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    Germany's goal: Restoring Russia-annexed Crimea to Ukraine
    Mar16

    Germany's goal: Restoring Russia-annexed Crimea to Ukraine

    BERLIN — Germany’s goal remains to restore the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday, a year after Crimea’s annexation by Russian forces.Speaking after talks in Berlin with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Merkel said the March 19, 2014, annexation of the peninsula was a violation of...

    The World Is Becoming Safer, Wealthier and Healthier
    Mar16

    The World Is Becoming Safer, Wealthier and Healthier

    There are plenty of reasons to despair about the state of the world: ISIL’s depredations in the Middle East, Boko Haram’s atrocities in Nigeria, and Russia’s slow-drip incursion into Ukraine are just a few. These phenomena are more distressing when one considers that they’re occurring against the backdrop of an eroding...

    On First Anniversary Of Crimea Referendum, Russians Love Vladimir Putin More Than Ever
    Mar16

    On First Anniversary Of Crimea Referendum, Russians Love Vladimir Putin More Than Ever

    MOSCOW — One year after the March 16 referendum that resulted in the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, Russian media is awash in images of flag-waving citizens celebrating the first anniversary. Yet the reality is far from rosy. The 2014 plebiscite saw an overwhelming majority of the peninsula’s ethnic Russians vote to be part of...

    A Showdown in Moscow’s Power Elite
    Mar16

    A Showdown in Moscow’s Power Elite

    The news that Russia’s most powerful law enforcement agencies have decided to target people linked to one of Russia’s most powerful politicians has been dominating the talk in Moscow lately. Last week officials announced that they had arrested five suspects in the killing of Boris Nemtsov, the opposition leader who was gunned down...

    A New Dark Age?
    Mar16

    A New Dark Age?

    The Renaissance, the Enlightenment, science and technology, and the acknowledgment of the individual’s rights vis-à-vis the state (Western values) has dominated the world for 500 years. Over the last 200 years it took form of an Anglo-American worldview introducing the age of economics: industrialization, liberal representative democracy,...

    Russia Launches Massive Military Drills in Show of Force Against West
    Mar16

    Russia Launches Massive Military Drills in Show of Force Against West

    The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine.The five-day Arctic drills involving 38,000 servicemen, more than 50… …read more Source:...

    18 photos that show Vladimir Putin doesn’t mess around
    Mar16

    18 photos that show Vladimir Putin doesn’t mess around

    On Monday, the world’s most powerful person reappeared after mysteriously disappearing for 10 days. Without a definitive explanation from the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed President Almazbek Atambayev of Kyrgyzstan amid swirling rumors. Putin rarely goes unnoticed after a year during which Russia annexed the...

    Putin Says Russia Was Ready for Nuclear Confrontation Over Crimea
    Mar16

    Putin Says Russia Was Ready for Nuclear Confrontation Over Crimea

    MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday. Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine’s former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he said had...

    Germany won’t recognize annexation of Crimea, 1 year on
    Mar16

    Germany won’t recognize annexation of Crimea, 1 year on

    BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it won’t recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimean Peninsula, one year after a referendum that Ukraine said was illegitimate. …read more Source: U.S....

    Germany won’t recognize annexation of Crimea, 1 year on
    Mar16

    Germany won’t recognize annexation of Crimea, 1 year on

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