The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has sacked a Ukrainian-born classical pianist because of her political commentary on social-media sites in support of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Apr07

Moscow Technology Park Looks to Attract Western Companies

Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 5:46 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

Russian authorities are describing the country’s economic downturn and Western sanctions against it as opportunities to reduce its reliance on energy exports by developing domestic, innovative industries. To spur the growth of high-tech industries, one technology park developed by Moscow city authorities is attracting Western companies that...

Apr07

Escalating Tensions Challenge U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council

Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 3:16 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

Co-authored by Paul Arthur Berkman, Lloyd N. Axworthy, and Oran R. YoungUkraine escalates urgency to prevent an Arctic Cold War. Already events are moving in dangerous directions, undermining decades of east-west cooperation that have established the high north as a region of low tensions. As the U.S. resumes chairmanship of the Arctic Council...

Apr07

Czech President Feuds With US Ambassador Over Ukraine

Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 2:16 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

PRAGUE—Czech President Milos Zeman and the U.S. ambassador are in a rare public dispute over Zeman’s decision to attend a Russian military parade, and the country’s prime minister and Czech lawmakers are siding with the American. In an interview with online publication Parlamentni Listy on Sunday, Zeman bristled at the envoy’s...

Apr07

Ukraine President to Let Rebel Regions Vote for More Autonomy

Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 1:16 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

KIEV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko’s gesture as meaningless. The...

Apr07

Why Putin Needs to Read ‘War and Peace’

Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 1:16 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has a secret fascination with Leo Tolstoy. As a young KGB agent, he purportedly made a pilgrimage to the Leo Tolstoy Museum and Estate at Yasnaya Polyana. In 2012, he named the writer’s great great grandson Vladimir Tolstoy his cultural advisor. He made War and Peace a prominent set piece in the opening...

Apr07

Ukraine: The World’s Second-Highest Inflation

Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 0:31 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

Venezuela has the dubious honor of registering the world’s highest inflation rate. According to my estimate, the annual implied inflation rate in Venezuela is 252%. The only other country in which this rate is in triple digits is Ukraine, where the inflation rate is 111%. The only encouraging thing to say about Ukraine’s shocking...

Apr07

Ukrainian president eases opposition to vote on regional power

Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 0:16 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. The conflict between Russia-backed rebels and government troops in eastern Ukraine has claimed...

Apr07

Poland is building a series of watchtowers along its border with Russia

Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 0:01 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

Poland is so concerned over the possibility of Russian aggression that it has decided to beef up its security systems along its border with Russia, Newsweek reports citing the Polish press. Warsaw has proposed a project that would construct a series of six 24-hour surveillance watch towers along Poland’s border with the Russian exclave of...

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Section: USA

Explosion In Ukraine’s Kharkiv Targets National Flag Memorial

Ukrainian-Born Classical Pianist Fired For Pro-Rebel Comments

Moscow Technology Park Looks to Attract Western Companies

Escalating Tensions Challenge U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council

Czech President Feuds With US Ambassador Over Ukraine

Ukraine President to Let Rebel Regions Vote for More Autonomy

Why Putin Needs to Read ‘War and Peace’

Ukraine: The World’s Second-Highest Inflation

Ukrainian president eases opposition to vote on regional power

Poland is building a series of watchtowers along its border with Russia

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