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    Here Comes Obama’s Statement On Ukraine…
    Jul29

    Here Comes Obama’s Statement On Ukraine…

    President Barack Obama is delivering a statement on the crisis in Ukraine from the South Lawn of the White House. Obama is announcing a new round of punishing sanctions on Russia and President Vladimir Putin for the country’s continued involvement in destabilizing the crisis and supporting pro-Russian separatists in the eastern regions of...

    Obama to announce US sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    Obama to announce US sanctions on Russia

    The U.S. penalties follow tougher sanctions agreed to by European Union leaders earlier in the day. According to the Treasury Department, the U.S. penalties target the Bank of Moscow, the Russian Agricultural Bank and VTB Bank. …read more Source: San Francisco...

    U.S. Adds Russian Banks, Shipbuilding Company To Sanctions List
    Jul29

    U.S. Adds Russian Banks, Shipbuilding Company To Sanctions List

    The U.S. Treasury Department has added three banks to a list of sectoral sanctions and sanctioned one shipbuilding company in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The West Has Cornered Putin—and That’s When He’s Most Dangerous
    Jul29

    The West Has Cornered Putin—and That’s When He’s Most Dangerous

    Today is not a good day to be Vladimir Putin. A game that the Russian president was winning so deftly in the spring has turned on him in summer: The Ukrainian military is bearing down on the pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, and there’s …read more Source: The New...

    European Union slaps new, stronger sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    European Union slaps new, stronger sanctions on Russia

    The 28-nation European Union agreed Tuesday on stronger economic sanctions against Russia amid ongoing anger concerning the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the great majority of whose passengers were Europeans. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Task force set up after plane shot down
    Jul29

    Task force set up after plane shot down

    The United Nations agency that governs civil aviation says it is setting up a task force aimed at improving security measures in the wake of the shoot-down of a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...

    LIVE: President Obama on Ukraine
    Jul29

    LIVE: President Obama on Ukraine

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    Lavrov and Kerry talk about Cold war-era arms deal
    Jul29

    Lavrov and Kerry talk about Cold war-era arms deal

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry says the chief diplomats from Russia and the United States have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the fulfillment of a Cold War-era arms control deal that the U.S. has accused Russia of violating. The U.S. accused Russia Monday of violating the treaty by testing a new ground-launched cruise...

    Heavier weapons leading to more civilian deaths in Ukraine
    Jul29

    Heavier weapons leading to more civilian deaths in Ukraine

    Large unguided rockets and artillery fired into civilian areas is raising the death toll in the fight against Russian separatists quickly …read more Source:...

    Lavrov and Kerry talk about Cold war-era arms deal
    Jul29

    Lavrov and Kerry talk about Cold war-era arms deal

    MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry says the chief diplomats from Russia and the United States have discussed the situation in Ukraine and the fulfillment of a Cold War-era arms control deal that the U.S. has accused Russia of violating. It said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and … …read more Source: The...