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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...

    Fighting, Fires On Kyiv’s Independence Square
    Aug07

    Fighting, Fires On Kyiv’s Independence Square

    Demonstrators clashed with city employees and armed guards in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on August 7 as the workers tried to clear barricades and tents from Independence Square. Protesters set fire to piles of tires and threw bottles and bricks at the municipal workers, who eventually withdrew. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read...

    Russia Imposes One-Year Ban on Food Imports from West
    Aug07

    Russia Imposes One-Year Ban on Food Imports from West

    The Russian government has imposed a ban on most food imports from the United States, the European Union and other Western nations in apparent retaliation for their sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the sanctions Thursday in Moscow. The import ban includes meat, fruit, vegetables and milk...

    Ex-leader’s estate embodies Ukraine’s past, present, hope for future
    Aug07

    Ex-leader’s estate embodies Ukraine’s past, present, hope for future

    On a summer’s day in the park, children gripped Frisbees and ice cream cones as they tottered next to distracted parents. A wedding party simulated a conga line for a patient cameraman. A trio of twentysomething men sipped kvass, a favorite only-looks-like-beer beverage. …read more Source: Los Angeles...