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    Will the Russians Try Another Land Grab in Ukraine?
    Aug08

    Will the Russians Try Another Land Grab in Ukraine?

    The war in eastern Ukraine has lately resembled the anecdote about boiling a frog: the fighting has been slowly increasing in intensity, but the international community has thus far acted as if nothing was happening. Then, over the weekend, a car bomb went off wounding Igor Plotnitsky, the head of the so-called breakaway Luhansk People’s...

    Ukrainian, 23, who faked age for high school pleads guilty
    Aug08

    Ukrainian, 23, who faked age for high school pleads guilty

    A 23-year-old Ukrainian man accused of faking his name and age while attending a Pennsylvania high school and having sex with an underage girl pleaded guilty Monday. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    The Time is Ripe for Détente, 2.0
    Aug08

    The Time is Ripe for Détente, 2.0

    On July 20, Donald Trump shocked the Western politico-military establishment when he told The New York Times that the United States would protect Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the three formerly Soviet Baltic countries that joined NATO in 2004, from a Russian attack only if they have “fulfilled their obligations to us.” In one fell stroke,...

    Russians Grow Increasingly Indifferent to Vladimir Putin As Economy Bites
    Aug08

    Russians Grow Increasingly Indifferent to Vladimir Putin As Economy Bites

    Russians are feeling more indifferent towards President Vladimir Putin than at any time before the Ukraine crisis, according to independent pollster the Levada Center. Putin, who returned to a controversial third but non-consecutive term as president in 2012, saw a huge boost to his approval rating following the decision to intervene in the...

    Ukraine Reports Russian Military Activity on Crimea Border
    Aug08

    Ukraine Reports Russian Military Activity on Crimea Border

    Ukraine has reported an increase in Russian military activity on the border with annexed Crimea as activists on the peninsula claim an armored column of Russian military vehicles has been spotted moving north into the region. Ukraine’s Deputy Minister on Crimean Affairs, Georgiy Tuka, said that the Russian government in Crimea has called...

    The Latest: First American with hijab competes in Olympics
    Aug08

    The Latest: First American with hijab competes in Olympics

    First American with hijab competes in Olympics Muhammad, sporting a plain black Muslim head scarf under a red, white and blue mask, was a winner in her opening bout in the women’s sabre tournament, beating Olena Kravatska of Ukraine 15-13. The first golf shot in 112 years at the Olympics will be struck by the lone Brazilian player in the...

    Former Ukrainian Lawmaker Charged With Separatism
    Aug08

    Former Ukrainian Lawmaker Charged With Separatism

    A court in Kyiv has formally charged a former Ukrainian member of parliament with providing support to Russia-backed separatists in the east of the country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Report: Traveling zoo set up on Holocaust execution site in Ukraine
    Aug08

    Report: Traveling zoo set up on Holocaust execution site in Ukraine

    (JTA) — A city in northwestern Ukraine authorized the placing of a traveling zoo on the mass grave of thousands of Jewish Holocaust victims, a leader of the country’s Jewish community said. Eduard Dolinsky, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, wrote Monday on Facebook about the traveling zoo that was erected this summer in the...

    Would Hillary keep John Kerry on?
    Aug08

    Would Hillary keep John Kerry on?

    Time is running out for John Kerry.With less than six months until a new president takes office, the U.S. secretary of state is working furiously to reach a political settlement in Syria, hold together the international coalition fighting the Islamic State, and tame a Russian bear prowling in Syria and Ukraine.Friends and allies say the energetic...

    The Latest:  14 gold medals await athletes in Rio de Janeiro
    Aug08

    The Latest: 14 gold medals await athletes in Rio de Janeiro

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest from the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 5:30 a.m. Eight sports will be awarding 14 gold medals Monday at the Rio Olympics in events ranging from artistic gymnastics to diving, fencing, judo, rugby sevens, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. Swimming alone will hand out four gold medals...