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    Europe’s Food Industry Looks to Compensate for Russian Embargo
    Aug20

    Europe’s Food Industry Looks to Compensate for Russian Embargo

    The European Commission is taking exceptional measures to help fruit and vegetable growers reeling from a new Russian embargo against selected food imports. The aim is to avoid a glut in local European markets, as the West and Russia fight an economic war over the crisis in Ukraine. You need a heavy coat to walk around the cavernous warehouse of...

    4 McD’s closed in Moscow for alleged sanitary violations
    Aug20

    4 McD’s closed in Moscow for alleged sanitary violations

    The charges follow an exchange of economic sanctions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine Troops Seize Much of Luhansk From Rebels
    Aug20

    Ukraine Troops Seize Much of Luhansk From Rebels

    DONETSK, Ukraine— After days of constant street battles, Ukrainian troops took control Wednesday of a large part of the rebel stronghold in Luhansk, a government spokesman announced, while battles around the rebel’s largest city of Donetsk left at least 43 people dead. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security...

    Here Are The Dramatic And Bizarre Headlines About Ferguson, Missouri From All Over The World
    Aug20

    Here Are The Dramatic And Bizarre Headlines About Ferguson, Missouri From All Over The World

    From Northern Ireland to North Korea, the protests in Ferguson, Missouri — and the military-grade response from local police — have made headlines around the world. …read more Source: Business...

    Are Ukraine’s Leaders in League With Satanists? On Russian TV, Yes
    Aug20

    Are Ukraine’s Leaders in League With Satanists? On Russian TV, Yes

    What do Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov have in common with members of a satanic religious sect based in central Ukraine? They are all part of a broad movement to destroy the Russian Orthodox Church, according to Russia’s leading state-run broadcaster. The August 17 report on Rossia 24...

    Ukrainian govt troops take over much of Luhansk
    Aug20

    Ukrainian govt troops take over much of Luhansk

    An alpinist paints yellow over the blue at one of Moscow’s Stalin-era skyscrapers with a star on top, which was painted in the colors of the Ukrainian national flag in Moscow, Russia, Wednesda… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Four arrested for flying Ukranian flag on Moscow skyscraper
    Aug20

    Four arrested for flying Ukranian flag on Moscow skyscraper

    Four people who climbed a Moscow skyscraper on Wednesday and attached a Ukrainian flag to its spire have been charged with vandalism by Russian police and may face three years in jail. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Ukrainian Government Troops Take Over Much of Luhansk
    Aug20

    Ukrainian Government Troops Take Over Much of Luhansk

    (KIEV, Ukraine) — A Ukrainian official says government troops have taken control of a large part of Luhansk — a besieged rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine — after days of street battles. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security Council, told reporters Wednesday in Kiev that government forces are now controlling...

    Fighting Intensifies in Eastern Ukraine: 43 Dead in 24 Hours
    Aug20

    Fighting Intensifies in Eastern Ukraine: 43 Dead in 24 Hours

    DONETSK, Ukraine—Government troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday in battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said. The Ukrainian troops are trying to encircle Donetsk, the largest city still in rebel hands, and also drive the...

    Chaos In Kerch: Russia Struggles Ferry Tourists To Crimea
    Aug20

    Chaos In Kerch: Russia Struggles Ferry Tourists To Crimea

    Moscow says it is eager to get Russian holidaymakers to the recently annexed Crimean peninsula. But the flood of tourists has proven too much for the Kerch ferry crossing, the only link between Crimea and Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...