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    Marches Mark Birthday Of Ukrainian Nationalist Leader
    Jan02

    Marches Mark Birthday Of Ukrainian Nationalist Leader

    Torchlit parades marked the 106th anniversary of the birth of controversial Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera on January 1st. Thousands marched in Kyiv, while a smaller gathering took place in Sumy, in northeastern Ukraine. Bandera led partisans during World War Two who fought against both Nazi and Soviet troops. Some historians say he...

    Foreign Minister Of EU President Latvia To Visit Kyiv, Moscow
    Jan02

    Foreign Minister Of EU President Latvia To Visit Kyiv, Moscow

    The foreign minister of Latvia, which now holds the European Union presidency, plans to visit Kyiv and Moscow early this month. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russians Worried, Defiant Amid Financial Crisis
    Jan02

    Russians Worried, Defiant Amid Financial Crisis

    Despite dire predictions about Russia’s economy for 2015, many Russians welcomed the New Year with cheers and hopes for a better future. With the sinking value of the ruble, some people say they crave stability more than they do prosperity. But the troubles, including political tensions with the West, seem to have spurred a surge of...

    Kerry And Lavrov Discuss Ukraine, Mideast Crises
    Jan02

    Kerry And Lavrov Discuss Ukraine, Mideast Crises

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the various crises in the Middle East. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Thousands Take Part In Bandera March In Kyiv
    Jan02

    Thousands Take Part In Bandera March In Kyiv

    Thousands of Ukrainians marched in Kyiv to mark the birthday of controversial World War II anti-Soviet insurgent Stepan Bandera. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Searchers hopeful in AirAsia search
    Jan02

    Searchers hopeful in AirAsia search

    Pangkalan Bun (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian recovery teams narrowed the search area for AirAsia Flight 8501 Friday, hopeful they were closing in on the plane’s crash site, with a total of 16 bodies and more debris recovered from the sea.French and Singaporean investigators with equipment for detecting the signal from the...

    Investigators To Use Acoustic Equipment To Search For AirAsia Black Boxes
    Jan02

    Investigators To Use Acoustic Equipment To Search For AirAsia Black Boxes

    PANGKALAN BUN/SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) – A specialist multinational team armed with acoustic equipment will arrive at the suspected crash site of a sunken AirAsia jet off Borneo on Friday, bolstering the search for the plane’s black box flight recorders. Bad weather has hampered the search, keeping divers from looking for the...

    ‘A nation of optimists’: Russians are excited about 2015 despite it all
    Jan02

    ‘A nation of optimists’: Russians are excited about 2015 despite it all

    At the vast skating rink in Moscow’s Gorky Park, Russians say they’re looking forward to a 2015 that will be as smooth as the ice, despite the country’s economic and political difficulties The ruble has sunk, tensions with the West are up, but the troubles seem to have produced a surge in national pride. See also: Why Russians...

    Energy-rich Turkmenistan devalues currency against dollar
    Jan01

    Energy-rich Turkmenistan devalues currency against dollar

    Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) (AFP) – The energy-rich former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan devalued its currency against the US dollar by 18 percent Thursday, in the latest sign of contagion among Russia’s neighbours from the plunging ruble.The secretive Central Asian country has vast oil and gas reserves and has erected grandiose...

    New Year Presents Key Tests for Putin
    Jan01

    New Year Presents Key Tests for Putin

    The year 2015 will be a test of whether the Russian president has the stamina to continue a military adventure in Ukraine, or seek a rapprochement with the West that might ease mounting economic woes. …read more Source: The Wall Street...