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    EU Leaders Threaten More Anti-Russian Sanctions Over Ukraine
    Jan27

    EU Leaders Threaten More Anti-Russian Sanctions Over Ukraine

    BRUSSELS— European Union leaders are threatening fresh sanctions against Russia because of what it sees as “growing support” of Moscow for separatists in eastern Ukraine during intensified fighting over the past days. In Tuesday’s rare joint declaration outside their regular summit meetings, the 28 leaders asked an extraordinary meeting of...

    Ukraine: Intensified fighting kills 9 troops, wounds 29
    Jan27

    Ukraine: Intensified fighting kills 9 troops, wounds 29

    Armed forces spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said Tuesday that some of the fiercest fighting was around the town of Debaltseve, where separatists were attacking from two sides in an attempt to surround the Ukrainian forces. A lull in the fighting in December had raised hopes for a peaceful settlement, but hostilities have escalated again in recent...

    Ukraine: 9 troops killed, 29 wounded as Russia-backed forces close in on road and railway hub
    Jan27

    Ukraine: 9 troops killed, 29 wounded as Russia-backed forces close in on road and railway hub

    Ukraine says that intensified fighting against Russia-backed separatists has left nine servicemen dead and 29 wounded over the past day. …read more Source: FOX...

    FP’s Situation Report: One U.S. spy convicted as three Russian spies are exposed; War reignites in Ukraine; Washington may go solo in Yemen; Exclusive details on DoD’s 2016 budget request; and more from around the world.
    Jan27

    FP’s Situation Report: One U.S. spy convicted as three Russian spies are exposed; War reignites in Ukraine; Washington may go solo in Yemen; Exclusive details on DoD’s 2016 budget request; and more from around the world.

    By David Francis with Sabine Muscat One American spy is convicted and three Russian spies are exposed. A federal jury convicted former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling for leaking secrets to New York Times’ reporter James Risen. FP’s Justine Drennan: “The conviction is a major win for the Obama administration, which has cracked down on...

    EU Heads Call for More Russia Sanctions
    Jan27

    EU Heads Call for More Russia Sanctions

    European Union heads of government asked the bloc’s foreign ministers to consider further sanctions on Russia as a response to the latest violence in eastern Ukraine, saying Moscow held “responsibility” for the rebels’ actions. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    New Index Ranks 178 Countries By Economic Freedom
    Jan27

    New Index Ranks 178 Countries By Economic Freedom

    A new report says economic freedom in several countries of the Baltics, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and Central Asia have jumped ahead of Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    EU To Consider More Sanctions Against Russia As Fighting Persists
    Jan27

    EU To Consider More Sanctions Against Russia As Fighting Persists

    European Union leaders have asked their foreign ministers to consider an appropriate response to an escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine, including possible new sanctions against Russia, when the ministers meet in Brussels on January 29. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    One-Fifth Of Russian Banks Could Collapse In 2015
    Jan27

    One-Fifth Of Russian Banks Could Collapse In 2015

    The Russian banking sector is facing an annus horribilis with as many as 20% at risk of folding as the country’s economic crisis takes its toll. The Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting estimates that as many as 200 banks face collapse this year as a combination of bad loans and falls in the value of the ruble punish...

    Moscow court refuses to lift Navalny’s house arrest
    Jan27

    Moscow court refuses to lift Navalny’s house arrest

    MOSCOW (AP) — The Moscow City Court has refused to lift the house arrest of anti-corruption campaigner and leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Navalny was convicted in late December of fraud and given a 3 1/2 -year suspended sentence, but was ordered to remain under house arrest until his appeals were exhausted. Navalny claimed this was...

    Russia announces anti-crisis plan after rating downgrade
    Jan27

    Russia announces anti-crisis plan after rating downgrade

    MOSCOW (AP) — After a top ratings agency cut Russia’s credit grade to “junk” status, the government in Moscow on Tuesday announced a plan that will see the economy return to a budget surplus in 2017. Standard & Poor’s downgraded Russia’s rating to BB-plus late on Monday, a non-investment grade, for the first time since...