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    The Ruble Is Getting Slammed After S&P Cuts Russia To ‘Junk’ (RUB, USD)
    Jan26

    The Ruble Is Getting Slammed After S&P Cuts Russia To ‘Junk’ (RUB, USD)

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    The ruble is getting slammed again after S&P cut Russia to junk. The currency fell over 7% to over 68 to the dollar after the S&P cut Russia’s credit rating to BB+. All ratings below ‘BBB-‘ are considered “junk” as they are below the lowest investment grade rating. And earlier in the day, the ruble closed...

    Russia Cut To ‘Junk’ By S&P (RUB, USD)
    Jan26

    Russia Cut To ‘Junk’ By S&P (RUB, USD)

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Russia’s credit rating has been cut to ‘BB+’ by S&P. All ratings below ‘BBB-‘ are considered “junk” as they are below the lowest investment grade rating. The ratings outlook is negative. Here’s the release from S&P: RATING ACTIONOn Jan. 26, 2015, Standard & Poor’s Ratings...

    Why Putin Will Fight On in Ukraine
    Jan26

    Why Putin Will Fight On in Ukraine

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    Putin has convinced himself that the West is aiming to destroy Russia. …read more Source:...

    Lavrov calls for Western criticism of Kiev
    Jan26

    Lavrov calls for Western criticism of Kiev

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: CNN (USA)

    Moscow stepped up its war of words over Ukraine on Monday, warning Western countries not to give Kiev the impression it had their automatic support regardless of its actions. …read more Source:...

    Has Russia’s War Against Ukraine Reached a Point of No Return?
    Jan26

    Has Russia’s War Against Ukraine Reached a Point of No Return?

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Russia’s ongoing escalation of the war in eastern Ukraine may have crossed the point of no return. The world’s attention has been focused on the savage fighting at Donetsk Airport, but the real cause for concern lies elsewhere. The head of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic has officially stated that he intends to capture...

    Inside the White House Fight Over the Slaughter in South Sudan
    Jan26

    Inside the White House Fight Over the Slaughter in South Sudan

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 19:52 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudan’s president, founding father, and longtime darling of Washington’s political class, stands accused of presiding over security forces responsible for killing thousands of civilians in a 13-month-long civil war that has heightened fears of genocide and fueled international calls for the imposition of a...

    PACE Grants Savchenko Immunity, Demands Her Release From Russian Jail
    Jan26

    PACE Grants Savchenko Immunity, Demands Her Release From Russian Jail

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 19:22 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has granted international immunity to jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko and called for her immediate release from a Russian prison. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Malaysia Airlines’s Latest Woe: An Attack by the ‘Cyber Caliphate’
    Jan26

    Malaysia Airlines’s Latest Woe: An Attack by the ‘Cyber Caliphate’

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 19:07 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    With two of its planes down last year, you’d think Malaysia Airlines might be due for a break. Some hackers apparently disagree. For several hours beginning Sunday night, Malaysia Airlines’s website displayed the words “ISIS WILL PREVAIL” and “404 — Plane Not Found: Hacked by Cyber Caliphate” over the image of a Malaysia Airlines...

    Russia Adds 70 New Aircraft to Military District Around Crimea
    Jan26

    Russia Adds 70 New Aircraft to Military District Around Crimea

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 19:07 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Russia has purchased 70 new army jets and helicopters which will be stationed across the annexed Crimean peninsula over the course of the coming year. The move is part of a massive overhaul of the facilities in its Southern Military District, which stretches between the Caspian and the Black seas. The new southern-based units consist of 50...

    Ex-KGB Litvinenko Said Putin Ordered His Death: Inquiry Opens
    Jan26

    Ex-KGB Litvinenko Said Putin Ordered His Death: Inquiry Opens

    Monday, January 26 , 2015 - 18:53 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    LONDON—As Alexander Litvinenko lay dying from radiation poisoning in 2006, he named the man he thought had ordered his murder: Russian President Vladimir Putin. More than eight years on and with the U.K.-Russia relations at their iciest since the Cold War, a public inquiry opens Tuesday into the killing of the Russian intelligence agent turned...