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    Ukraine’s Parliament Approves Bill To Terminate Friendship Treaty With Russia
    Dec06

    Ukraine’s Parliament Approves Bill To Terminate Friendship Treaty With Russia

    Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved a move by President Petro Poroshenko to terminate the country’s Treaty of Friendship with Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia
    Dec06

    Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia

    Ukraine’s foreign minister is demanding the release and safe return of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russian military forces in the Black Sea …read more Source: ABC...

    Russia-Imposed Authorities In Crimea Detain Prominent Lawyer
    Dec06

    Russia-Imposed Authorities In Crimea Detain Prominent Lawyer

    Russia-imposed authorities in Crimea have detained a prominent lawyer, Emil Kurbedinov, his colleagues say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Prosecutors Ramp Up Probe Into Foreign Lobbying By Firms Tied To Manafort
    Dec06

    Prosecutors Ramp Up Probe Into Foreign Lobbying By Firms Tied To Manafort

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Spinning off from the special counsel’s Russia probe, prosecutors are ramping up their investigation into foreign lobbying by two major Washington firms that did work for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation had been quiet for months since special...

    Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia
    Dec06

    Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia

    MILAN (AP) – Ukraine’s foreign minister is demanding the release and safe return of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russian military forces in the Black Sea. Pavlo Klimkin told the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Thursday that even though Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014 …...

    Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia
    Dec06

    Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia

    Ukraine’s foreign minister is demanding the release and safe return of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russian military forces in the Black Sea. Pavlo Klimkin told the Organization for Security … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    CNN: U.S. Making Plans To Sail Warship Into Black Sea
    Dec06

    CNN: U.S. Making Plans To Sail Warship Into Black Sea

    The channel reported December 5 that U.S. military officials have asked the State Department to notify Turkey of possible plans for a ship to pass through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    US Diplomat: Russia Should Release Ukrainian Sailors by Christmas    
    Dec06

    US Diplomat: Russia Should Release Ukrainian Sailors by Christmas    

    U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volkers says Russia needs to release the Ukrainian sailors taken captive in the Kerch Strait in late November by Christmas or “before the New Year.” Volkers spoke with VOA on Monday in Washington, explaining that the United States and its Western allies are considering a number of options...

    US Challenges Russian Claims in Sea of Japan
    Dec06

    US Challenges Russian Claims in Sea of Japan

    A U.S. Navy destroyer on Wednesday sailed into waters claimed by Russia in the Sea of Japan in a direct challenge to Moscow. The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell “sailed in the vicinity of Peter the Great Bay to challenge Russia’s excessive maritime claims and uphold the rights, freedoms and lawful uses of the sea enjoyed by...

    An Embattled Ukrainian Port City Braces for Russian  ‘Economic Warfare’
    Dec06

    An Embattled Ukrainian Port City Braces for Russian ‘Economic Warfare’

    MARIUPOL, Ukraine—The world is finally paying attention to Galina Odnorog. On behalf of the port of Mariupol, the 50-year-old Ukrainian volunteer activist has been coordinating a media outreach campaign since August 2017, trying to alert Western countries to the threat posed by Russia to Ukraine-bound shipping traffic in the Sea of Azov. “Russia...