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    Hollywood Stars Say Thanks But No Thanks to Russia
    Aug21

    Hollywood Stars Say Thanks But No Thanks to Russia

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    On Aug. 14, the actor Steven Seagal arrived at Russia’s premier weapons expo and, in the company of several arms dealers, strolled to a display of automatic rifles. A crowd of reporters and onlookers gathered around to watch as he handled one of the weapons, some even climbing on top of a military vehicle in order to get a better look....

    Russian aid convoy poised to enter Ukraine as fighting rages
    Aug21

    Russian aid convoy poised to enter Ukraine as fighting rages

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Pro-Russia separatists who control part of Ukraine’s eastern border allowed Kiev customs officials into the occupied territory Thursday to inspect a Russian convoy seeking to carry aid to the militants’ last two strongholds. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Russia checks more McDonald's after closing 3
    Aug21

    Russia checks more McDonald's after closing 3

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    MOSCOW — Russia’s food safety agency said Thursday that it was checking McDonald’s restaurants around the country, a day after several branches of the chain were shuttered in Moscow.The pressure on the American chain, which has 435 restaurants in Russia, comes at a time of heightened tensions over the fighting in eastern Ukraine.After...

    Ukraine Border Guards Begin Approving Russian Aid Convoy
    Aug21

    Ukraine Border Guards Begin Approving Russian Aid Convoy

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

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    U.S. Army veteran, West Point grad killed fighting for Ukraine
    Aug21

    U.S. Army veteran, West Point grad killed fighting for Ukraine

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    The lone American fighting for the Ukraine in the current conflict in the Eastern part of the country died in during battle. …read more Source: FOX...

    Fighting Continues in Ukraine as Russian Aid Convoy Reaches Customs
    Aug21

    Fighting Continues in Ukraine as Russian Aid Convoy Reaches Customs

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine—Parts of eastern Ukraine were wracked by fierce fighting Thursday as government troops sought to snatch back territory from separatist rebels, while a Russian aid convoy to the hard-hit city of Luhansk began to make tentative steps toward its destination. Russia has been trying to send in over 200 trucks carrying what it says is...

    ‘Ambiguous Warfare’ Provides NATO With New Challenge
    Aug21

    ‘Ambiguous Warfare’ Provides NATO With New Challenge

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March, NATO has been publicly refocusing on its old Cold War foe Moscow. The threats it now believes it faces, however, are distinctly different to those of the latter half of the 20th century. The West then was defending against the risk of Soviet armor pouring across the North German plain. Now,...

    Businesses Wonder Who’s Next After Russia Targets McDonald’s
    Aug21

    Businesses Wonder Who’s Next After Russia Targets McDonald’s

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russia said on Thursday it was investigating dozens of McDonald’s restaurants, in what many businessmen said was retaliation for Western sanctions over Ukraine they fear could spread to other symbols of Western capitalism. Russia’s food safety watchdog said it was looking at possible breaches of sanitary rules at McDonald’s, but...

    Moscow McDonald’s Branches Shuttered in Sanctions Tit-for-Tat
    Aug21

    Moscow McDonald’s Branches Shuttered in Sanctions Tit-for-Tat

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 21:48 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Russian authorities have closed four McDonald’s restaurants over “health violations.” But western analysts see the move as a purely political response to sanctions imposed upon Russia in response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Russian military support being given to separatist rebels in Ukraine. The flagship Pushkin Square...

    Some Russian Aid Trucks Clearing Ukraine Customs
    Aug21

    Some Russian Aid Trucks Clearing Ukraine Customs

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 18:54 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine—Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy have begun to clear customs at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian border guard service said Thursday. Russia has been trying to send in over 200 trucks carrying what it says is humanitarian aid to help civilians in the hard-hit city of Luhansk, but Ukraine fears...