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    As Payback for Russia Bans Food From West
    Aug07

    As Payback for Russia Bans Food From West

    MOSCOW—Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will also likely lead to empty shelves in Russian cities. The announcement shows that while President Vladimir Putin...

    NATO Chief Holds Talks In Kyiv Amid Tensions Over Russian Troops
    Aug07

    NATO Chief Holds Talks In Kyiv Amid Tensions Over Russian Troops

    NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen holds talks with Ukrainian leaders in Kyiv, amid heightened tensions over a Russian troop buildup along the Ukrainian border. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukrainian rebels set up recruiting office in Moscow
    Aug07

    Ukrainian rebels set up recruiting office in Moscow

    Insurgents in Ukraine raise money, collect combat gear and recruit fighters in Russian capital. …read more Source: USA...

    Moves To Dismantle Kyiv Protest Camp Spark Clashes
    Aug07

    Moves To Dismantle Kyiv Protest Camp Spark Clashes

    In the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, demonstrators on August 7 clashed with city workers who were attempting to clear barricades and tents from the city’s central Independence Square. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Poland speeds up arms deal citing Ukraine conflict
    Aug07

    Poland speeds up arms deal citing Ukraine conflict

    Poland’s defense ministry says it is accelerating the tender process for its acquisition of new combat helicopters due to the armed conflict in neighboring Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...

    Poland speeds up process to buy new combat helicopters due to conflict in Ukraine
    Aug07

    Poland speeds up process to buy new combat helicopters due to conflict in Ukraine

    Poland’s defense ministry says it is accelerating the tender process for its acquisition of new combat helicopters due to the armed conflict in neighboring Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...

    Report: Transdniester Puts Forces On Alert
    Aug07

    Report: Transdniester Puts Forces On Alert

    Pro-Russian separatists in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniester have reportedly put their security forces on alert because of what they say is a military threat from Ukraine and Moldova. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Georgian-Ukrainian Fights For His ‘Second Motherland’
    Aug07

    Georgian-Ukrainian Fights For His ‘Second Motherland’

    Ukraine has become the new home for a former Georgian police officer, who is fighting against pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region. Now a Ukrainian citizen, the soldier, who goes by the nickname “Doberman,” compares the events in eastern Ukraine to Moscow’s support for Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia....

    In Reprisal, Russia Imposes Trade Sanctions on the West
    Aug07

    In Reprisal, Russia Imposes Trade Sanctions on the West

    Moscow announced a ban on a wide range of food and agricultural products from Europe and the United States, among others, responding to the sanctions Western nations imposed for Russia’s Ukraine policy. …read more Source: The New York...

    Russia Sanctions: Russians Mourn Coca-Cola, Cheese, Fruit And Other Banned Foods
    Aug07

    Russia Sanctions: Russians Mourn Coca-Cola, Cheese, Fruit And Other Banned Foods

    No more Coca-Cola. No more parmeasan. No more spaghetti. Russians are mourning their favorite imported food products after President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday one-year bans and limits on food and agricultiral imports from the European Union and the United States, which have recently imposed their own sanctions on Russia over the ongoing...