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    Russia and NATO Conduct First Senior Military Call Since Crimea Annexation
    Mar03

    Russia and NATO Conduct First Senior Military Call Since Crimea Annexation

    The call was the first that Moscow accepted, according to NATO. …read more Source:...

    Mystery Surrounds Blockade Forcing Kyiv’s Hand
    Mar03

    Mystery Surrounds Blockade Forcing Kyiv’s Hand

    Tensions continue to rise in eastern Ukraine as frequently armed activists ratchet up their makeshift blockade to divide Russia-backed-separatist-controlled territory from the rest of the country nearly three years after the onset of violence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    War In Ukraine: Pro-Russia Rebel Leader Declares Economic Blockade On Kiev, Leaving The Rest Of The Country Desperate For Coal
    Mar03

    War In Ukraine: Pro-Russia Rebel Leader Declares Economic Blockade On Kiev, Leaving The Rest Of The Country Desperate For Coal

    The leader of the pro-Russian rebel group in Ukraine known as Donetsk People’s Republic has planned to cut all economic ties with the rest of the country in response to an economic blockade placed on the separatist-controlled city of Donbass. “We are cutting all ties with Ukraine, with which we are at war. Yes, we were selling coal to...

    War In Ukraine: Pro-Russia Rebel Leader Declares Economic Blockade On Kiev, Leaving The Rest Of The Country Desperate For Coal
    Mar03

    War In Ukraine: Pro-Russia Rebel Leader Declares Economic Blockade On Kiev, Leaving The Rest Of The Country Desperate For Coal

    The leader of the pro-Russian rebel group in Ukraine known as Donetsk People’s Republic has planned to cut all economic ties with the rest of the country in response to an economic blockade placed on the separatist-controlled city of Donbass. “We are cutting all ties with Ukraine, with which we are at war. Yes, we were selling coal to...

    A timeline of Jeff Sessions and Michael Flynn’s talks with the Russian ambassador
    Mar03

    A timeline of Jeff Sessions and Michael Flynn’s talks with the Russian ambassador

    Donald Trump’s changing tune on Russia casts old talks in a new light. Jeff Sessions, already one of the most controversial and most influential members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet, now finds himself enmeshed in a major scandal. He twice stated — once under oath at his confirmation hearing, another time in answer to a written question...

    Russia says US infighting on Sessions hampers mending ties
    Mar03

    Russia says US infighting on Sessions hampers mending ties

    Donald Trump had come into office expressing admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin and hoping to mend ties with Moscow, which have sunk to the lowest point since the Cold War over the Ukrainian crisis, the war in Syria and other disputes. […] the allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies of Russian meddling in the election to help...

    NATO, Russia Hold First Top-Level Military Talks In Three Years
    Mar03

    NATO, Russia Hold First Top-Level Military Talks In Three Years

    Senior military officials from Russia and NATO have held their first direct talks since the Western alliance cut military contacts with Russia three years ago over the Kremlin’s interference in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine Tax Chief Falls Ill As He Faces Corruption Charges
    Mar03

    Ukraine Tax Chief Falls Ill As He Faces Corruption Charges

    The head of Ukraine’s national tax authority fell ill just as he was about to be charged with corruption. Thirty-eight-year-old Roman Nasirov was carried out on a stretcher and put into an ambulance late on March 2. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Protecting America’s Voice Abroad
    Mar03

    Protecting America’s Voice Abroad

    Memo: March 2, 2017To: The new CEO of U.S. international media (USIM)From: Martha Bayles and Jeffrey GedminRe: Lessons learned about U.S. international mediaIn December 2016, President Obama signed into law a big change in the structure of U.S. international media (USIM). Since 1994, America’s system of government-funded international media...

    Sweden reintroduces conscription as tensions rise over Russia
    Mar03

    Sweden reintroduces conscription as tensions rise over Russia

    Sweden has moved to reintroduce conscription “as a response to the new security situation” in Europe, the country’s defense minister told CNN Thursday. A government act on Thursday reintroduced compulsory military service in the country for the first time since 2010, and for the first time on a gender-equal basis. Peter Hultqvist,...