remember...
Poland, Ukraine develop gas hub for independence from Russia
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Post-Soviet Russian economic collapse
Was the post-Soviet transition the greatest ‘man-made’ economic disaster ever?. Credit: IPSBy Vladimir Popov and Jomo Kwame SundaramMOSCOW and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 6 2017 (IPS)Wide-ranging economic reforms following the demise of the Soviet Union at the end of December 1991 mainly resulted in economic collapse in most successor states....
Russian missile system brought down Malaysian airlines flight: report
The Bellingcat investigative search network has said that a Buk-M1 missile system believed to have shot down a Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine belonged to the Russian army. …read more Source: Polskie...
U.S. may withdraw from United Nations Human Rights Council
On Friday, The Washington Post published an op-ed by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in which she condemned the way in which the Human Rights Council (HRC) operates. Haley wrote that Venezuela and Cuba having seats on the Human Rights Council is an affront to the international body, as both nations are rampant abusers of human...
No discussions between Sofia and Gazprom over “South Stream”
Gazprom has not been discussing with Bulgaria the restarting of the South Stream gas pipeline project but options for developing its gas transmission system, Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian gas giant, said. The statement was made in response to a question about circulating ideas for the re-launch of the South Stream project. A...



