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    A Blueprint for Failure
    Mar13

    A Blueprint for Failure

    Friday, March 13 , 2015 - 8:28 (EEST) Section: The Weekly Standard (USA)

    Reciprocal restraint, Putin-style: Russian tanks in eastern Ukraine, February 2015 NEWSCOM A half-century of estrangement is over, President Obama declared late last year, in a surprise announcement that he was transforming U.S. policy towards Cuba. …read more Source: The Weekly...

    Kyiv Expects IMF Bailout Tranche On March 13, Will Start Debt Talks
    Mar13

    Kyiv Expects IMF Bailout Tranche On March 13, Will Start Debt Talks

    Friday, March 13 , 2015 - 7:27 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko says Kyiv expects the first $5 billion tranche of a new four-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program to be disbursed on March 13. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    World Briefing: Ukraine: Observers Extend Monitoring Mission
    Mar13

    World Briefing: Ukraine: Observers Extend Monitoring Mission

    Friday, March 13 , 2015 - 5:27 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will extend its observer mission to Ukraine for one year, until March 2016, and may double its size to 1,000 observers, a spokeswoman said Thursday. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukraine: Enough with Stale Insider Debates in the Media
    Mar13

    Ukraine: Enough with Stale Insider Debates in the Media

    Friday, March 13 , 2015 - 4:42 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    To the extent that U.S. media covers Ukraine at all, outlets tend to focus on “what’s good” for “the west” and how “we” can outflank Vladimir Putin. Going overboard with the geopolitical analysis, the media invites wonky policy insiders to discuss how “U.S. interests” should be deployed in the...

    World Briefing: Ukraine: Villagers Say They Saw Missile Just Before Civilian Jet Was Shot Down
    Mar13

    World Briefing: Ukraine: Villagers Say They Saw Missile Just Before Civilian Jet Was Shot Down

    Friday, March 13 , 2015 - 4:28 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Villagers in eastern Ukraine have said they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot down last July, providing the most detailed accounts to date. …read more Source: The New York...

    Putin’s grab of Crimea still rankles West. How about Crimeans? (+video)
    Mar13

    Putin’s grab of Crimea still rankles West. How about Crimeans? (+video)

    Friday, March 13 , 2015 - 0:58 (EEST) Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)

    A new documentary to be aired on Russian state TV confirms a Kremlin plot to occupy Crimea, which has a Russian naval port. The annexation fueled a still-unresolved conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Christian Science...

    Germany Again Warns Against Lethal Weaponry for Ukraine
    Mar13

    Germany Again Warns Against Lethal Weaponry for Ukraine

    Friday, March 13 , 2015 - 0:43 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Germany’s top diplomat has warned against supplying Ukraine with lethal weaponry in its fight against pro-Russian separatists, saying such a move could trigger a “dangerous, permanent escalation” of the crisis facing Kyiv and Moscow. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke Thursday in Washington after talks with U.S....

    Wolves’ de Bruyne has Inter in trouble
    Mar12

    Wolves’ de Bruyne has Inter in trouble

    Thursday, March 12 , 2015 - 23:57 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Paris (AFP) – Kevin de Bruyne inspired Vfl Wolfsburg to a come-from-behind 3-1 defeat of Inter Milan on Thursday to leave the three-time Europa League winners struggling to make it into the quarter-finals.Roberto Mancini’s men looked to have the upper hand over their high-flying Bundesliga hosts when Rodrigo Palacio put the Serie A...

    Russia Coup? Putin Died? Rumors About Vladimir Putin, Moscow Leadership Abound
    Mar12

    Russia Coup? Putin Died? Rumors About Vladimir Putin, Moscow Leadership Abound

    Thursday, March 12 , 2015 - 23:57 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    Vladimir Putin hasn’t been seen in public for a week, and there’s been rampant speculation about whether he has fallen ill, had a stroke, is dead, or if Russia is currently in the midst of a power struggle (or maybe even a coup). Now, it seems likely that Putin will just show up at a press conference, wave, smirk, and pretend like...

    A Big New Tranche of IMF Cash for Ukraine
    Mar12

    A Big New Tranche of IMF Cash for Ukraine

    Thursday, March 12 , 2015 - 23:43 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    The International Monetary Fund yesterday evening approved another massive payment to Ukraine, Bloomberg News reports: The International Monetary Fund approved a $17.5 billion loan program for Ukraine, including an immediate $5 billion disbursement, to help the former Soviet republic stave off default amid a conflict with pro-Russia rebels. […]...