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    Desire to break free from Ukraine keeps devastated Donetsk fighting​
    Jul06

    Desire to break free from Ukraine keeps devastated Donetsk fighting​

    JUDY WOODRUFF: Tonight, we begin a weeklong series from Eastern Europe that we’re calling Fault Lines. On Friday, NATO will announce the largest military buildup in Europe since the Cold War. Tensions between the West and Russia have reached the highest level since the fall of the Soviet Union. This week, we will examine the causes of that...

    Ukraine’s Former Prime Minister on Dirty Politics, Populist ‘Bullshit,’ and Life After ‘Political Suicide’
    Jul05

    Ukraine’s Former Prime Minister on Dirty Politics, Populist ‘Bullshit,’ and Life After ‘Political Suicide’

    Shortly after stepping down from power in Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk met with FP to discuss his future — and Ukraine’s. …read more Source: Foreign...

    Ukraine plans alternative route after Russian transit ban
    Jul05

    Ukraine plans alternative route after Russian transit ban

    Allen ConeKIEV, Ukraine, July 5 (UPI) — Ukraine is seeking a new route for shipping goods to Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic after Russia placed new restrictions on transit through its territory. …read more Source: United Press...

    Poland’s Nightmare: Russia Deploys More Lethal S-300 Batteries to Belarus
    Jul05

    Poland’s Nightmare: Russia Deploys More Lethal S-300 Batteries to Belarus

    Chris Biggers S-300, Russia The satellite imagery, some of which Google Earth published last week, indicates the presence of additional S-300 near Polatsk and Grodno, locations running along the Poland and Lithuania borders. Satellite imagery confirms that Russia delivered new surface-to-air missile systems to Belarus, its frontline ally and last...

    Ukraine Parliament Strips Lawmaker Of Immunity Over Alleged Fraud
    Jul05

    Ukraine Parliament Strips Lawmaker Of Immunity Over Alleged Fraud

    Ukraine’s parliament has stripped a lawmaker accused of misappropriating more than $60 million of his immunity. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    How the US can confront Moscow's frozen conflicts
    Jul05

    How the US can confront Moscow's frozen conflicts

    Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine and the emergence of pro-Moscow separatist territories in eastern Ukraine have created a new set of conflicts, and the U.S. response since 2014 constitutes an unprecedented turning point for… …read more Source: The...

    Three Ukrainian Soldiers Reported Killed In East
    Jul05

    Three Ukrainian Soldiers Reported Killed In East

    Ukraine says three of its servicemen have been killed and 13 wounded in clashes in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russia To Empty One Of Its Sovereign Funds Next Year – Ministry Proposal
    Jul05

    Russia To Empty One Of Its Sovereign Funds Next Year – Ministry Proposal

    Russia will exhaust one of its two sovereign funds next year, according to a finance ministry proposal seen by Reuters, having by that point run through $87 billion since the beginning of 2014 to fill holes in the budget left by a slump in oil prices.Russia will also spend over the next three years about a third of another of its funds on...

    “Mea Culpa” Foreign Policy
    Jul05

    “Mea Culpa” Foreign Policy

    Turkey’s relations with its near neighbors have been strained over the last few years, being pushed to breaking point with Israel since 2010, with Egypt since 2013 and with Russia since November 2015, for various reasons. Hoping to turn a new page, Ankara has recently adopted a policy of mea culpa in a bid to normalize its relations with...

    AP Interview: NATO to end central Europe’s fears of Russia
    Jul04

    AP Interview: NATO to end central Europe’s fears of Russia

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Decisions to be approved at this week’s NATO summit in Warsaw will build a deterrence force that should make Russia “forget about threatening Poland” and other nations, Poland’s defense minister said Monday. Antoni Macierewicz spoke to The Associated Press just four days before about 2,000 delegates from the 28...