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    AP Analysis: Pushed against the wall over Ukraine, Putin may opt for even tougher course
    Jul31

    AP Analysis: Pushed against the wall over Ukraine, Putin may opt for even tougher course

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:27 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    For Russian President Vladimir Putin, there are few options left in the Ukraine crisis and they all look bad. …read more Source: FOX...

    AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine
    Jul31

    AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:16 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    MOSCOW (AP) — For Russian President Vladimir Putin, there are few options left in the Ukraine crisis and they all look bad…. …read more Source: Associated...

    EU sanctions some of Russia’s biggest banks, limits capital market access for 5 lenders
    Jul31

    EU sanctions some of Russia’s biggest banks, limits capital market access for 5 lenders

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:05 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

    The European Union has revealed the names of five Russian banks it is sanctioning over what the 28-nation bloc decries as Moscow’s meddling in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...

    Heated Russia-Ukraine Conflict Continues Despite Sanctions
    Jul31

    Heated Russia-Ukraine Conflict Continues Despite Sanctions

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:05 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    The day after the European Union and the United States announced expanded sanctions against Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Moscow remained defiant, the Ukrainian army remained on the offensive, and an international team remained unable to reach the crash site of a Malaysian jetliner. …read more Source: The Boston...

    How Vladimir Putin Went From Spy Film Admirer To One Of The World’s Most Powerful Men
    Jul31

    How Vladimir Putin Went From Spy Film Admirer To One Of The World’s Most Powerful Men

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:05 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    We all know the name Vladimir Putin. From his oppression of Russia’s LGBT community to his invasion of Ukraine to his unyielding support for the Syrian government, the ironfisted president at the helm of Russia’s government has been a mainstay in recent headlines. But what do we know about Vladimir Putin, really? According to...

    Alexander Sotkin Photos: Instagram Pictures of Russian Solider Operating in and Near Ukraine
    Jul31

    Alexander Sotkin Photos: Instagram Pictures of Russian Solider Operating in and Near Ukraine

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:05 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    Pictures have cropped up from Alexander Sotkin, a Russian solider who appears to be operating inside Ukraine. The posts seem to add to the growing controversy in the region, where Ukraine is trying to stave off Russian-backed separatists from taking over more space inside the country. Sotkin’s pictures add to the argument that Russian...

    Investigators Finally Reach Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash Site
    Jul31

    Investigators Finally Reach Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash Site

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:05 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    International investigators reached the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 for the first time since the Boeing 777 was downed by a missile in eastern Ukraine on July 17, the Associated Press reports. Fighting between the Ukrainian military and the pro-Russian separatists had kept the investigation team, made up of Dutch and Australian...

    Inside EU’s arms trade with Russia
    Jul31

    Inside EU’s arms trade with Russia

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 19:05 (EEST) Section: CNN (USA)

    The West has slapped stringent sanctions on Russia in response to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, believed by the U.S. and others to have been shot down with a Russia-supplied Buk missile system by eastern Ukraine rebels. …read more Source:...

    Ukrainian Soldier’s Mother Receives Letter From Son’s Killers
    Jul31

    Ukrainian Soldier’s Mother Receives Letter From Son’s Killers

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 18:26 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Volodymyr Yakobchuk died on June 17 in a rebel ambush outside the town of Metalist in eastern Ukraine. A separatist fighter then posted social media messages taunting at the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers caught in the ambush. Days later, the rebels sent Volodymyr’s mother a letter saying they killed the soldier for invading their land....

    Ukraine’s Parliament Refuses PM Resignation
    Jul31

    Ukraine’s Parliament Refuses PM Resignation

    Thursday, July 31 , 2014 - 18:26 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Ukraine’s parliament has rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who announced last week his intention to step down after the two parties supporting him left the ruling coalition. The legislature voted Thursday not to accept Yatsenyuk’s resignation, despite his loss of political backing. The lawmakers also...