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    NATO Agrees To Boost Defenses In Eastern Europe
    Feb05

    NATO Agrees To Boost Defenses In Eastern Europe

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said February 5 that the alliance has agreed to immediately set up six bases in eastern Europe and establish a spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Amid diplomatic flurry on Ukraine, Kerry warns Russia
    Feb05

    Amid diplomatic flurry on Ukraine, Kerry warns Russia

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Amid a flurry of Western diplomatic activity aimed at easing the crisis in Ukraine, Secretary of State John F. Kerry warned Thursday in Kiev that the Obama administration will not “close our eyes” to the latest Russian military thrust into the country’s east. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Low oil prices are weakening Venezuela, Russia and Iran’s international power
    Feb05

    Low oil prices are weakening Venezuela, Russia and Iran’s international power

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Three major countries that have been a thorn in the side of the United States are going to see diminishing influence over the coming years because of declining oil prices. That’s the verdict of Bank of America economists who looked into the international political effects of the price slump. Here’s what they had to say (emphasis...

    Europe’s Energy Independence Drive Goes off the Rails
    Feb05

    Europe’s Energy Independence Drive Goes off the Rails

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    A year ago, Russia’s lunge into Ukraine seemed to be focusing European minds on the dangers of depending on Moscow for their energy supplies, pushing countries across the continent to scramble onto the shale-gas bandwagon in a quest to copy U.S. success and move towards having the ability to produce all the energy they need on their own....

    U.S. Hasn’t Kept Ukraine Aid Promises
    Feb05

    U.S. Hasn’t Kept Ukraine Aid Promises

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    The U.S. failure to deliver promised aid to Ukraine is undermining confidence in its pledges. …read more Source:...

    America Should Let the Europeans Lead in Ukraine
    Feb05

    America Should Let the Europeans Lead in Ukraine

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    A recent report by eight former U.S. senior diplomatic and military officials urging the United States and NATO to bolster Ukraine’s defense by providing military assistance to Ukraine — including lethal defensive assistance — is misguided and dangerous. The report’s recommendations are not in the best interest of either...

    John Kerry in Ukraine says U.S. ‘does not seek a confrontation’ with Russia
    Feb05

    John Kerry in Ukraine says U.S. ‘does not seek a confrontation’ with Russia

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 20:08 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    Secretary of State John F. Kerry is pushing a message to Russian leaders that Washington “does not seek a confrontation,” despite reports that the Obama administration is carefully weighing whether to begin sending armor-piercing weapons to Ukrainian forces engaged in a growing war with Moscow-backed separatists. Mr. Kerry made the...

    Alarming GIF shows Russian-backed rebels slowly taking over eastern Ukraine
    Feb05

    Alarming GIF shows Russian-backed rebels slowly taking over eastern Ukraine

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 19:52 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Ukraine’s Pravda has released a shocking GIF depicting the advance of Russian-backed separatists across eastern Ukraine. The GIF is compiled from five months of battlefield maps released by Ukraine’s military. During the five-month span of the conflict the GIF depicts — the amount of time since the Minsk ceasefire deal — the...

    A look at previous Ukraine peace talks and their fates
    Feb05

    A look at previous Ukraine peace talks and their fates

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 19:52 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — Since a pro-Russian insurgency flared up in eastern Ukraine in April, international mediators have repeatedly tried to help end hostilities that have killed more than 5,300 people, according to the United Nations. This week, the leaders of France and Germany are in Kiev and Moscow with a proposal to end the fighting. Here is a...

    U.S. Assistance to Ukraine Under Review
    Feb05

    U.S. Assistance to Ukraine Under Review

    Thursday, February 5 , 2015 - 19:38 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    NATO defence ministers met on Thursday (February 5) to sign off on a network of command centres in eastern Europe to rapidly reinforce the region in the event of any threat from Russia, as well as a new regional headquarters and a bigger rapid reaction force. …read more Source: The Boston...