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    For Putin, a year of successes and failures — on Ukraine, NATO and the West

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 22:25 (EEST) Section: The Washington Post (USA)

    MOSCOW — A year ago, most Ukrainians didn’t want to join NATO. U.S. tanks weren’t doing training exercises near the Russian border. And a dollar bought 33 rubles.But after the most tumultuous stretch of President Vladimir Putin’s 15 years in power, Russia is confronting a new reality. Ukraine — the part not held by rebels — has...

    AP PHOTOS: A look at 2014 in the business world
    Dec20

    AP PHOTOS: A look at 2014 in the business world

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 22:10 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    LONDON (AP) — No one said the recovery from the global financial crisis would be easy and 2014 provided that in spades. While the U.S. economy, the world’s largest, is showing clear signs that its recovery is self-sustaining, the picture elsewhere is far less rosy entering 2015. Concerns remain over the Chinese economy, the world’s...

    Ukraine: 1.7M children suffer in conflict
    Dec20

    Ukraine: 1.7M children suffer in conflict

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 20:26 (EEST) Section: CNN (USA)

    More than 1.7 million children in conflict-torn areas of eastern Ukraine face an “extremely serious” situation, the U.N. children’s agency Unicef has warned, with their suffering exacerbated by harsh winter weather. …read more Source:...

    Vladimir Putin pals, ‘Night Wolves’ biker gang, sanctioned by U.S.
    Dec20

    Vladimir Putin pals, ‘Night Wolves’ biker gang, sanctioned by U.S.

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 20:26 (EEST) Section: The Washington Times (USA)

    The U.S. targeted a motorcycle group favored by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the latest expansion of economic sanctions imposed over the Kremlin’s support for Ukrainian separatists. All together the Treasury Department added 24 individuals and entities to the list of sanctions, barring travel and financial dealings with the U.S.,...

    Ukraine Crisis In Mind, Lithuania Establishes A Rapid Reaction Force
    Dec20

    Ukraine Crisis In Mind, Lithuania Establishes A Rapid Reaction Force

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 19:26 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    RUKLA, Lithuania — Maj. Linas Pakutka walked back and forth behind the line of soldiers lying in the snow-crusted field, a row of distant pines forming a jagged horizon in the twilight sky. His command to fire was barely audible in the fierce wind. …read more Source: The Huffington...

    Obama Takes Foreign Policy Risk, But On His Own Terms
    Dec20

    Obama Takes Foreign Policy Risk, But On His Own Terms

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 18:25 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has been criticized as cautious on foreign policy, but the secret negotiations on Cuba suggest a willingness for bold and risky action, if he can keep tight control and rely on a few close aides.It’s a pattern Obama followed during clandestine talks with Iran that led to an interim nuclear deal and...

    Russia Calls New Crimea Sanctions ‘Collective Punishment’
    Dec20

    Russia Calls New Crimea Sanctions ‘Collective Punishment’

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 17:40 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that new Western sanctions against Ukraine’s Crimea region were a “collective punishment” on residents who voted last March to join Russia, adding it was preparing to retaliate. Both the European Union and United States adopted tighter restrictions on investments in...

    Russia Dismisses New U.S. Sanctions As Useless
    Dec20

    Russia Dismisses New U.S. Sanctions As Useless

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 17:11 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Saturday dismissed new U.S. sanctions as useless and said it was poised to wait as long as it takes for the U.S. to recognize its historic right to the Crimean peninsula. Following several rounds of sanctions earlier this year, President Barack Obama on Friday approved new restrictions on Crimea which Russia annexed in...

    Obama takes foreign policy risk, but on his own terms
    Dec20

    Obama takes foreign policy risk, but on his own terms

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 16:25 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has been criticized as cautious on foreign policy, but the secret negotiations on Cuba suggest a willingness for bold and risky action, if he can keep tight control and rely on a few close aides. […] diplomatic breakthroughs have buoyed Obama and may help counter charges that his responses to other...

    Russia Pledges To Remain In Crimea Despite New US Sanctions
    Dec20

    Russia Pledges To Remain In Crimea Despite New US Sanctions

    Saturday, December 20 , 2014 - 16:25 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    Russia indicated it is prepared to wait “half a century” or longer for the U.S. to reverse course on sanctions, the Associated Press reported. The country’s latest defiant statement came as the U.S. imposed a new round of sanctions over the Russian annexation of Crimea in March. …read more Source: International Business...