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    Fugitive Snowden Asks to Extend Stay in Russia
    Jul09

    Fugitive Snowden Asks to Extend Stay in Russia

    Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has asked Moscow to extend his asylum in Russia, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Russia granted Snowden a one-year visa in August 2013 despite the United States wanting Moscow to send him home to face criminal charges, including espionage, for disclosing secret U.S Internet and telephone...

    Fuele Says EU Working On Further Sanctions Against Russia
    Jul09

    Fuele Says EU Working On Further Sanctions Against Russia

    The European Union’s enlargement commissioner, Stefan Fuele, said EU member states are working on an additional set of sanctions against Moscow. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Irina Lagunina and Andrei Shary in Prague, Fuele said if the situation in eastern Ukraine continues to be destabilized “with Russia’s direct...

    Public Opinion Against Russia Hardens After Ukraine Intervention, Poll Finds
    Jul09

    Public Opinion Against Russia Hardens After Ukraine Intervention, Poll Finds

    Russia is widely disliked in Europe, the Middle East and the United States, and President Vladimir V. Putin inspires little confidence, according to a Pew Global Attitudes poll. …read more Source: The New York...

    Germany: Michigan man wanted in WWII killings dies
    Jul09

    Germany: Michigan man wanted in WWII killings dies

    German prosecutors say a Michigan man they were investigating over his alleged service in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II in present-day Ukraine has died in the U.S. …read more Source: FOX...

    Ukrainian Astronomers Name A Star ‘Putin-Huilo,’ Which Means ‘Putin Is A D**khead’
    Jul09

    Ukrainian Astronomers Name A Star ‘Putin-Huilo,’ Which Means ‘Putin Is A D**khead’

    Ukrainian astronomers have taken their disdain for Russian President Vladimir Putin to the cosmos. Together with pro-Ukraine activists, the astronomers named a star “Putin-Huilo” — a Ukrainian insult that, loosely translated, means “Putin is a d**khead.” Post by...

    Russian Court Charges Ukraine’s Interior Minister In Absentia
    Jul09

    Russian Court Charges Ukraine’s Interior Minister In Absentia

    Moscow’s Basman District Court has charged Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov in absentia with involvement in murders and other crimes. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Obama, Rasmussen Meet As Multiple Crises Face NATO
    Jul09

    Obama, Rasmussen Meet As Multiple Crises Face NATO

    NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has met with President Barack Obama to discuss the pressing crises facing the alliance in two different parts of the world. Tuesday’s meeting at the White House came as NATO prepares for a critical summit in September. There were smiles as t Obama met Rasmussen in the Oval Office. But half a...

    German prosecutors: Michigan man investigated over WWII killings has died in US at 93
    Jul09

    German prosecutors: Michigan man investigated over WWII killings has died in US at 93

    German prosecutors say a Michigan man they were investigating over his alleged service in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II in present-day Ukraine has died in the U.S. …read more Source: FOX...

    Germany: Michigan man wanted in WWII killings dies
    Jul09

    Germany: Michigan man wanted in WWII killings dies

    BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say a Michigan man they were investigating over his alleged service in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II in present-day Ukraine has died in the U.S…. …read more Source: Associated...

    Poroshenko Visits Recaptured Slovyansk
    Jul09

    Poroshenko Visits Recaptured Slovyansk

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on July 8 visited the former rebel stronghold of Slovyansk after government forces recaptured it from pro-Russian separatists. Speaking to local residents outside the city administration building, Poroshenko said Slovyansk was now the “symbol of the liberated Donbas.” He said the Ukrainian army...