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Europe warns Russia over Ukraine deal
Kiev (AFP) – European powers warned Russia it risked fresh sanctions if a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 10-month war between Ukraine troops and pro-Moscow rebels was not implemented.The agreement to end the nearly year-long conflict, which has killed thousands and ratcheted East-West tensions to highs not seen since the Cold War, was...
10 things you need to know before European markets open
Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know in markets today. The German economy surged in the final quarter of 2014. Growth hit 0.7%, a very strong figure for the eurozone, and reached 1.6% year-on-year. That’s almost twice as strong as economists were expecting. Analysts predicted 1% growth year-on-year and 0.3% in the final quarter...
This is the simplest explanation of why Putin is so opposed to NATO
Putin’s suspicion of NATO can be boiled down to one simple explanation: geography. At the height of the Cold War and the Soviet Union’s power, the USSR and its allied Warsaw Pact countries encompassed half of Europe and almost the entirety of Central Asia. But after the demise of the USSR in 1989, lands once within Moscow’s...
World Bank to provide up to $2 bn in aid to Ukraine
Washington (AFP) – The World Bank said Thursday it is prepared to provide up to $2 billion in financial assistance to conflict-torn Ukraine this year, part of an international package of support.”Today I am announcing that the World Bank is ready to commit up to $2 billion in 2015, supporting the people of Ukraine in the face of...
THE EUROPEAN CHESSBOARD: A Map Of The Russia-NATO Confrontation
The war in eastern Ukraine is in a state of cease-fire after a deal reached in Minsk on February 12. But if the last ceasefire is any indication, this halt in hostilities won’t spell the end of the most severe geopolitical crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. The last attempt at a halt in fighting quickly fell...
These are the elite Russian troops that are allegedly fighting some of the most crucial battles in Ukraine
Peace talks aimed at ending the crisis in Ukraine are underway in Belarus. But Russian soldiers are still believed to be operating along the front lines of the conflict. US Army Europe commander Ben Hodges said while touring a NATO facility in Poland that it was obvious that there was direct Russian intervention around the strategically important...
The new Economist cover says it all
As Vladimir Putin engaged in marathon peace negotiations with Germany, France, and Ukraine in the capital of Belarus, Russian tanks were allegedly rolling into Ukraine. So as a inherently flawed peace deal is in place, the circumstances surrounding the agreement say a lot more than the “glimmer of hope” provided by the latest...
Ukraine ceasefire agreement could finally allow for the Mistral warship deal
The apparent success in negotiations over a ceasefire agreement for Ukraine could lead France to grant permission for the delivery of Mistral-class warships to Russia “as early as next week”, according to Russian media. Independent newswire Interfax quotes a military-diplomatic source as saying that the agreement of the ceasefire deal...
10 things you need to know in markets today (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)
Here’s what you need to know. We have an agreement on Ukraine. “The leaders of Germany, France, Russia, and Ukraine have agreed on a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, participants at the summit talks said Thursday,” Reuters reported. “The deal reached after all-night negotiations in the Belarussian capital Minsk...
European markets are on fire
European markets are on fire Thursday, on the news of a peace deal to end fighting in Ukraine. Here’s how the major indices were performing today at 12 p.m GMT (6 a.m. ET): The ceasefire agreement, hashed out late Wednesday by leaders of Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine, follows an announcement from the International Monetary Fund that...
