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    Chechen Head Kadyrov Puts Russian Opposition Leader in Sniper Scope
    Feb01

    Chechen Head Kadyrov Puts Russian Opposition Leader in Sniper Scope

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 17:08 (EET) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Chechen President and Kremlin ally Ramzan Kadyrov has shocked the Russian opposition by posting an ominous video on his Instagram feed that shows opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov in a sniper’s crosshairs. Kasyanov leads Russia’s Parnas party, which he co-chaired with Boris Nemtsov until Nemtsov was mysteriously shot near the Kremlin...

    Moldova Has One of the Largest Cemeteries in Eastern Europe
    Feb01

    Moldova Has One of the Largest Cemeteries in Eastern Europe

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 16:52 (EET) Section: NewsmaxWorld (USA)

    Moldova’s sprawling Saint Lazarus cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in Eastern Europe.It lies on a hill in Chisinau, the capital of this impoverished nation located between European Union member Romania and Ukraine. Built in the 1960s, it covers 200 hectares (495… …read more Source:...

    Russia Shrugs Off Allegations Against Putin
    Feb01

    Russia Shrugs Off Allegations Against Putin

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 16:23 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The story of Russian President Vladimir Putin over the last few years has been one of his steady descent from a leader welcomed and even feted around the world to one who has had allegations of murder and corruption levied at him. Last month, a British public inquiry concluded Putin probably signed off on the 2006 murder of a former Russian spy...

    Soviet-Era Monument Torn Down In Eastern Ukraine
    Feb01

    Soviet-Era Monument Torn Down In Eastern Ukraine

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 15:22 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    A crowd in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk tore down a statue of Soviet-era leader Grigory Petrovsky on January 29. Petrovsky, who led the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the 1920s and 1930s, is seen as one of the architects of the mass famine known as the Holodomor that killed millions of Ukrainians. The statue was one of the...

    Palestinian Authority envoy commemorates Holocaust in Brazil
    Feb01

    Palestinian Authority envoy commemorates Holocaust in Brazil

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 13:52 (EET) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The ambassador of the Palestinian Authority in Brazil joined several Jewish and non-Jewish officials to commemorate the Holocaust at a ceremony in Brazil’s capital. “I could not be absent. It is very important to remember this date,” PA envoy to Brazil Ibrahim Alzeben declared at the event in Brasilia in honor of...

    The Briefing: The Ukraine Deadlock
    Feb01

    The Briefing: The Ukraine Deadlock

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 13:22 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Petro Porishenko heads to Berlin as the Western powers push for a settlement to the conflict in Donbas. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    “Re-tooling an army from scratch,” as it fights a war
    Feb01

    “Re-tooling an army from scratch,” as it fights a war

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 11:23 (EET) Section: CBS (USA)

    U.S. and allied forces try and equip Ukrainian soldiers to stay alive and hold their ground in the grinding fight against Russian-backed rebels …read more Source:...

    Should America Fear the China-Russia Relationship?
    Feb01

    Should America Fear the China-Russia Relationship?

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 2:08 (EET) Section: The National Interest (USA)

    Michael Clarke, Anthony Ricketts Security, Eurasia Beijing and Moscow are working well together, for now. China and Russia have increased their security, economic and diplomatic relationship, complicating an already fragile Asia-Pacific region. Many analysts have viewed this enhanced collaboration as the beginning of a partnership set on...

    A walk through of Russia’s T-14 Armata tank
    Feb01

    A walk through of Russia’s T-14 Armata tank

    Monday, February 1 , 2016 - 0:53 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Since unveiling the T-14 Armata tank in May 2015 during the Victory Day Parade, Russia has kept the specifics of the tank underwraps. A video walk through translated by Ukraine War Awareness, explains some of the capabilities of Russia’s newest battle tank.Here the Armata tank variations show off their impressive...

    Post Obama Foreign Policy: Picking Up the Pieces
    Jan31

    Post Obama Foreign Policy: Picking Up the Pieces

    Sunday, January 31 , 2016 - 22:53 (EET) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    ISIS supporter in Mosul In less than a year a new president will occupy the Oval Office. That president will inherit a far more dangerous, more chaotic world than the one that existed eight years ago. The new president will have to address a broad range of foreign policy matters demanding attention, but three broad issues in particular will...