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    East Ukraine War: Donbas Self-Rule Decision Will Not Bring Peace, Says Top US Ambassador
    Aug01

    East Ukraine War: Donbas Self-Rule Decision Will Not Bring Peace, Says Top US Ambassador

    Constitutional changes approved Friday by Ukraine’s highest court to help end the war in Donbas are unlikely to bring an end to hostilities between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer said. The legal changes, which still must be approved by the parliament in Kiev, seek to allow the...

    U.S. Hits Russia with More Sanctions
    Aug01

    U.S. Hits Russia with More Sanctions

    The U.S. yesterday expanded its sanction regime to include 26 more individuals and entities, keeping pressure on the country over its continued aggression in Ukraine. The Hill reports: Under four separate executive orders, the Treasury Department on Wednesday designated and identified former officials and close associates of Ukrainian President...

    French President Says No Compensation Deal With Russia Yet
    Jul31

    French President Says No Compensation Deal With Russia Yet

    President Francois Hollande has denied claims by Moscow that France has agreed to pay compensation to Russia for cancelling the sale of two Mistral warships. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Georgia diplomat: No plans to join new EU sanctions against Russia
    Jul31

    Georgia diplomat: No plans to join new EU sanctions against Russia

    Jared M. FeldschreiberTBLISI, Georgia, July 31 (UPI) — The Georgian prime minister’s envoy to Russia told reporters his country has no plans to join new sanctions leveled at Russia by the EU. …read more Source: United Press...

    France Will Compensate Russia for Canceling Arms Deal, Kremlin Aide Says
    Jul31

    France Will Compensate Russia for Canceling Arms Deal, Kremlin Aide Says

    France has agreed to pay Russia compensation for refusing to deliver two helicopter carrier ships after sanctions were imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The New York...

    Former Ukrainian Official On The Lam In Alligator Shoes?
    Jul31

    Former Ukrainian Official On The Lam In Alligator Shoes?

    A new luxury shoe store has opened up in Kyiv, and the owners’ tracks appear to come from one of Ukraine’s most wanted men. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine Says Crimea Tourism Ad Displays Kremlin’s ‘Imperialist Pride’
    Jul31

    Ukraine Says Crimea Tourism Ad Displays Kremlin’s ‘Imperialist Pride’

    Russia’s attempt to rebrand the annexed Crimean peninsula as a summer tourism hotspot has prompted outrage in Ukraine and been widely mocked by Russian bloggers. Soon after pro-European protesters toppled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s pro-Russian government, the peninsula was annexed from Ukraine in March 2014 by heavily...

    Russia says ‘nyet’ at UN to MH-17 downing tribunal
    Jul31

    Russia says ‘nyet’ at UN to MH-17 downing tribunal

    Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In a callous but not unexpected move to block an international inquiry on the fate of Malaysian flight #17 which was shot down over Ukraine just a year ago, Russia […] The post Russia says ‘nyet’ at UN to MH-17 downing tribunal appeared first on World Tribune. …read more...

    Russian Trial of Ukraine’s Pilot Reflects Tangled Conflict
    Jul31

    Russian Trial of Ukraine’s Pilot Reflects Tangled Conflict

    A court in southwestern Russia has adjourned a preliminary hearing against captured Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to decide on her lawyers’ request to move the trial to Moscow. Prosecutors accuse the Ukrainian woman of causing the deaths of two Russian journalists in east Ukraine last year. They allege she acted as an aerial spotter to...

    Mistral Ships Deal: Russia’s Compensation Amount From France Revealed
    Jul31

    Mistral Ships Deal: Russia’s Compensation Amount From France Revealed

    France will pay Russia $1.27 billion compensation for the non-delivery of two ordered mistral helicopter landing ships, according to a report by the liberal Russian newspaper Kommersant. The deal, which was originally worth $1.2 billion and supposed to be completed in the autumn, was held up after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March last...