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    Russian aid convoy near Ukraine’s border
    Aug14

    Russian aid convoy near Ukraine’s border

    Ukraine’s government threatened to block the convoy if the cargo could not be inspected. …read more Source: USA...

    Russian Aid Convoy Near Ukraine’s Border
    Aug14

    Russian Aid Convoy Near Ukraine’s Border

    KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia— A large Russian aid convoy headed toward Ukraine Thursday, taking a road leading directly toward a border crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels in the Luhansk region. Ukraine’s government threatened to block the convoy if the cargo could not be inspected, and Kiev announced it was organizing its own shipment...

    Slovak PM critical of Ukraine for sanctions
    Aug14

    Slovak PM critical of Ukraine for sanctions

    Slovakia’s prime minister has criticized Ukraine for preparing sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: Miami...

    Slovak PM Robert Fico critical of Ukraine’s possible sanctions against Russia
    Aug14

    Slovak PM Robert Fico critical of Ukraine’s possible sanctions against Russia

    Slovakia’s prime minister has criticized Ukraine for preparing sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: FOX...

    Russia convoy heads south
    Aug14

    Russia convoy heads south

    A convoy of trucks Russia says it carrying aid sets off towards the border with Ukraine. Sarah Toms reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...

    Russian aid convoy near Ukraine’s border
    Aug14

    Russian aid convoy near Ukraine’s border

    Local residents Svetlana Avdyukhin displays fragments of a shell after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. A rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine came under intensifie… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Here’s A 10-Second Guide To What Traders Are Talking About Today
    Aug14

    Here’s A 10-Second Guide To What Traders Are Talking About Today

    Dave Lutz of JonesTrading has the hot topics traders are talking about today: We had a nice bounce in Equity futures a bit ago, as commentary from Putin that he will do his utmost to stop bloodshed in Ukraine + comments from the Finnish PM saying the EU is not considering further sanctions against Russia caused Germany to jump 1% from lows....

    Russian aid convoy travels toward Ukraine
    Aug14

    Russian aid convoy travels toward Ukraine

    The aid convoy had been temporarily halted as both sides argued about where the aid could be delivered. At least 41 people were killed in the violence Thursday — a day after the UN announced that the death toll had doubled to more than 2,000 in just two weeks. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Putin: Russia Should Build Itself Up, Not Isolate Itself
    Aug14

    Putin: Russia Should Build Itself Up, Not Isolate Itself

    Russians need to mobilize for the benefit of their country but not for conflict with outside world, President Vladimir Putin said while on the last of his two-day visit to Crimea. “We must calmly, with dignity and effectively build up our country, not fence it off from the outside world,” Putin said in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in...

    Germany’s Economy Shrinks As Euro Zone Recovery Halts Amid Russia Sanctions
    Aug14

    Germany’s Economy Shrinks As Euro Zone Recovery Halts Amid Russia Sanctions

    Germany’s economy shrank in the second quarter and France again failed to conjure up any growth, snuffing out any signs of a recovery in the euro zone which is now also weighed down by tit-for-tat sanctions with Russia. Europe’s largest economy contracted by 0.2 percent on the quarter, undercutting Bundesbank forecasts that it would...