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Section: USA

    Obama Signs Ukraine Aid Bill, Won’t Immediately Impose Russia Sanctions
    Dec18

    Obama Signs Ukraine Aid Bill, Won’t Immediately Impose Russia Sanctions

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 22:26 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill authorizing new sanctions against Russia on December 18 but said that he would not impose them “at this time.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    E.U. Imposes New Sanctions Over Russia’s Inteference in Ukraine
    Dec18

    E.U. Imposes New Sanctions Over Russia’s Inteference in Ukraine

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 22:26 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    The European Union outlawed European investment, trade and tourism in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in March. …read more Source: The New York...

    Study: large carnivores gaining ground in Europe
    Dec18

    Study: large carnivores gaining ground in Europe

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 21:42 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    BERLIN (AP) — Brown bears, grey wolves and other large carnivores are making a comeback in Europe. Scientists studying populations of bears, wolves, Eurasian lynx and wolverines found they have flourished on the continent, decades after being driven almost to extinction by hunting and the destruction of their habitat. Surprisingly, the animals...

    Putin Talks Tough But Wants a Deal
    Dec18

    Putin Talks Tough But Wants a Deal

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 21:10 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    Putin was his usual belligerent, unrepentant self in his annual press conference. But he also suggested he’s ready to make a deal in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Russian sailors leaving France without warship
    Dec18

    Russian sailors leaving France without warship

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 20:56 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of Russian sailors pulled out of a French port Thursday, bearing perfumes for their loved ones but lacking the controversial bounty they came for: a 1-billion-euro, French-built warship that has become a hostage to the biggest East-West conflict since the Cold War. The Vladivostok helicopter carrier is part of a strange and...

    Poroshenko: Ukraine in EU by 2020
    Dec18

    Poroshenko: Ukraine in EU by 2020

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 20:56 (EEST) Section: United Press International (USA)

    Ed AdamczykWARSAW, Poland, Dec. 18 (UPI) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country should prepare to join the European Union by 2020, and hinted entry into NATO was also within his plans. …read more Source: United Press...

    Russian sailors leaving France without warship
    Dec18

    Russian sailors leaving France without warship

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 20:56 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of Russian sailors pulled out of a French port Thursday, bearing perfumes for their loved ones but lacking the controversial bounty they came for: a 1-billion-euro, French-built warship that has become a hostage to the biggest East-West conflict since the Cold War. Russia’s president at the time, Dmitry Medvedev,...

    FACT CHECK: Putin on the ruble collapse, Ukraine
    Dec18

    FACT CHECK: Putin on the ruble collapse, Ukraine

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 20:56 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — A fact-checking look at some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements on the ruble collapse and the Ukrainian crisis from his annual news conference Thursday: With the ruble losing about half its value since January, a staggering capital outflow and flagging investment, experts are predicting the Russian economy will...

    FACT CHECK: Putin on the ruble collapse, Ukraine
    Dec18

    FACT CHECK: Putin on the ruble collapse, Ukraine

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 20:56 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — A fact-checking look at some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements on the ruble collapse and the Ukrainian crisis from his annual news conference Thursday:… …read more Source: Associated...

    Putin Says Russian Bear Isn’t About to Sit Back and Just Eat Berries and Honey
    Dec18

    Putin Says Russian Bear Isn’t About to Sit Back and Just Eat Berries and Honey

    Thursday, December 18 , 2014 - 20:56 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    The year 2014 was supposedly one in which a chess-playing Vladimir Putin outsmarted the checkers-playing West. But even with Crimea in Russian hands, it ends on what must surely be a sour note for the Russian president. His country’s economy is in a tail-spin amid Western sanctions. The ruble is tanking. And Russian meddling in Ukraine now...