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Steve Bell on Nato cartoon
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David Cameron warns of ‘appeasing Putin as we did Hitler’
British dilemma over Russian president’s actions in Ukraine likened to conduct of Neville Chamberlain in 1930s MunichDavid Cameron has told European leaders that the west risks making similar mistakes in appeasing Vladimir Putin over Ukraine as Britain and France did with Adolf Hitler in the run-up to the second world war.In a heated debate...
Ukraine bailout could need extra $19bn if conflict continues, warns IMF
Factories shutting down, industrial heartlands under attack and currency in freefall, contributing to sharp increase in pricesUkraine could need a further $19bn in emergency international funding by the end of next year if there is no resolution to the escalating conflict in the east of the country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...
Putin and the Ukraine crisis will force moribund Nato to reinvent itself
Military alliance lost its role after cold war but can it respond effectively to the unconventional warfare of Russia and Isis?Nato generals and officials have good reason to be grateful to Vladimir Putin. Struggling to find a role for the 28-member alliance since the end of the cold war, Russia’s actions in Ukraine have provided the...
Ukraine: what does Russia’s Vladimir Putin want? video
More than 2,500 have been killed in the conflict in Ukraine, and relations between Russia and the west are more tense than at any time since the cold war. Where will this conflict end, and what are Vladimir Putin’s objectives in this protracted war? In recent weeks Russian involvement has become more visible. Russia has moved an estimated...
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
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
With flowers, bells, balloons and processions, the first day of the school year is a big event in Ukraine … …read more Source: The...
Putin claims Russian forces ‘could conquer Ukraine capital in a fortnight’
Leak reveals Russian president told José Manuel Barroso that his forces could conquer Kiev if he ordered them to do soVladimir Putin has said Russian forces could conquer the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in a fortnight if he so ordered, the Kremlin has confirmed.Moscow declined to deny that the president had spoken of taking Kiev in a phone...
US ban on Russian-made AK-47s sets off a rifle-buying frenzy
Demand for the assault weapon has risen sharply since US imports were halted as part of sanctions against MoscowThirty-six hours after the Obama administration banned importation of the classic brand of assault rifles as part of sanctions against Russia, a Maryland dealer specialising in the weapon took stock of its inventory. There was nothing...
