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    EU Ministers Seek More Russia Sanctions for Ukraine Invasion
    Aug29

    EU Ministers Seek More Russia Sanctions for Ukraine Invasion

    MILAN— Several European Union foreign ministers on Friday accused Russia of invading eastern Ukraine and said Moscow should be punished with more sanctions. The meeting of the 28-nation bloc’s top diplomats in Milan came one day after NATO said Moscow has slipped at least 1,000 Russian soldiers and much heavy weaponry into Ukraine. “We have...

    Displaced Ukrainian Children Head Back To School — In Siberia
    Aug29

    Displaced Ukrainian Children Head Back To School — In Siberia

    Thousands of children displaced by the fighting in eastern Ukraine are preparing for their first day of school in Russia. In Tomsk, Siberia, many displaced families are scrambling to enroll their children in local schools. Most rely on donations to provide their children with backpacks, uniforms, and other school supplies. (Melanie Batchina,...

    There’s A Word For What’s Going On In Ukraine… But What Is It?
    Aug29

    There’s A Word For What’s Going On In Ukraine… But What Is It?

    It’s been called everything from an “invasion” and an “incursion” to a “cross-border crisis” and “escalated aggression.” We look at the difficulty of describing what, exactly, is taking place in Ukraine — and what’s stopping officials from using the word “war.”...

    Pro-Russian Separatists In Control Of Key Town Of Novoazovsk
    Aug29

    Pro-Russian Separatists In Control Of Key Town Of Novoazovsk

    NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russia separatists, relaxed and well-equipped, held firm control on Friday of the strategic coastal town of Novoazovsk, a day after Ukraine claimed tanks and armored vehicles had invaded from Russia. Associated Press reporters saw at least a half-dozen tanks in the town of about 12,000 people, bearing the flags of...

    Francois Hollande in Purgatory
    Aug29

    Francois Hollande in Purgatory

    French president François Hollande is evermore himself and this is bad news for France. In his first year it was the old Socialist pattern of campaigning in left-wing poetry (for example the 75 percent tax on incomes over 1 million euros), then backpedaling to mixed-up prose once in office when the big interests and the Constitutional Court...

    Kremlin: Russian Troop Images Are From ‘Computer Games’
    Aug29

    Kremlin: Russian Troop Images Are From ‘Computer Games’

    On Thursday, NATO released images it said showed that Russian combat troops had crossed into Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Russia Says Open to Gas Talks With Ukraine, Offers Discount
    Aug29

    Russia Says Open to Gas Talks With Ukraine, Offers Discount

    Russia is open to talks on resuming gas supplies to Ukraine and willing to offer a price cut of nearly 20 percent, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday, but the discounted price is still above the level Kiev demands. Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed late last year to cut the gas price for Ukraine to $268.50 per 1,000 cubic meters...

    EU ministers call for new sanctions against Russia
    Aug29

    EU ministers call for new sanctions against Russia

    MILAN (AP) – Several European Union foreign ministers on Friday accused Russia of invading eastern Ukraine and said Moscow should be punished with more sanctions. The meeting of the 28-nation bloc’s top diplomats in Milan came one day after NATO said Moscow has slipped at least 1,000 Russian … …read more Source: The...

    Putin Likens East Ukraine Crisis to Nazi Sieges
    Aug29

    Putin Likens East Ukraine Crisis to Nazi Sieges

    Vladimir Putin said Ukraine and Russia were “practically a single nationality” and compared Kiev’s military actions to the Nazi sieges of World War II …read more Source:...

    Pro-Russia separatists in control of coastal town
    Aug29

    Pro-Russia separatists in control of coastal town

    Captured Ukrainian border guards sit in a garage at the Novoazovsk border crossing point, in eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. At Novoazovsk, rebel fighters looked to be in firm control,… …read more Source: The Bismarck...