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    Analysis: Ukraine Accord May Not End Conflict
    Feb12

    Analysis: Ukraine Accord May Not End Conflict

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 21:03 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    When the leaders of four major countries convene at a neutral location for high-profile talks aimed at ending a war, results are expected. It took all night — 16 hours in all – but they got results. The questions now are whether they can implement their agreement, and whether it will be enough to end the conflict. There is a good...

    Nadiya Savchenko, the prisoner at the center of Ukraine’s cease-fire deal

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:48 (EEST) Section: The Washington Post (USA)

    After 15 hours of grueling, nonstop talks, world leaders gathered in Minsk, Belarus, announced a deal for a cease-fire in Ukraine on Thursday. “We have agreed on many things,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters. The exact details of the deal will no doubt be ironed out, debated and argued about in the coming days, but right now it...

    Watch Ukrainian Politicians Get Into a Fist Fight
    Feb12

    Watch Ukrainian Politicians Get Into a Fist Fight

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:48 (EEST) Section: NBC (USA)

    Ukrainian politicians Samopomich, or “Self Reliance”, party deputy Yegor Sobolev and Batkivshchyna, or “Fatherland”, party deputy Vadim Ivchenko, have been suspended from Parliament for five days for having a fistfight just outside parliament chambers. …read more Source:...

    Peace in Ukraine? Not Likely.
    Feb12

    Peace in Ukraine? Not Likely.

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:48 (EEST) Section: The Daily Beast (USA)

    Putin, Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande worked through the night to reach a ceasefire agreement, but in eastern Ukraine nobody is sleeping easily. …read more Source: The Daily...

    ‘Heavy Political Cost’ Attached to $17.5bn IMF Loan to Kiev
    Feb12

    ‘Heavy Political Cost’ Attached to $17.5bn IMF Loan to Kiev

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:34 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    The IMF today agreed a $17.5 (€15.5) billion loan to Ukraine as part of an economic reform deal, designed to cut state spending, bureaucracy and corruption, and boost the Ukrainian economy in the medium term. Ukraine was reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy, with the war against pro-Russian separatists costing around $8 million per day,...

    Ukraine’s IMF Bailout Is Small Enough to Work
    Feb12

    Ukraine’s IMF Bailout Is Small Enough to Work

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:18 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    Ukraine’s new IMF aid won’t make it rich, but it could be enough to stimulate real reforms. …read more Source:...

    Exclusive Photos Show Russian Military in Ukraine Arming Separatists
    Feb12

    Exclusive Photos Show Russian Military in Ukraine Arming Separatists

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:18 (EEST) Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)

    New photographs exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon reveal that Russian military forces have been more involved in the arming and training of Ukrainian separatist forces than previously disclosed. The often-gruesome photographs clearly display Russian troops entering Ukraine with advanced military hardware and weapons, including...

    Ukraine Crisis: Cease-Fire Deal Is A Fragile, Ambiguous Pact
    Feb12

    Ukraine Crisis: Cease-Fire Deal Is A Fragile, Ambiguous Pact

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:18 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    Thursday’s ceasefire agreement for eastern Ukraine came as a result of a whirlwind of transcontinental diplomacy that ended in a deal signed after an all-night session in Minsk, Belarus, involving the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. But the eleventh-hour deal is a fragile pact that could very well unravel if leaders...

    Minsk Ceasefire Deal: Full Text Of Agreement Between Russia, Ukraine, Germany And France
    Feb12

    Minsk Ceasefire Deal: Full Text Of Agreement Between Russia, Ukraine, Germany And France

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:18 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    A ceasefire deal was reached Thursday after marathon talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk aimed at ending the ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine. The deal stipulates that a ceasefire will go into effect between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists starting on Sunday, followed by a withdrawal of heavy weapons alongside constitutional...

    Image Of Gay Couple In Russia Wins World Press Photo
    Feb12

    Image Of Gay Couple In Russia Wins World Press Photo

    Thursday, February 12 , 2015 - 20:18 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    AMSTERDAM (AP) — An atmospheric image of a gay couple in Russia by Danish photographer Mads Nissen was crowned the World Press Photo of the Year 2014 on Thursday. The intimate image of Jon and Alex is part of a larger project by Nissen called “Homophobia in Russia” that highlights how life is increasingly difficult for sexual...