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    Separatist leader from Ukraine recorded making anti-Semitic statements
    Jun22

    Separatist leader from Ukraine recorded making anti-Semitic statements

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 12:46 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    (JTA) — A separatist leader from Ukraine made anti-Semitic statements at a public address, the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress said. Igor Plotnitsky, head of the breakaway, Russian-backed region of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine, during a lecture in Russia last week linked Ukrainian Jews to the revolution that last year swept from power the...

    EU Extends Sanctions Against Russia for 6 Months
    Jun22

    EU Extends Sanctions Against Russia for 6 Months

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 11:30 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    European Union foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to extend economic sanctions against Russia for an additional six months in response to the country’s role in neighboring Ukraine. The move came during a meeting of the 28-member bloc’s foreign ministers in Luxembourg. EU envoys had preliminarily approved the measure last week....

    EU extends sanctions against Russia by 6 months
    Jun22

    EU extends sanctions against Russia by 6 months

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 11:30 (EEST) Section: CNS News (USA)

    LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The European Union has extended economic sanctions against Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...

    Europe just slapped Russia with another six months of sanctions
    Jun22

    Europe just slapped Russia with another six months of sanctions

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 11:15 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    The European Union just confirmed that it will extend its sanctions against Russia until at least the end of January 2016. The meeting of European foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday announced the widely-expected increase because of Russia’s annexation of parts of Ukraine according to Reuters. The series of economic and financial...

    EU Extends Sanctions Against Russia by 6 Months
    Jun22

    EU Extends Sanctions Against Russia by 6 Months

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 11:00 (EEST) Section: ABC News (USA)

    EU extends sanctions against Russia by 6 months, keeping up pressure over Ukraine conflict …read more Source: ABC...

    EU Extends Russia Sanctions, Launches Libya Mission
    Jun22

    EU Extends Russia Sanctions, Launches Libya Mission

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 11:00 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    EU foreign ministers have approved the extension of economic sanctions on Russia over its involvement in Ukraine by six months, until the end of January 2016. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months: official
    Jun22

    EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months: official

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 11:00 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Luxembourg (AFP) – EU foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said.”EU has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2016, with a view to complete implementation of (the) Minsk...

    Australia, Malaysia and Netherlands governments to mark anniversary of Flight 17 disaster
    Jun22

    Australia, Malaysia and Netherlands governments to mark anniversary of Flight 17 disaster

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 8:45 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    Australia’s prime minister says the Australian, Malaysian and Dutch governments will hold services on July 17 to mark the first anniversary of the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives. …read more Source: FOX...

    Russia’s Patrushev Says U.S. Engineered Ukrainian ‘Coup’
    Jun22

    Russia’s Patrushev Says U.S. Engineered Ukrainian ‘Coup’

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 6:46 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    A senior Russian security official says the United States spent $5 billion on a “destabilization project in Ukraine” in order to “create an instrument to weaken Russia dramatically.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Pentagon Chief Planning For Longer-Term Rift With Russia
    Jun22

    Pentagon Chief Planning For Longer-Term Rift With Russia

    Monday, June 22 , 2015 - 2:45 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    BERLIN (Reuters) — The United States and its NATO allies are preparing militarily for the prospect that their rift with Russia could outlast President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Sunday. Russia’s intervention in Ukraine has put NATO allies in eastern Europe on edge and triggered a series of military moves...