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East Ukraine rebels withdraw rocket launchers from front line
Feb27

East Ukraine rebels withdraw rocket launchers from front line

Separatist fighters in east Ukraine moved rocket launchers to a location 70 kilometres (43 miles) back from the front line with government troops Friday in the first confirmed compliance with a cease-fire agreed earlier this month. …read more Source: Global...

East Ukraine rebels complying with ceasefire
Feb27

East Ukraine rebels complying with ceasefire

Separatist fighters in east Ukraine have moved rocket launchers to a location 70 kilometres back from the front line with government troops in the first confirmed compliance with a cease-fire agreed earlier this month. …read more Source: CTV...

The Grand Illusion
Feb27

The Grand Illusion

Photo by Menendj In the years since 9/11, American police alone have killed at least twice as many Americans as died in that single large event, the annual toll of police killings being somewhere between 500 and 1,000, the variation owing to many such events going inaccurately reported by police. Each year, somewhere between 30 and 40 thousand...

Europe doesn’t seem very worried about Putin
Feb27

Europe doesn’t seem very worried about Putin

For all the alarmist rhetoric about Russian barbarians at the gate, NATO countries are reluctant to put their money where their mouth is. Only the countries closest to Russia’s borders are increasing their military spending this year, while other, bigger ones are making cuts. Regardless of what their leaders say about Vladimir Putin, they...

Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons
Feb26

Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons

Pullback was supposed to have started more than a week ago under a peace deal agreed upon earlier this month by the leaders of Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons in the east
Feb26

Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons in the east

Ukraine says it will begin pulling back its heavy weapons in the east in line with cease-fire …read more Source:...

Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons in the east
Feb26

Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons in the east

In a long-awaited development, Ukrainian forces and separatist fighters both announced Thursday they are pulling back heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons
Feb26

Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons

Ukrainian forces and separatist fighters both announced Thursday they are pulling back heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...

Putin Ready To Turn Off Europe’s Gas Supply
Feb26

Putin Ready To Turn Off Europe’s Gas Supply

Russia threatened yesterday to disrupt gas supplies to Europe within days, opening a new front in the showdown over Ukraine. President Putin demanded immediate advance payments from Kiev to keep the gas taps on in the depths of winter. Cutting off gas would be likely to hit transit flows to Europe. His ultimatum came on the day that the EU...

Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine may keep Russian gas supply
Feb26

Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine may keep Russian gas supply

Russia’s Kremlin-controlled Gazprom says it will exempt gas supplies to rebel-held regions from its main contract with Ukrainian Naftogaz, days before Kyiv uses up gas volumes it has already paid for. …read more Source:...