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    Poland’s pro-defense forces hold first nationwide rally
    Sep18

    Poland’s pro-defense forces hold first nationwide rally

    Friday, September 18 , 2015 - 2:28 (EEST) Section: CNS News (USA)

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of members of pro-defense forces marched in downtown Warsaw on Thursday to show their readiness to defend Poland if needed, amid concerns over the conflict in neighboring Ukraine and Russia’s role in it. …read more Source: CNS...

    Poland’s Pro-defense Forces Hold First Nationwide Rally
    Sep18

    Poland’s Pro-defense Forces Hold First Nationwide Rally

    Friday, September 18 , 2015 - 1:13 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Hundreds of members of pro-defense forces marched Thursday in downtown Warsaw to show their readiness to defend Poland if needed, amid concerns over the conflict in neighboring Ukraine and Russia’s role in it. “We have come here to tell Poland that we are ready to defend her and to see to the security of our countrymen in time of...

    Russia’s Import Substitution Plan Runs into Quality, Economic Problems
    Sep18

    Russia’s Import Substitution Plan Runs into Quality, Economic Problems

    Friday, September 18 , 2015 - 0:58 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russia is touting import substitution, a policy aimed at replacing foreign products with locally produced goods. The plan was sparked by Western sanctions over Ukraine and Moscow’s retaliatory ban on Western food. Some countries, like China, expect to benefit from the ban, but, as VOA’s Daniel Schearf reports from Moscow, substituting...

    Russia’s Third Circles
    Sep18

    Russia’s Third Circles

    Friday, September 18 , 2015 - 0:43 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    As TAI already noted this morning, General Lloyd J. Austin III, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday, indicated that the Pentagon was still completely flummoxed as to what Russia’s broader objectives were in sending arms and troops to Syria. That’s troubling but not...

    Ukraine Bans Silvio Berlusconi for Three Years After Crimea Visit: Reports
    Sep18

    Ukraine Bans Silvio Berlusconi for Three Years After Crimea Visit: Reports

    Friday, September 18 , 2015 - 0:13 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    The former Italian leader was reportedly outlawed from the country to preserve “national security.” …read more Source:...

    Will Putin Exchange Donbass for Syria?
    Sep17

    Will Putin Exchange Donbass for Syria?

    Thursday, September 17 , 2015 - 23:28 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    MOSCOW — Will Syria become a second Afghanistan for Russia? Is it wise for Russia to intervene in that conflict? Rumors are circulating that Moscow is planning a face-saving maneuver whereby it gradually “hands over” the Donbass in fulfillment of the Minsk agreement while aiding the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition in Syria...

    CPJ, OSCE Blast Ukraine on Foreign Journalist Entry Ban
    Sep17

    CPJ, OSCE Blast Ukraine on Foreign Journalist Entry Ban

    Thursday, September 17 , 2015 - 21:13 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Two international rights organizations have criticized Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for signing a decree that banned 41 foreign journalists and bloggers from entry into Ukraine for one year. The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe issued a statement Thursday calling the ban “a severe threat to the rights of...

    Ukraine president blacklists journalists as ‘threat to national interests’
    Sep17

    Ukraine president blacklists journalists as ‘threat to national interests’

    Thursday, September 17 , 2015 - 20:28 (EEST) Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)

    The list of around 400 individuals and entities includes about 40 journalists, though six Western media employees, including three from the BBC, were later removed from it. …read more Source: Christian Science...

    Why Greece, Europe and the West Need Meimarakis
    Sep17

    Why Greece, Europe and the West Need Meimarakis

    Thursday, September 17 , 2015 - 19:58 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    As Greece embarks on its third poll in nine months, political and economic uncertainty prevails. For seven months, former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras engaged in reckless brinksmanship with Europe. Tsipras’ approach backfired and he pushed Greece to the verge of economic collapse. As a direct result, Greece was forced to accept the third...

    Ukraine Livid As Putin, Berlusconi Swig Crimea’s Oldest Bottle Of Wine
    Sep17

    Ukraine Livid As Putin, Berlusconi Swig Crimea’s Oldest Bottle Of Wine

    Thursday, September 17 , 2015 - 19:13 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukraine accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of drinking one of Crimea’s most precious bottles of wine, brought to the peninsula during the reign of Catherine the Great. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...