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    Report: Pro-Russian separatists put Army on alert
    Aug07

    Report: Pro-Russian separatists put Army on alert

    A news agency says pro-Russian separatists in a breakaway region of Moldova have put their army on alert, claiming they fear military action from their neighbors, Ukraine and Moldova. …read more Source: Miami...

    Report: Pro-Russian separatists put Army on alert, Moldova says an attempt to destabilize
    Aug07

    Report: Pro-Russian separatists put Army on alert, Moldova says an attempt to destabilize

    A news agency says pro-Russian separatists in a breakaway region of Moldova have put their army on alert, claiming they fear military action from their neighbors, Ukraine and Moldova. …read more Source: FOX...

    Australia Honors Victims of Malaysia Airlines MH-17
    Aug07

    Australia Honors Victims of Malaysia Airlines MH-17

    Australia is observing an official day of mourning for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17. More than 30 Australian citizens and residents were among the 298 passengers and crew who died when the airliner was shot down in eastern Ukraine. A multifaith service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne was part of a day of mourning,...

    Snowden Cleared for 3 More Years in Russia, Lawyer Says
    Aug07

    Snowden Cleared for 3 More Years in Russia, Lawyer Says

    Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking extensive secrets of its electronic surveillance programs, has been given a three-year residence permit by Russia, his Russian lawyer told reporters on Thursday. The announcement comes at a time when Russia’s relations with the West are at Cold...

    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...

    Russia Bans Wide Array of Food Imports from the U.S., EU
    Aug07

    Russia Bans Wide Array of Food Imports from the U.S., EU

    Russia banned a wide array of food imports from Western countries Thursday in a spiraling sanction war amid the worst ties between Russia and the West since the Cold War. A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the additional restrictions, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he signed a decree banning for one year the import of foods...

    Russia’s food-import ban targeting the West takes shape
    Aug07

    Russia’s food-import ban targeting the West takes shape

    Russia has rolled out a sweeping embargo on food imports from the U.S., the European Union and some other Western countries in response to sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    ECB leaves rates on hold as Ukraine crisis looms
    Aug07

    ECB leaves rates on hold as Ukraine crisis looms

    The European Central Bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.15 percent as the crisis in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe’s modest economic recovery. …read more Source: Miami...