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    A Russian military base has been spotted in eastern Ukraine
    Jun30

    A Russian military base has been spotted in eastern Ukraine

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 23:49 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    A Ukrainian pro-government militia has released drone footage showcasing the creation and expansion of a Russian military forward operating base (FOB) along a crucial front line in eastern Ukraine, Pierre Vaux reports for The Daily Beast. The footage compiled by the Ukrainian volunteer militia Dnipro-1 was filmed during two separate drone flights...

    Russia investigates legality of 1991 recognition of Baltic independence
    Jun30

    Russia investigates legality of 1991 recognition of Baltic independence

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 23:34 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    Fred LambertMOSCOW, June 30 (UPI) — Russia is examining the legality of its recognition of Baltic independence in 1991, one week after it deemed the 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine illegal. …read more Source: United Press...

    Ukraine Suspends Russian Gas Purchases
    Jun30

    Ukraine Suspends Russian Gas Purchases

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 23:04 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukraine’s state-run energy firm Naftogaz says it will stop buying gas from Russia from July 1 until new supply conditions are agreed. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Dutch Supreme Court allows extradition of wanted Israeli rabbi 
    Jun30

    Dutch Supreme Court allows extradition of wanted Israeli rabbi 

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 23:04 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    (JTA) — The Dutch Supreme Court authorized the extradition to Israel of a rabbi wanted there for alleged sex crimes. The court made its ruling Tuesday on Eliezer Berland, a Breslov Hasid who is suspected of sexually assaulting several of his female followers, including one minor. It is not known when he will be deported. Berland denies the...

    Ukraine suspends Russian gas purchases in new price row
    Jun30

    Ukraine suspends Russian gas purchases in new price row

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 23:04 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine announced on Tuesday the immediate suspension of all Russian gas purchases following a breakdown of price negotiations aimed at keeping supplies running for the next three to six months.The state energy company Naftogaz said in a statement it would still continue transporting Russian gas supplies westward to its other...

    Russia is reviewing the ‘legality’ of Baltic states’ independence
    Jun30

    Russia is reviewing the ‘legality’ of Baltic states’ independence

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 23:04 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Russia is going to review whether or not it was legal for the Soviet Union to recognize the Baltic states as independent nearly 25 years ago, according to a report by Interfax. A “source familiar with the situation” told Interfax on Tuesday that the Russian Prosecutor General’s office began checking the legality of the...

    Czech PM: ‘Important’ To Keep Sanctions On Russia
    Jun30

    Czech PM: ‘Important’ To Keep Sanctions On Russia

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 22:49 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says it is essential that international sanctions against Russia continue until all sides in the Ukraine conflict meet the terms of a cease-fire deal agreed to in February. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Apparent Russian Base Found in Ukraine
    Jun30

    Apparent Russian Base Found in Ukraine

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 21:30 (EEST) Section: The Daily Beast (USA)

    Drone footage finds smoking-gun evidence of Russian army involvement in the conflict. More war is inevitable. …read more Source: The Daily...

    U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Works Globally To Fight Antismoking Measures
    Jun30

    U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Works Globally To Fight Antismoking Measures

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 21:01 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine — A parliamentary hearing was convened here in March to consider an odd remnant of Ukraine’s corrupt, pre-revolutionary government.– This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website....

    Let Greece Leave the Eurozone
    Jun30

    Let Greece Leave the Eurozone

    Tuesday, June 30 , 2015 - 20:30 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    In withdrawing from negotiations with Greece’s international creditors and holding a referendum on whether Greece should adopt the further austerity required by the lenders’ financial aid package, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras figuratively pulled out a gun and threatened to blow a hole in the life raft that was given to his...