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    Koktebel Journal: Annexation of Crimea Divides an Artist Colony Founded on Tolerance
    Aug21

    Koktebel Journal: Annexation of Crimea Divides an Artist Colony Founded on Tolerance

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 6:50 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    The light and landscape of coastal Koktebel has drawn artists for nearly a decade, but Russia’s annexation of Crimea has split the normally peaceful oasis into feuding factions. …read more Source: The New York...

    Rifts in a Crimean Art Colony
    Aug21

    Rifts in a Crimean Art Colony

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 6:50 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    The Crimean town of Koktebel was a tolerant oasis for artists and writers in the midst of Soviet repression. Now, its residents are divided by the Russian annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The New York...

    MH17: Investigators Plan To Return to Malaysia Airlines Crash Site In Ukraine When Security Improves
    Aug21

    MH17: Investigators Plan To Return to Malaysia Airlines Crash Site In Ukraine When Security Improves

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 6:50 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    The investigation team looking into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in July plans to return to the crash site when the security situation in the country improves. Investigators had suspended their search efforts in early August when fighting between Ukraine forces and pro-Russian rebels escalated. …read more Source:...

    The Mission to Save Foley Ended Like Most: In Failure
    Aug21

    The Mission to Save Foley Ended Like Most: In Failure

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 6:50 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Unlike in the movies, rescue missions rarely succeed. For every legendary success, like the Israeli commandos who rescued 102 hostages at Entebbe in Uganda in 1976, many more rescue missions fail. There was the infamous failed attempt to rescue U.S. hostage in Iran in 1979, and years before that in North Vietnam, a Special Forces raid on the long...

    An American Investment Banker Fighting In Ukraine Was Killed In Battle
    Aug21

    An American Investment Banker Fighting In Ukraine Was Killed In Battle

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 6:50 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    A 55-year-old American-born investment banker has died while fighting against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Simon Ostrovsky of Vice News reported. Mark Gregory Paslawsky, a dual U.S.-Ukrainian citizen who Vice News named only as “Franko” when he was revealed to be fighting in the country earlier this month, was killed on...

    Ukraine To Check Russian Aid
    Aug21

    Ukraine To Check Russian Aid

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 6:50 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukrainian border guards are expected to begin checking some of the cargo of a Russian aid convoy on August 21. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Open Source: An American Voice on Ukraine’s Front Lines Goes Silent
    Aug21

    Open Source: An American Voice on Ukraine’s Front Lines Goes Silent

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 6:50 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    Mark Paslawsky, a 55-year-old American investment banker, died fighting Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine this week. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukrainian troops take over much of the city of Luhansk
    Aug21

    Ukrainian troops take over much of the city of Luhansk

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 6:50 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Donetsk, Ukraine — After days of street battles and weeks of shelling, Ukrainian troops made a significant push Wednesday into rebel-held territory, claiming control over a large part of the separatist stronghold of Luhansk and nearly encircling Donetsk, the largest rebel-held city. The advance of the Ukrainian army against pro-Russian...

    Russia Closes Four McDonald’s in Moscow
    Aug21

    Russia Closes Four McDonald’s in Moscow

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 2:23 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    Getting a Big Mac in Moscow is about to get a lot harder. Russia’s food safety watchdog has temporarily shut down four McDonald’s in Moscow for what they say are sanitary violations. The closures come amid worsening ties between U.S. and Russia over the ongoing situation in Ukraine. The move prompting some to wonder if it’s...

    Why Won’t the Big Powers Allow Global Monitoring of Flights Like MH370?
    Aug21

    Why Won’t the Big Powers Allow Global Monitoring of Flights Like MH370?

    Thursday, August 21 , 2014 - 2:23 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    SINGAPORE — Two Malaysian aircraft have come to tragic ends this year. MH370 has disappeared without a trace. MH17 was shot down. Many despair that little can be done to prevent such tragedies. Actually, there is a small “silver bullet” to help prevent an easy recurrence of such tragedies. This “silver bullet” is...