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    US Criticizes Russia as Serial Violator of Arms Control Treaties
    Mar19

    US Criticizes Russia as Serial Violator of Arms Control Treaties

    A senior U.S. official accuses Russia of breaching several arms control treaties considered critical for maintaining world peace. Assistant Secretary of State Yleem Poblete spoke at the U.N. Conference on Disarmament as the United States assumed the rotating presidency of the body. Poblete made a blistering attack against what she called...

    Five years after Crimea annexation, tensions remain
    Mar19

    Five years after Crimea annexation, tensions remain

    Some say the so-called “Crimean Consensus,” the ability of Crimea to put a smile on every Russian’s face, has dried up. …read more Source: FOX...

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko Paradox
    Mar19

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko Paradox

    In upcoming elections, the incumbent president may well lose to a man who plays one on TV. …read more Source: Foreign...

    Russia Deploying Strategic Bombers, Nuclear-Capable Missiles in Crimea?
    Mar19

    Russia Deploying Strategic Bombers, Nuclear-Capable Missiles in Crimea?

    A Russian Iskander missile. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) …read more Source: CNS...

    NATO to Receive First Northrop Surveillance Drone, Years Late
    Mar19

    NATO to Receive First Northrop Surveillance Drone, Years Late

    NATO is to receive the first of five Northrop Grumman high-altitude drones in the third quarter after years of delays, giving the alliance its own spy drones for the first time, the German government told lawmakers. Thomas Silberhorn, state secretary in the German Defense Ministry, said the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) drone would be...

    Canada to Extend Military Training Missions in Ukraine, Iraq
    Mar19

    Canada to Extend Military Training Missions in Ukraine, Iraq

    Canada will keep a 200-strong military training mission in Ukraine for another three years to help domestic security forces handle continuing tensions with Russia, Ottawa said on Monday. The Canadian troops, who first went to Ukraine in September 2015, had been due out at the end of March but will now stay until March 2022. News of the extension...

    Tymoshenko Defends Decision Not To Fight Over Crimea, Attacks Minsk Process
    Mar18

    Tymoshenko Defends Decision Not To Fight Over Crimea, Attacks Minsk Process

    Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is a leading candidate in the country’s March 31 presidential election, has defended her support for Kyiv’s 2014 decision not to use military force to resist Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea region of Crimea. Tymoshenko said that if elected she would reject the Minsk...

    NYT: DOJ Moves FARA Probe Into Obama White House Counsel To DC
    Mar18

    NYT: DOJ Moves FARA Probe Into Obama White House Counsel To DC

    Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. have taken over a criminal investigation into whether former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig failed to register as a foreign agent after the case was moved from New York in January, the New York Times reported Monday. The decision to move the case from the Southern District of New York to D.C. comes...

    Ukraine Reports 11 Measles Fatalities, More Than 30,00 New Infections This Year
    Mar18

    Ukraine Reports 11 Measles Fatalities, More Than 30,00 New Infections This Year

    Health officials in Kyiv have said that 30,794 cases of measles have been reported in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Leading Ukraine Candidate Fights ‘Fakes With Fakes’ As Facebook Tests New Political Ad Rules
    Mar18

    Leading Ukraine Candidate Fights ‘Fakes With Fakes’ As Facebook Tests New Political Ad Rules

    Beginning today, Facebook advertisers in Ukraine need the social network’s authorization to reach users — and ads from annexed Crimea and separatist-held areas are banned outright. But 13 days before an election, is it too little, too late? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...