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    Lieberman: Netanyahu’s Status Quo Approach Has Failed – Israel Needs A Peace Deal
    Dec24

    Lieberman: Netanyahu’s Status Quo Approach Has Failed – Israel Needs A Peace Deal

    In closed-door meeting, FM warns that Israel will face a diplomatic tsunami unless it takes the initiative and pursues a regional peace agreement; cites effect of EU sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: The Huffington...

    Ukraine Takes Step Toward Joining NATO
    Dec24

    Ukraine Takes Step Toward Joining NATO

    MOSCOW — With a Russian-backed separatist insurgency still gripping eastern Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament voted Tuesday to take steps toward joining NATO. It was a pointed rebuke to Russia that immediately drew an angry response. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    Ukraine Abandons Nonaligned Status
    Dec24

    Ukraine Abandons Nonaligned Status

    KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s parliament dropped the nation’s nonaligned status Tuesday, possibly paving the way for a bid to join NATO in defiance of the Kremlin’s wishes. Russia, meanwhile, finalized a new economic alliance with other former Soviet nations it had vainly hoped Ukraine would join. The parallel moves reflected new...

    Ukraine Pays Second Tranche Of Gas Debt To Russia
    Dec24

    Ukraine Pays Second Tranche Of Gas Debt To Russia

    Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz says it has transferred $1.65 billion to Russia’s Gazprom, the second tranche of a debt repayment. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine abandons nonaligned status
    Dec24

    Ukraine abandons nonaligned status

    El presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin (derecha), y su colega bielorruso Alexander Lukashenko estrechan las manos en el Kremlin, el martes 23 de diciembre de 2014 en Moscú. (Foto AP/ Maxim Shipenk… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Russian Opposition Faces Internet Censorship
    Dec24

    Russian Opposition Faces Internet Censorship

    MOSCOW—Supporters of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader on Tuesday revived their campaign to stage a protest near the Kremlin, despite government attempts to hamper their efforts by Internet censorship. Last week, prosecutors asked a court to sentence Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s chief foe, to 10 years in prison...

    Conflict coverage proves deadly job for journalists
    Dec24

    Conflict coverage proves deadly job for journalists

    Journalists who were killed in 2014 because of their work included an unusually high proportion of foreign correspondents who had been covering conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine and Afghanistan, a leading news media advocacy group said in an annual report released Tuesday. The group, New York’s Committee to Protect Journalists, also...

    Ukraine takes step toward joining NATO; Moscow miffed
    Dec23

    Ukraine takes step toward joining NATO; Moscow miffed

    MOSCOW — With a Russian-backed separatist insurgency still gripping eastern Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament voted Tuesday to take steps toward joining NATO. The revised law, which was a priority of President Petro Poroshenko, requires Ukraine to “deepen cooperation with NATO in order to achieve the criteria required for...

    Russian opposition faces Internet censorship
    Dec23

    Russian opposition faces Internet censorship

    MOSCOW (AP) — Supporters of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader on Tuesday revived their campaign to stage a protest near the Kremlin, despite government attempts to hamper their efforts by Internet censorship. Navalny, a lawyer and popular blogger, rose to prominence with his investigations of official corruption and played a leading...

    Eurasian Economic Union on Shaky Ground at Outset
    Dec23

    Eurasian Economic Union on Shaky Ground at Outset

    The Eurasian Economic Union is headed for a rough start. Officials from members of the economic alliance, which was modeled on the European Union and officially comes into effect January 1, met Tuesday in Moscow under the pain of Russia’s collapsing economy and the absence of Ukraine. Western sanctions over Ukraine and a drop in the price...