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    Even If He Brought No NSA Files, Snowden Is Still ‘Very Useful’ To Russia
    Aug01

    Even If He Brought No NSA Files, Snowden Is Still ‘Very Useful’ To Russia

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    As the world condemns Russia’s continued support for separatists in eastern Ukraine in the wake of MH17, Edward Snowden is asking Vladimir Putin for an extended asylum. It’s an awkward circumstance for a self-proclaimed human rights and Internet freedom activist, even beyond taking refuge in a land with a terrible human rights record...

    Experts recover DNA from Ukraine crash site
    Aug01

    Experts recover DNA from Ukraine crash site

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine — A small advance team of forensic experts on Thursday finally reached the site where a Malaysia Airlines flight went down in eastern Ukraine two weeks ago, after four days of false starts cut short by heavy fighting in the area. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    Without Realizing It, Russian Soldiers Are Proving Vladimir Putin Is Lying About Eastern Ukraine
    Aug01

    Without Realizing It, Russian Soldiers Are Proving Vladimir Putin Is Lying About Eastern Ukraine

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    In the age of social media, many people seem to have the urge to share everything about their lives: Heading to concerts, birthdays, or maybe even what’s on the reading list. But in the case of some Russian soldiers, their urge to share has serious geopolitical consequences, as a few have been revealing their presence in or near eastern...

    On Centennial, Seven Harvard Scholars List Lessons of WWI — And How They Might Apply Today
    Aug01

    On Centennial, Seven Harvard Scholars List Lessons of WWI — And How They Might Apply Today

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    This week marks the centennial of the outbreak of World War I. WorldPost contributors such as Walter Russell Mead and Artyom Lukin have asked whether events in 2014 parallel those of 1914. Here, seven scholars from the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government offer the historical lessons they see. –...

    Ukraine’s parliament rejects prime minister’s resignation
    Aug01

    Ukraine’s parliament rejects prime minister’s resignation

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    A week after Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said he wanted to resign, the government offered a reply: You can’t. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    EU Slaps Sanctions on Five Russian Banks
    Aug01

    EU Slaps Sanctions on Five Russian Banks

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The European Union has sanctioned five Russian banks to protest Moscow’s intervention in restive eastern Ukraine. The EU said it is limiting the banks’ access to European capital markets, which could further impede the already weak Russian economy that some analysts say is sliding toward a recession. The 28-nation EU bloc called for...

    Russia halts Ukrainian soy, sunseed imports: Report
    Aug01

    Russia halts Ukrainian soy, sunseed imports: Report

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: CNBC (USA)

    Russia will suspend Ukrainian soy, soymeal and sunseed imports starting from Aug. 1 due to breach of phytosanitary requirements, Interfax news said. …read more Source:...

    Snowden Asks to Stay in Russia
    Aug01

    Snowden Asks to Stay in Russia

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has applied to renew his political asylum status in Russia. The temporary political asylum Snowden received last July was good only through midnight Thursday. A lawyer in Russia representing Snowden said he can stay in the country at least until there is a decision on his application, and...

    Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine
    Aug01

    Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 7:00 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Bowing to Western demands would potentially spell political suicide for the Russian leader, who has built his popularity on standing up to the West. When mass protests chased the Russian-leaning Ukrainian president from power in February, Putin saw it as a Western plot against Russia and quickly moved to annex Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula...

    Ukraine MH17 Wreckage Site Finally Accessed By Investigators
    Aug01

    Ukraine MH17 Wreckage Site Finally Accessed By Investigators

    Friday, August 1 , 2014 - 0:06 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — As mortar fire landed nearby, an international team of investigators finally reached the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 wreckage site Thursday and got their first look at a scene experts fear has been badly compromised in the two weeks since the plane was blown out of the sky. For the families of the 298 victims, it...