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    Ukraine accuses Russia of sending more troops across border
    Jan21

    Ukraine accuses Russia of sending more troops across border

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 22:07 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Ukraine’s president on Wednesday accused Russia of moving additional troops and military hardware into his country, a charge the Moscow quickly denied amid intense fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Rubio Knocks Potential 2016 Rivals On Foreign Policy Inexperience
    Jan21

    Rubio Knocks Potential 2016 Rivals On Foreign Policy Inexperience

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 22:07 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    WASHINGTON — The next occupant of the White House must have serious foreign policy experience, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) argued Wednesday, a qualification he seems to believe some of his potential presidential rivals may lack. “The next president of the United States needs to be someone that has a clear view of what’s happening...

    AIDS crisis in Crimea, East Ukraine looming after Russia closes methadone clinics
    Jan21

    AIDS crisis in Crimea, East Ukraine looming after Russia closes methadone clinics

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 21:37 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    Andrew V. PestanoWASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) — An AIDS epidemic is looming in Russian-annexed Crimea and Eastern Ukraine after methadone treatment programs were shut down. …read more Source: United Press...

    Rebel moves in eastern Ukraine undermine hopes for peace
    Jan21

    Rebel moves in eastern Ukraine undermine hopes for peace

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 21:37 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    MOSCOW — Separatist forces deployed more arms and manpower Wednesday to an emerging flashpoint in eastern Ukraine, undermining hopes for a new peace initiative taking shape.Responding to the developments, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko cut short a visit to the economic summit in Davos, Switzerland, where he courted European support in the...

    As new flashpoint emerges, Russian FM backs withdrawing heavy weaponry from Ukraine front line
    Jan21

    As new flashpoint emerges, Russian FM backs withdrawing heavy weaponry from Ukraine front line

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 21:37 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — Separatist forces in eastern Ukraine are sending large quantities of arms and manpower to an emerging flashpoint, undermining hopes for a new peace initiative taking shape. The deployment of Russian-backed separatists to a tense checkpoint area northwest of the rebel-held city of Luhansk (loo-HAHNSK’) has prompted...

    Ukrainian President Pleads for Western Aid at Davos
    Jan21

    Ukrainian President Pleads for Western Aid at Davos

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 21:22 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    In the middle of his speech on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko left the podium, walked to the edge of the stage and took a large hunk of metal from a man in the audience. It was a shrapnel-scarred panel from a public bus, Poroshenko explained, that was hit by a rocket on Jan. 13 near the Ukrainian town...

    New flashpoint in east Ukraine; Russia backs arms pullback
    Jan21

    New flashpoint in east Ukraine; Russia backs arms pullback

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 21:07 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    MOSCOW — Separatist forces in eastern Ukraine deployed large quantities of arms and manpower Wednesday to an emerging flashpoint, undermining hopes for a new peace initiative. Ukraine’s president cut short a visit to Switzerland to deal with the unfolding crisis.Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed that both...

    North Korea And Russia’s Latest Deal Undermines America’s ‘Weaponization Of Finance’ Plan
    Jan21

    North Korea And Russia’s Latest Deal Undermines America’s ‘Weaponization Of Finance’ Plan

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 20:52 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    North Korea and Russia’s latest liaison suggests that Washington’s strategic weaponization of finance may not be working. Russia’s Ministry for the Development of the Far East recently announced that Russian businesses doing trade through North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank can make payments in rubles. And last October the...

    Beware the Blowback From Russia Sanctions
    Jan21

    Beware the Blowback From Russia Sanctions

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 20:08 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    Last month, as President Obama prepared to sign tougher sanctions legislation aimed at Russia, the top White House economist, Jason Furman, boasted that the West’s economic warfare was already bringing Russia to its knees. “If I was chairman of President (Vladimir) Putin’s Council of Economic Advisers, I would be extremely...

    Assessing–Threat Assessments
    Jan21

    Assessing–Threat Assessments

    Wednesday, January 21 , 2015 - 20:08 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    The United States’ military is reported to greatly exaggerate the threat posed by China’s and Russia’s navies according to a prize-winning column in the Washington Post by Walter Pincus. Others have written about this bias, but Pincus documents it very effectively and above all succinctly. Pincus starts by summarizing a recent...