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    Poll: Americans and Europeans differ on aid to Ukraine
    Jun10

    Poll: Americans and Europeans differ on aid to Ukraine

    Wednesday, June 10 , 2015 - 7:30 (EEST) Section: CNS News (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — A new survey shows that Americans are less willing than Europeans to send economic aid to Ukraine, where the government is struggling to keep the economy afloat while battling Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: CNS...

    Poll: Americans less willing than Europeans to send financial aid to Ukraine
    Jun10

    Poll: Americans less willing than Europeans to send financial aid to Ukraine

    Wednesday, June 10 , 2015 - 7:30 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    A new survey shows that Americans are less willing than Europeans to send economic aid to Ukraine, where the government is struggling to keep the economy afloat while battling Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: FOX...

    Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy
    Jun10

    Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy

    Wednesday, June 10 , 2015 - 6:00 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Rome (AFP) – Vladimir Putin makes a rare international outing on Wednesday with a high-profile visit to Italy and the Vatican two days after the G7 threatened him with tougher sanctions over Ukraine.The Russian president is due in Milan to visit his country’s pavilion at the World Expo and will travel on to Rome, where an audience...

    US Treasury Chief Urges Ukraine to Keep Working on Debt Restructuring
    Jun10

    US Treasury Chief Urges Ukraine to Keep Working on Debt Restructuring

    Wednesday, June 10 , 2015 - 5:15 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Tuesday encouraged Ukrainian leaders to keep working on restructuring their debt, saying IMF loans require everyone to make a “shared sacrifice.” Lew met in Washington Tuesday with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko. Both came to Washington to push the...

    U.S., G7 ready to impose more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine: Treasury
    Jun10

    U.S., G7 ready to impose more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine: Treasury

    Wednesday, June 10 , 2015 - 2:15 (EEST) Section: Townhall (USA)

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Ukrainian leaders on Tuesday that the United States and its G7 allies stood ready… …read more Source:...

    Vladimir Putin Tests the Limits of Pope Francis’ Powers
    Jun10

    Vladimir Putin Tests the Limits of Pope Francis’ Powers

    Wednesday, June 10 , 2015 - 2:15 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Vladimir Putin is no longer welcome at the G7, thanks to his government’s continued incursions into Ukraine’s territory. But two days after the meeting of Western powers in Germany, the Russian leader has a meeting with another world leader: Pope Francis. The Bishop of Rome may not represent the United States or Germany, but he is...

    EU Struggles to Form a More Perfect Energy Union
    Jun09

    EU Struggles to Form a More Perfect Energy Union

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 23:45 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    Energy ministers from 13 European Union member states met in Luxembourg this week to move the ball forward on creating a cohesive bloc-wide energy policy. Incited by Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine and supply disruptions to the country, through which some 40 percent of Europe’s Russian gas transits, discussions of a European energy...

    Ukraine Is In Crisis. Here’s Why the West Can’t Save It.
    Jun09

    Ukraine Is In Crisis. Here’s Why the West Can’t Save It.

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 23:00 (EEST) Section: The Nation (USA)

    Alexander Reed KellyA video roundtable explains why the IMF, Europe, and western corporations don’t have the country’s best interests at heart. …read more Source: The...

    Moscow Monument To St. Vladimir Scaled Down
    Jun09

    Moscow Monument To St. Vladimir Scaled Down

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 22:15 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    A lofty monument to a saint revered in both Russia and Ukraine might not tower over Moscow after all. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Obama: Putin trying to recreate glories of Soviet empire
    Jun09

    Obama: Putin trying to recreate glories of Soviet empire

    Tuesday, June 9 , 2015 - 21:15 (EEST) Section: PBS (USA)

    ELMAU, Germany — President Barack Obama says Russian President Vladimir Putin must decide whether he wants to wreck Russia’s economy in pursuit of what Obama calls a “wrongheaded desire to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire.” Obama says U.S. and European leaders are in agreement about maintaining sanctions on Russia until it abides...