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    New Cold War: US, Russia fight over Europe’s energy future
    Feb03

    New Cold War: US, Russia fight over Europe’s energy future

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 21:37 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    The points on the map aren’t troop deployments, tank battalions and missile silos but pipelines, ports and power plants. […] Washington is helping set up new natural gas pipelines and terminals in a region that depends on Russia for more than 70 percent of its energy needs. Yet as the U.S. makes headway, the Kremlin is fighting back,...

    Ukraine Calls Men to War Amid Mixed Emotions
    Feb03

    Ukraine Calls Men to War Amid Mixed Emotions

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 21:23 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Marina’s brother and a close family friend have both been killed on the frontline in Ukraine’s east. Now she has had to say goodbye to her husband, Ruslan, called up to fight pro-Russian separatists in Kyiv’s latest conscription drive. “Our family have suffered losses already. My brother died in July. [My daughter’s]...

    Russian mother of 7 suspected of treason released
    Feb03

    Russian mother of 7 suspected of treason released

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Investigators haven’t revealed details of the accusations, but media reports said Davydova called the Ukrainian Embassy after she had overheard a serviceman on a bus saying he and his comrades were preparing for a trip and decided he was talking about being sent to Ukraine. Despite mounting evidence, Moscow denies any role in fighting in...

    Russian mother of 7 suspected of treason released
    Feb03

    Russian mother of 7 suspected of treason released

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: U.S. News (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — A mother of seven accused of spying for Ukraine was released from custody in Russia on Tuesday following public outrage. …read more Source: U.S....

    Russian mother of 7 suspected of treason released
    Feb03

    Russian mother of 7 suspected of treason released

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — A mother of seven accused of spying for Ukraine was released from custody in Russia on Tuesday following public outrage…. …read more Source: Associated...

    How the West Is Losing Ukraine
    Feb03

    How the West Is Losing Ukraine

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 20:08 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    Barack Obama and Angela Merkel are leaving Ukraine exposed to Vladimir Putin’s depredations. …read more Source:...

    Civilians ‘increasingly under fire in Ukraine’
    Feb03

    Civilians ‘increasingly under fire in Ukraine’

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 20:08 (EEST) Section: CNN (USA)

    At least 224 civilians were killed and more than 540 hurt in the last three weeks of January, the U.N. says …read more Source:...

    Russian Parliament Set to Request €4 Trillion in WWII Reparations From Germany
    Feb03

    Russian Parliament Set to Request €4 Trillion in WWII Reparations From Germany

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 20:08 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Members of the Russian parliament are creating a task force to estimate the damages inflicted on Russia by Germany during WWII, in a bid to demand financial compensation from the German state almost 70 years after the end of the conflict, Russian daily newspaper Izvestia reported on Tuesday. The initiative is a direct response to trade sanctions...

    Russia has announced plans for joint military drills with North Korea
    Feb03

    Russia has announced plans for joint military drills with North Korea

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 19:52 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    A top Russian military official has stated that Moscow plans on conducting joint military exercises with North Korea, a number of media outlets have reported. “We are planning an expansion of the communication lines of our military central command,” Valery Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the Russian armed forces, said at a meeting attended...

    The Long, Strange Trip of China’s First Aircraft Carrier
    Feb03

    The Long, Strange Trip of China’s First Aircraft Carrier

    Tuesday, February 3 , 2015 - 19:37 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    It’s an epic saga made for Hollywood: the long, strange odyssey of China’s highest-profile weapons acquisition in decades — the aircraft carrier Liaoning, née Varyag — from unfinished Soviet navy hulk purchased in 1998 to operational warship plying the Asian seas. Named after a Chinese province, China’s only aircraft carrier...