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The US Warns Russia About Its ‘Significant Escalation’ In Ukraine Ahead Of A Crucial Meeting
High-profile U.S. diplomats warned Russia to halt increasing “escalation” in Ukraine on Tuesday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin was scheduled to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart for the first time since June. Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, said late Monday night that Russia’s...
Here’s A 10-Second Guide To What Traders Are Talking About Today
Dave Lutz of JonesTrading has the top topics about which traders are talking today: Yesterday’s NYSE volume was the lightest (Non-Holiday) volume since October 2006, let’s hope that reverses – US Futures have been steadily climbing throughout the AM, and rest about 15bp higher ahead of the Poroshenko-Putin meeting (no specific...
Russia approves $6.6bn for sanctions-hit state banks
Moscow (AFP) – The Russian government has approved injecting 239 billion rubles ($6.6 billion, 5 billion euros) into two of the country’s largest, state-controlled banks that have been hit with Western sanctions.VTB Bank will get the lion’s share of the funds, 214 billion rubles, while Rosselkhozbank will get 25 billion,...
Ukraine Shows Russian Soldiers Detained In East Ukraine — Russia Says They Entered ‘Mostly By Accident’
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian security services on Monday released video footage purporting to show Russian servicemen who were captured by Ukrainian government forces while fighting alongside pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine. The footage, which is likely to fuel allegations from Kiev and its Western allies of Russian involvement in the war,...
Russian military sources soldiers enter Ukraine ‘by accident’
Moscow (AFP) – Russian military sources quoted by state agencies on Tuesday said that Russian troops captured by Kiev and shown on Ukrainian television had crossed the border accidentally.”The soldiers were really taking part in patrolling a section of the Russian-Ukrainian border, they crossed it most likely by accident, on an...
The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here’s what people will be talking about Tuesday. 1. Officials said Monday night that the U.S. is “preparing military options, including surveillance flights, to pressure Islamic State in Syria,” Reuters reports. Plans for military action have been on the table for weeks, though nothing has been confirmed yet. 2....
PAUL RYAN: ‘We Were Right’
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) looks back at the 2012 election and says, “We were right.” Ryan, the 2012 vice presidential nominee alongside presidential nominee Mitt Romney, thinks the pair was right about the Obama adminstration’s foreign policy leading to the kinds of crises popping up in the Middle East with the Islamic State...
Top Ukrainian Official: A Column Of Russian Tanks Has Entered Southeastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles has crossed into southeastern Ukraine, away from where most of the intense fighting has been taking place, a top Ukrainian official said Monday. Col. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security Council, told reporters that the column of 10 tanks, two armored...
Mario Draghi Gave A Big Speech On Friday — But The Most Crucial Part Wasn’t In The Original Text
ECB chief Mario Draghi gave a big speech at Jackson Hole on Friday. There were two big ideas to come out of the speech: The first is that the ECB will do more to halt falling inflation. The other is that the ECB probably can’t do it on its own, and that the destructive effects of austerity need to be reversed somehow. Markets are higher on...
Ukraine forces clash with armoured convoy crossing Russia border: Kiev
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said a battle erupted on Monday between border guards and a convoy of “dozens” of armoured vehicles and tanks that entered its territory from Russia near the Azov Sea.”The Ukrainian border has been breached by a convoy of several dozen tanks and armoured vehicles” which crossed in the area close...
