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    FP’s Situation Report: Murders the latest in a wave of violence in Israel; The United States struggles to choke off Islamic State’s oil revenue; Russia wants NATO assurances on Ukraine; and much more.
    Nov19
    Putin receives new US ambassador in Kremlin
    Nov19

    Putin receives new US ambassador in Kremlin

    MOSCOW (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to Russia has presented his credentials to President Vladimir Putin in a Kremlin ceremony that politely hinted at the challenges the career diplomat will face, with the Washington and Moscow locked in their worst confrontation since the Cold War over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: San...

    Putin receives new US ambassador in Kremlin
    Nov19

    Putin receives new US ambassador in Kremlin

    MOSCOW (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to Russia has presented his credentials to President Vladimir Putin in a Kremlin ceremony that politely hinted at the challenges the career diplomat will face, with the Washington and Moscow locked in their worst confrontation since the Cold War over the crisis in Ukraine…. …read more...

    Putin, German FM Discuss Ukraine
    Nov19

    Putin, German FM Discuss Ukraine

    Germany’s foreign minister met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for talks on Ukraine after a last-minute invitation from the Russian president. Frank-Walter Steinmeier talked for 75 minutes late Tuesday with Putin, although details of their conversation were not available as of early Wednesday. Steinmeier said after a meeting with Russian...

    Russia warns of military assault on the east
    Nov19

    Russia warns of military assault on the east

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught. …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Tiny Baltic States Prepare to Hit Back at Mighty Russia
    Nov19

    Tiny Baltic States Prepare to Hit Back at Mighty Russia

    Earlier this month, a Russian warship entered Latvia’s exclusive economic zone, some nine nautical miles from the country’s territorial waters. Considering that Russian warships have already approached Latvian waters some 50 times this year, according to figures from Latvia’s Ministry of Defence, it was not an altogether...

    Russia Says Will Not Press ‘Allies’ On Territorial Issues
    Nov19

    Russia Says Will Not Press ‘Allies’ On Territorial Issues

    Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will not pressure its “allies” to recognize Crimea as a part of Russia or to join it in recopgnizing Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions as independent states. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Putin’s Big Mistake
    Nov19

    Putin’s Big Mistake

    If Russian troops attack Mariupol, a city of 500,000 in eastern Ukraine, it could alienate Ukraine from Russia in irreversible ways. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine: One Family’s Dramatic Year
    Nov19

    Ukraine: One Family’s Dramatic Year

    It’s been a tumultuous year for Halyna Trofanyuk. At the beginning of the year she traveled from her small village in western Ukraine to brave freezing conditions and brutal security forces at the protests in Kyiv. It was a decision that brought her to the very center of Ukraine’s political drama, but which also had far-reaching...

    Russia warns of military assault on the east
    Nov19

    Russia warns of military assault on the east

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught. …read more Source: U.S....