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    Ukraine’s Russia debt threatens IMF rescue
    Mar26

    Ukraine’s Russia debt threatens IMF rescue

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 23:47 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Washington (AFP) – A default by Ukraine on $3 billion in debt owed to Russia this year could threaten the International Monetary Fund’s lifeline to the embattled country, an IMF spokesman said Thursday.The Ukrainian government has begun negotiations with creditors for $15 billion in debt relief, part of a $40 billion, four-year...

    Along Ukraine’s ceasefire line, war is ‘crowdfunded’
    Mar26

    Along Ukraine’s ceasefire line, war is ‘crowdfunded’

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 23:47 (EEST) Section: Public Radio International (USA)

    Freelance fighters are raising money for spy drones. Spin doctors are manufacturing false stories. Welcome to Ukraine’s cease-fire, a term that makes people on both sides of the line laugh. …read more Source: Public Radio...

    A Ukrainian governor’s billions couldn’t save him from being fired

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 23:17 (EEST) Section: The Washington Post (USA)

    Ihor Kolomoisky, one of Ukraine’s most powerful oligarchs and a staunch backer of Kiev during the last year of conflict in the east, resigned his position as governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region Wednesday after confrontations over his interests in the country’s energy sector. He spoke to The Washington Post at his offices in Kiev on...

    Germanwings Faces Legal Fallout from Plane Crash
    Mar26

    Germanwings Faces Legal Fallout from Plane Crash

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 22:48 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    In the minutes before their plane slammed into a mountainside in the French Alps this week, many of the passengers on Germanwings Flight 9525 witnessed a terrifying scene at the front of the aircraft. The captain of the plane found himself locked out of the cockpit by his co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, as the plane lost altitude at alarming speeds,...

    Ukraine: What’s the Role of Religion in Post-Maidan Milieu?
    Mar26

    Ukraine: What’s the Role of Religion in Post-Maidan Milieu?

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 22:48 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    During a recent trip to Kiev, I was struck by mementoes placed in and around Kiev’s Maidan square. The plaques featured individual photo portraits of fallen martyrs — the so-called “Heavenly Hundred” who had sacrificed their lives during violent protests against the unpopular government of Viktor Yanukovych. What...

    Yemen Strife Reminds Oil Markets That Mayhem Matters
    Mar26

    Yemen Strife Reminds Oil Markets That Mayhem Matters

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 20:33 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    Oil markets got a brusque reminder that geopolitical risk is alive and well Thursday when crude prices spiked in response to military actions by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states to contain the violence in civil-war wracked Yemen. Prices in New York and London leaped as much as 6 percent in the morning on concerns about the potential spread of...

    Default Threat Haunts Ukrainian Corporate Debt Investors
    Mar26

    Default Threat Haunts Ukrainian Corporate Debt Investors

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 20:03 (EEST) Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)

    Investors in Ukrainian companies’ bonds could be facing huge losses, economists warn, amid concerns the country is hurtling toward a costly default on its government debt. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Chechnya Threatens to Arm Mexico if U.S. Sends Weapons to Ukraine
    Mar26

    Chechnya Threatens to Arm Mexico if U.S. Sends Weapons to Ukraine

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 19:33 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    The Chechen parliament have threatened to send weapons to Mexico in retaliation to the U.S. Congress calling for defensive lethal aid to be sent to Ukraine. On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of sending arms – the resolution was passed 348 to 48. U.S. senator for Wisconsin Ron Johnson branded it...

    Letter From Europe: No One Sees Easy Way Out on Ukraine
    Mar26

    Letter From Europe: No One Sees Easy Way Out on Ukraine

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 19:33 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    The West, which claims to be united, is actually divided over Russia’s actions in Ukraine and how to respond. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukraine Doesn’t Have a Warlord Problem
    Mar26

    Ukraine Doesn’t Have a Warlord Problem

    Thursday, March 26 , 2015 - 18:02 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    One analyst claims that “Eastern Ukraine is awash with weapons and armed militia groups on both sides.” Another speaks darkly of “independently operating warlords and armed groups.” A third writes of “independent and semi-independent battalions, some of which descend from Ukrainian nationalist groups, extreme elements of the Maidan self-defense...