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

    Snowden Cleared for 3 More Years in Russia, Lawyer Says

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 16:54 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    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’

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 16:54 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    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

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 16:54 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    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

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 16:54 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    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 food imports from West
    Aug07

    Russia bans food imports from West

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 16:54 (EEST) Section: New York Daily News (USA)

    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. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    As a Man-Made Famine Looms, Christmas Comes Early to South Sudan
    Aug07

    As a Man-Made Famine Looms, Christmas Comes Early to South Sudan

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 16:54 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    The Limits of America’s African Experiment in Nation Building Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com[This story was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Additional funding was provided through the generosity of Adelaide Gomer.]Juba, South Sudan — The soft glow of the dancing white lights is a dead...

    Deadly Mortar Fire Hits Donetsk Hospital In Embattled East Ukraine
    Aug07

    Deadly Mortar Fire Hits Donetsk Hospital In Embattled East Ukraine

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 16:54 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A mortar hit a large hospital in the troubled Ukrainian city of Donetsk Thursday, killing at least one person, as government forces tighten their grip on the pro-Russian rebel stronghold. “There was a sudden explosion, a mortar round flew through the window, all the equipment was destroyed,” said Anna...

    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

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    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

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    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

    Thursday, August 7 , 2014 - 15:48 (EEST) Section: Miami Herald (USA)

    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...