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    Europe’s Russia Sanctions Dilemma
    Sep01

    Europe’s Russia Sanctions Dilemma

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 19:50 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    Use common sense – that’s President Putin’s latest warning to the West over the possibility of fresh sanctions against Russia. EU leaders are preparing new measures against Moscow. But no definite ones have been agreed yet or when they will be imposed. Anxiety over Ukraine is already hurting some of their economies – even...

    Pro-Russia Rebels Ease Demands at Ukraine Peace Talks
    Sep01

    Pro-Russia Rebels Ease Demands at Ukraine Peace Talks

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 19:50 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    MOSCOW—Pro-Russian rebels softened their demand for full independence Monday, saying they would respect Ukraine’s sovereignty in exchange for autonomy—a shift that reflects Moscow’s desire to strike a deal at a new round of peace talks. The insurgents’ platform, released at the start of Monday’s negotiations in Minsk, the...

    Pro-Russian rebels lower demands in peace talks
    Sep01

    Pro-Russian rebels lower demands in peace talks

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 19:50 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    MOSCOW — Pro-Russian rebels softened their demand for full independence Monday, saying they would respect Ukraine’s sovereignty in exchange for autonomy — a shift that reflects Moscow’s desire to strike a deal at a new round of peace talks.The insurgents’ platform, released at the start of Monday’s negotiations in Minsk,...

    Is Putin ‘Rebuilding Russia’ According To Solzhenitsyn’s Design?
    Sep01

    Is Putin ‘Rebuilding Russia’ According To Solzhenitsyn’s Design?

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 19:50 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    In recent remarks, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to call into question Kazakhstan’s legitimacy as a country, comments that echoed statements he made before the current crisis in Ukraine. His geopolitical vision for a “greater Russia” reminds some of a 1990 essay by Nobel laureate Aleksander Solzhenitsyn. …read...

    Battle-hit Ukraine village picks up the pieces
    Sep01

    Battle-hit Ukraine village picks up the pieces

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 17:58 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    Alexander Bespalko and his son lifted parts from a burned-out Ukrainian armored personnel carrier in a village ravaged by the past week’s battles. With homes destroyed and livelihoods lost, residents in the village of Hrabske must scrape for a living and at least scrap metal is reliable — with wrecked tanks, cars and APCs everywhere....

    Battle-hit Ukraine village picks up the pieces
    Sep01

    Battle-hit Ukraine village picks up the pieces

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 17:58 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    With homes destroyed and livelihoods lost, residents in the village of Hrabske must scrape for a living and at least scrap metal is reliable — with wrecked tanks, cars and APCs everywhere. Hrabske and the nearby strategic town of Ilovaysk have suffered badly from recent clashes as separatist Russian forces relentlessly chip away at areas under...

    Residents in rebel-held village in east Ukraine pick up pieces as fighting rages on
    Sep01

    Residents in rebel-held village in east Ukraine pick up pieces as fighting rages on

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 17:58 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    Alexander Bespalko and his son lifted parts from a burned-out Ukrainian armored personnel carrier in a village ravaged by the past week’s battles. …read more Source: FOX...

    ‘A Ukraine Peace Plan That Excludes Ukrainians Is Unacceptable’
    Sep01

    ‘A Ukraine Peace Plan That Excludes Ukrainians Is Unacceptable’

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 17:58 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    Last week, The Atlantic published a 24-point plan for ending the conflict between Russia and Ukraine—the product of a meeting between Russian and American experts and former officials on the Finnish island of Boistö. Now, a group of American and European experts and former officials, coordinated by David Kramer of Freedom House, has written a...

    China May Be Biggest Winner From Ukraine Crisis
    Sep01

    China May Be Biggest Winner From Ukraine Crisis

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 17:58 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Thousands of miles away from the Ukrainian battlefields of Donetsk and Novoazovsk sits the country that may end up being the largest beneficiary of the turmoil along Russia’s southwest border: China. With Russian President Vladimir Putin rewriting the playbook on security in post-Cold War Europe, Beijing has watched warily 3,700 miles to...

    Battle-hit Ukraine village picks up the pieces
    Sep01

    Battle-hit Ukraine village picks up the pieces

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 17:58 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    HRABSKE, Ukraine (AP) — Alexander Bespalko and his son lifted parts from a burned-out Ukrainian armored personnel carrier in a village ravaged by the past week’s battles. With homes destroyed and livelihoods lost, residents in the village of Hrabske must scrape for a living and at least scrap metal is reliable – with wrecked...