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    Kerry to Visit Ukraine, Germany
    Jan30

    Kerry to Visit Ukraine, Germany

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 20:53 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Ukraine and Germany next week for talks with officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Friday that Kerry will travel to Kyiv, where he will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The meeting comes amid heightened tensions...

    The Hack that Warmed the World
    Jan30

    The Hack that Warmed the World

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    The client wanted carbon credits: tradable serial numbers that confer the right to pollute the Earth with invisible, odorless gas. Jugga, as the client called himself, planned to steal the credits, quickly resell them, and become rich overnight—but he needed the Black Dragon to hack into a computer system to help him do it. The Dragon, who in...

    Ukraine to ask UN states to call Russia a terrorism sponsor
    Jan30

    Ukraine to ask UN states to call Russia a terrorism sponsor

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations says his country soon will ask the world body’s member states to formally recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorism. Yuriy Sergeyev told reporters on Friday that Ukraine will submit a draft resolution to the U.N. General Assembly that echoes the declaration by the...

    Ukraine to ask UN states to formally recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorism
    Jan30

    Ukraine to ask UN states to formally recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorism

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations says his country soon will ask the world body’s member states to formally recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorism. …read more Source: FOX...

    NATO Will Set Up Commands in Nervous Eastern Europe
    Jan30

    NATO Will Set Up Commands in Nervous Eastern Europe

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 20:08 (EEST) Section: NBC (USA)

    The allies are nervous about Russian intentions following Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region. …read more Source:...

    Litvinenko’s Murder ‘Part of a Policy of Assassinating Defectors’
    Jan30

    Litvinenko’s Murder ‘Part of a Policy of Assassinating Defectors’

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 19:52 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    The alleged assassination of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko at the hands of Russian intelligence is part of a larger policy brought forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin of “liquidating” defectors from Russia’s security services, according to New York-based thinktank the Institute for Modern Russia (IMR). “As one former KGB...

    New Greek Defense Minister Prompts Turkey To Scramble Jets
    Jan30

    New Greek Defense Minister Prompts Turkey To Scramble Jets

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 19:37 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    ATHENS, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Greece’s new nationalist defense minister prompted Greece’s perennial rival Turkey to scramble jets on Friday, just days after he took office, by flying over uninhabited islets off the Turkish coast that nearly triggered a war in 1996. Turkish fighter jets entered Greek airspace and were intercepted by...

    Battle rages in key Ukraine town
    Jan30

    Battle rages in key Ukraine town

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 19:07 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    Ed AdamczykDEBALTSEVE , Ukraine, Jan. 30 (UPI) — The strategic town of Debaltseve, Ukraine, was under heavy tank and artillery fire Friday from Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: United Press...

    Greece’s Leftist Government Sparks Fears Of A Russian Beachhead In Europe
    Jan30

    Greece’s Leftist Government Sparks Fears Of A Russian Beachhead In Europe

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 19:07 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    LONDON — Just days after shaking European economic policy to its core with a sweeping win in Greek elections, the radical leftist party Syriza is challenging a fundamental tenet of the continent’s foreign policy by seeking a softer stance on Russia. Both before and after coming to power this week, party leaders have made no secret of their...

    This map shows the arms sales race between the US and Russia
    Jan30

    This map shows the arms sales race between the US and Russia

    Friday, January 30 , 2015 - 19:07 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    They say the Cold War is over, but Russia and the U.S. remain the leading supplier of weapons to countries around the world and are the two biggest military powers. Lately, tensions have been pretty high, too. The U.S. supplies much of NATO and Middle Eastern allies like Turkey, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. Russia supplies other BRIC nations, as...