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    Ukraine peace summit scratched after diplomacy fails to break impasse
    Jan13

    Ukraine peace summit scratched after diplomacy fails to break impasse

    Tuesday, January 13 , 2015 - 1:53 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine failed to make progress at a meeting in Berlin on Monday night with their counterparts from France and Germany, prompting cancellation of a four-party peace summit that had been planned for Thursday in Kazakhstan. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    How Russia’s Sinking Economy Could Provoke Unrest On Its Doorstep
    Jan13

    How Russia’s Sinking Economy Could Provoke Unrest On Its Doorstep

    Tuesday, January 13 , 2015 - 0:08 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    With oil prices plummeting, the ruble tanking against the dollar, and the Russian economy squeezed by Western sanctions, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday offered an assessment that might easily qualify as the understatement of the new year. “The economic situation is quite problematic to say the least,” he said. Even as Russian...

    Foreign ministers gather in Berlin in bid to ease Ukraine crisis
    Jan12

    Foreign ministers gather in Berlin in bid to ease Ukraine crisis

    Monday, January 12 , 2015 - 23:37 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    BERLIN — The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine met here Monday with their German and French counterparts in the latest attempt to ease the crisis in eastern Ukraine, where some 4,700 people have been killed since the conflict erupted last spring. Sounding weary but determined to pursue any chance of a diplomatic solution, Foreign Minister...

    John Thomas Financial CEO And ‘Wall Street 2’ Actor Tommy Belesis Has Been Barred From The Industry
    Jan12

    John Thomas Financial CEO And ‘Wall Street 2’ Actor Tommy Belesis Has Been Barred From The Industry

    Monday, January 12 , 2015 - 23:07 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. A Finance CEO Who Also Appeared In “Wall Street 2” Was Just Barred From The Industry (Think Advisor) Finra expelled John Thomas Financial and its CEO, Anastasios “Tommy” Belesis, from the securities...

    Russian and Ukrainian Officials Meet in Germany
    Jan12

    Russian and Ukrainian Officials Meet in Germany

    Monday, January 12 , 2015 - 22:22 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    The meeting was the latest attempt to ease the crisis in eastern Ukraine, where about 4,700 people have been killed since the conflict erupted last spring. …read more Source: The New York...

    Russia calls West’s linkage of Ukraine and terror fight ‘childish’
    Jan12

    Russia calls West’s linkage of Ukraine and terror fight ‘childish’

    Monday, January 12 , 2015 - 22:22 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday accused Western leaders of excluding the Kremlin from diplomatic brainstorming on how to fight global terrorism as punishment for its role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Pope Francis Denounces Charlie Hebdo Attack, Ukraine and Middle East Conflict
    Jan12

    Pope Francis Denounces Charlie Hebdo Attack, Ukraine and Middle East Conflict

    Monday, January 12 , 2015 - 21:38 (EEST) Section: U.S. News (USA)

    The holy father also rejected violence in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa. …read more Source: U.S....

    Why the Russian Far East Is So Important to China
    Jan12

    Why the Russian Far East Is So Important to China

    Monday, January 12 , 2015 - 21:38 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    VLADIVOSTOK — Russia is seldom thought of as an Asia-Pacific country. Yet it is one — thanks to its Far East. The Russian Far East is a huge area of northeastern Eurasia stretching from Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean. Allowing Russia direct access to the Asia-Pacific region, the RFE makes it a truly transcontinental nation, the only...

    Foreign ministers gather in Berlin to seek Ukraine progress
    Jan12

    Foreign ministers gather in Berlin to seek Ukraine progress

    Monday, January 12 , 2015 - 21:08 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics during their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Lavrov is scheduled to meet four o… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Russia’s New Military Doctrine Shows Moscow’s Geopolitical Ambitions
    Jan12

    Russia’s New Military Doctrine Shows Moscow’s Geopolitical Ambitions

    Monday, January 12 , 2015 - 20:38 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Russia signed its new military doctrine into practice on Dec. 26 last year. The new doctrine had an explicit focus on the expansion NATO as the country’s main external threat, coupled with the need for Russia to extend its influence into the Arctic while building ties with rising non-western nations like China and Brazil. The Russian...