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    Do Trolls Matter?
    Aug12

    Do Trolls Matter?

    In media and social networks at home and abroad, the Kremlin has become expert at utilizing Internet saboteurs, or trolls, to promote its agenda. How are trolls used and why do they matter? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The Way Out of the Ukraine Crisis
    Aug12

    The Way Out of the Ukraine Crisis

    MOSCOW—In May, Bob Corker, the ranking Republican on the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill of stunning recklessness that seems specifically designed to destroy what remains of relations between the United States and Russia. The legislation’s very name—the “Russian Aggression Prevention Act of...

    Ukraine Will Block Russian Aid Convoy Heading to Rebel Region
    Aug12

    Ukraine Will Block Russian Aid Convoy Heading to Rebel Region

    MOSCOW— A convoy of 280 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid headed for eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, but Ukraine said it wouldn’t let the mission in because it isn’t being coordinated by the international Red Cross and could be a covert military operation. The neutral agency said it had no information on what the trucks were...

    Prisoners escape shelled jail in east Ukraine
    Aug12

    Prisoners escape shelled jail in east Ukraine

    Scores of panicked inmates escape when shells rain down on a high-security prison in eastern Ukraine during heavy fighting between government forces and pro-Moscow rebels, authorities say. Video provided by AFP …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine Says It Will Block Russian Aid Convoy
    Aug12

    Ukraine Says It Will Block Russian Aid Convoy

    Ukrainian officials said they will not allow Russian trucks to cross the border after Moscow said it was sending a convoy to deliver humanitarian aid to besieged residents in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Russia said Tuesday it was sending 280 truckloads of relief supplies to residents of eastern Ukraine, who are caught in the conflict between...

    With the Ukrainian President
    Aug12

    With the Ukrainian President

    Kiev, August 11, 2014 I had not seen Petro Poroshenko since his election. He greeted me in a large panelled room where the gold leaf had an oddly rosy tint. Ukrainian television cameras ran for the first few minutes of our interview. The president brought up our initial encounter in the Maidan that Sunday in February, at a time when the fate of...

    John Kerry sees hope for easing of Ukraine tensions
    Aug12

    John Kerry sees hope for easing of Ukraine tensions

    The Obama administration is cautiously hopeful diplomacy can ease tensions between Ukraine and Russia over Moscow’s insistence on sending humanitarian aid to pro-Russian areas of eastern Ukraine, U.S. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    Russian Convoy Carrying Humanitarian Aid Sets Off for Ukraine
    Aug12

    Russian Convoy Carrying Humanitarian Aid Sets Off for Ukraine

    Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine set off on Tuesday (August 12) amid Western warnings against using help as a pretext for an invasion. With Ukraine reporting Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border, NATO said there was a “high probability” that Moscow could intervene militarily in the...

    Russian aid convoy raises questions
    Aug12

    Russian aid convoy raises questions

    Russian media is reporting that a convoy carrying humanitarian aid is heading into Ukraine. CNN’s Will Ripley reports. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine plans to deny access to Russian aid
    Aug12

    Ukraine plans to deny access to Russian aid

    Some fear the aid shipment may be a pretext for sending in Russian troops …read more Source: USA...