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    Gazprom Accedes to Kyiv’s Gas Discount Demand
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    Gazprom Accedes to Kyiv’s Gas Discount Demand

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 21:47 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    The Gazprom supply agreement that kept Ukraine going through this winter (lately one week at a time) expires on Wednesday, and the two sides have been busy negotiating a new deal. Kyiv staked out its position ahead of these talks, pushing hard for a continuation of the price discount it enjoyed this winter along with an end to a take-or-pay...

    Jewish refugees safe from war, but facing economic crisis in Kiev
    Mar30

    Jewish refugees safe from war, but facing economic crisis in Kiev

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 21:32 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    Ilya and Luba Tolkachov and their 22-month-old son in the tiny one-room Kiev apartment they share with with Ilya’s mother. (Ben Sales) KIEV (JTA) — In a crowded room of the Tolkachov family’s tiny apartment here, a couch and twin bed sit kitty-corner from each other, sandwiching a small crib. In another corner, a wooden table is...

    Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, March 30, 2015
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    Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, March 30, 2015

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 21:32 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Christian Caryl bemoans the slowing pace of democratic reforms in Southeast Asia. Berivan Orucoglu reports on the deteriorating relationship between the United States and Turkey. Alexander Motyl challenges the notion that Ukraine is suffering from a warlord problem....

    Swedish PM Begins Bid for Security Council Seat on U.S. Visit
    Mar30

    Swedish PM Begins Bid for Security Council Seat on U.S. Visit

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 21:17 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    The Swedish prime minister is using a state visit to the U.S. to make the case for his country’s application to join the UN Security Council. Stefan Löfven will meet with the UN deputy secretary-general Jan Eliasson tonight as he seeks to boost Sweden’s bid to join the council in the 2017-18 cycle. Prime minister Löfven today...

    Ten Reasons Why Obama Should Travel to Armenia on April 24
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    Ten Reasons Why Obama Should Travel to Armenia on April 24

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 21:02 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan has invited several world leaders to Yerevan on April 24 to commemorate the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide. The Presidents of France, Russia, Poland, Cyprus and Belarus have already accepted Pres. Sargsyan’s invitation. The White House has yet to make a public statement on whether Pres. Obama...

    Vice Aims To Produce Daily HBO Show Without Being ‘Slaves To The News Cycle’
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    Vice Aims To Produce Daily HBO Show Without Being ‘Slaves To The News Cycle’

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 20:18 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    NEW YORK — When Vice News launched in March 2014, masked pro-Russian separatists were seizing government buildings in Crimea, and the upstart news organization posted some of the first ground-level reports of the nascent conflict. Though U.S. coverage of Crimea has waxed and waned in the past year, Vice News Editor-in-Chief Jason Mojica...

    Jewish-Christian charity bringing Ukrainians to Israel — and aiming to keep them there
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    Jewish-Christian charity bringing Ukrainians to Israel — and aiming to keep them there

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 19:33 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

    A Ukrainian couple at a pre-flight briefing for immigrants to Israel in Kiev, March 23, 2015. (Ben Sales) KIEV (JTA) — Tatyana Orul would have moved to Israel years ago if not for her job as a television journalist in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, which interested her too much to give up. But when bombs started falling next to her house...

    Voices: Ukraine a country aching with anguish
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    Voices: Ukraine a country aching with anguish

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 19:33 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    Conflict with Russian-backed separatists is tearing the country apart. …read more Source: USA...

    Russian Tanks and Fighters Enter Eastern Ukraine, Says Kiev
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    Russian Tanks and Fighters Enter Eastern Ukraine, Says Kiev

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 19:17 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    22 Russian tanks crossed into Ukraine’s separatist-held eastern territories over the weekend, as pro-Moscow forces continue to seep into Ukraine’s war-stricken Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Donetsk’s local pro-government officials reported yesterday. In a statement published on Donetsk’s regional government website, the...

    Greek Energy Minister Visits Russia, Spurning ‘Germanised Europe’
    Mar30

    Greek Energy Minister Visits Russia, Spurning ‘Germanised Europe’

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 19:17 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Greece’s energy minister is visiting Russia today after calling for a confrontation with a “Germanised Europe” in the country’s stalling bailout negotiations. Greek energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis will meet his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak as well as Alexei Miller, the chief executive of Russian energy giant Gazprom. The...