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    Responding to Sanctions, Russia Bans Imports Of Food From West
    Aug08

    Responding to Sanctions, Russia Bans Imports Of Food From West

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 6:19 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Russia has announced a ban on imports of food and agricultural products from the United States, Europe and other Western countries. It’s in retaliation for sanctions imposed by the West following Moscow’s forceful takeover of Crimea and continued support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Henry Ridgwell reports the...

    Analysis: Putin isn’t going to be a peacemaker
    Aug08

    Analysis: Putin isn’t going to be a peacemaker

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 6:19 (EEST) Section: CNN (USA)

    Yuri Yarim-Agaev says it’s no use calling on Putin to peacefully resolve Ukraine’s problems; he’s the cause of them …read more Source:...

    Russia retaliates on West’s sanctions over Ukraine
    Aug08

    Russia retaliates on West’s sanctions over Ukraine

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 6:19 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Tensions rose further last month when a Malaysian jetliner was shot down over rebel-held territory, killing all 298 people aboard, and the West accused Russia of most likely providing the militants with the missiles that may have been used to bring the plane down. The ban, announced by a somber Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a televised...

    Terrific opportunity to invest in Russia: Pro
    Aug08

    Terrific opportunity to invest in Russia: Pro

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 3:23 (EEST) Section: CNBC (USA)

    The crisis in the Ukraine has provided a buying opportunity, particularly in Russian names, Leader Capital CIO John Lekas said. …read more Source:...

    Expert: Russia will use ‘humanitarian crisis’ as excuse to invade Ukraine
    Aug08

    Expert: Russia will use ‘humanitarian crisis’ as excuse to invade Ukraine

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 1:49 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    Cut off from the Russian border and under increasing pressure from Ukrainian military forces, the pro-Russian separatists’ stronghold of Donetsk could become the flashpoint for a Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine, an expert on U.S. and Russian national security predicted.. …read more Source: FOX...

    NATO Chief to Russia: ‘Step Back from the Brink’
    Aug08

    NATO Chief to Russia: ‘Step Back from the Brink’

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 1:03 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is calling on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war in Ukraine by withdrawing thousands of combat troops massed on its border. “Step back from the brink, step back from the border and [do] not use peacekeeping as an excuse for war-making,” said Rasmussen during a visit to...

    Give Peacekeepers a Chance in Ukraine
    Aug08

    Give Peacekeepers a Chance in Ukraine

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 0:59 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating in Ukraine after the latest round of European and U.S. sanctions. Offering an international peacekeeping mission might help to break the cycle. …read more Source:...

    NATO Chief to Russia: ‘Step Back from the Brink’
    Aug08

    NATO Chief to Russia: ‘Step Back from the Brink’

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 0:59 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is calling on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war in Ukraine by withdrawing thousands of combat troops massed on its border. “Step back from the brink, step back from the border and [do] not use peacekeeping as an excuse for war-making,” said Rasmussen during a visit to...

    Russia And Iran Reportedly Signed A Huge Oil Deal — But No One Knows The Details
    Aug08

    Russia And Iran Reportedly Signed A Huge Oil Deal — But No One Knows The Details

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 0:59 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Iran and Russia may have just signed a major $20 billion oil deal, as reported by Russia’s Itar-Tass, Iran’s Fars News, and the Telegraph on Wednesday. The deal would allow Iran to circumvent western and international sanctions aimed at curtailing the country’s nuclear program. And it would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin...

    Ukraine: Rebels Have Shot Down A Ukrainian Military Plane
    Aug08

    Ukraine: Rebels Have Shot Down A Ukrainian Military Plane

    Friday, August 8 , 2014 - 0:59 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The head of NATO called on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war by pulling its troops back from the Ukrainian border and warned further intervention in Ukraine would bring it greater isolation in the world. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the U.S.-led alliance’s...