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    Crisis Hits Tourism, Business in Ukraine’s Odessa
    Jul01

    Crisis Hits Tourism, Business in Ukraine’s Odessa

    While the separatist crisis continues in two small regions of eastern Ukraine, the rest of the country is trying to return to business as usual, including the port and resort city of Odessa in the south. The impact in Odessa continues from the revolution. As the summer tourist season gets under way, Odessa’s main pedestrianized street of...

    Putin Accuses US of ‘Blackmailing’ France Out of Warship Sale
    Jul01

    Putin Accuses US of ‘Blackmailing’ France Out of Warship Sale

    President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Tuesday of using fines against French banks to “blackmail” Paris into calling off its sale of Mistral warships to Russia as punishment for Moscow’s role in the conflict in Ukraine. U.S. authorities imposed a record fine of almost $9 billion against French bank BNP Paribas,...

    EU Air Freight Rules Draw Moscow’s Ire
    Jul01

    EU Air Freight Rules Draw Moscow’s Ire

    New European Union air cargo rules that have ignited a row with Russia and jeopardized annual trade worth more than 13 billion euros ($18 billion) came into force on Tuesday, and is likely to heighten tensions between the EU and Moscow. The EU is gradually tightening its security rules for air shipments. Russia argues its airlines and airports...

    Crisis Hits Tourism, Business in Odessa
    Jul01

    Crisis Hits Tourism, Business in Odessa

    While the separatist crisis continues in two small regions of eastern Ukraine, the rest of the country is trying to return to business as usual, including the port and resort city of Odessa in the south. VOA’s Al Pessin, who recently was in Ukraine, reports on the impact in Odessa from the revolution and the continuing aftermath....

    IMF: Sanctions Bring Russian Economic Growth to Standstill
    Jul01

    IMF: Sanctions Bring Russian Economic Growth to Standstill

    Sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine have brought growth to a standstill, had a “chilling effect” on investment and could force Moscow into economic isolation, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. The international lender’s report chimed with words from Russia’s central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina, who...

    Hungary to build its part of Gazprom’s South Stream gas pipeline that bypasses Ukraine
    Jul01

    Hungary to build its part of Gazprom’s South Stream gas pipeline that bypasses Ukraine

    Hungary says it will go ahead and build its part of Gazprom’s South Stream gas pipeline that bypasses Ukraine to supply Europe, despite U.S. and EU objections to the project. …read more Source: FOX...

    Putin Accuses Ukraine Leader of Shunning Road to Peace
    Jul01

    Putin Accuses Ukraine Leader of Shunning Road to Peace

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he and European Union states had tried unsuccessfully to persuade Kyiv to extend a cease-fire in east Ukraine, and the Ukrainian president had veered off the road to peace. President Petro Poroshenko renewed a military campaign against pro-Russian rebels, saying they had not abided by the terms,...

    Fragile Calm Reigns In Luhansk, Ukraine
    Jul01

    Fragile Calm Reigns In Luhansk, Ukraine

    The city of Luhansk, the seat of the self-declared separatist “Luhansk People’s Republic,” is one of the flashpoints of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Some rebels in the Luhansk region agreed to observe a 10-day cease-fire called by President Petro Poroshenko, but renewed clashes broke out in the region even before the truce...

    Putin Says West Is Using Ukraine Crisis To Destabilize Region
    Jul01

    Putin Says West Is Using Ukraine Crisis To Destabilize Region

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of seeking to use the crisis in Ukraine to destabilize the whole region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    NATO General Blames Russia for Rising Tensions
    Jul01

    NATO General Blames Russia for Rising Tensions

    Simmering tensions in Eastern Ukraine are rising yet again, as President Petro Poroshenko said Monday he is ending a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists. A top U.S. and NATO general is laying much of the blame on Russia. Even with the cease-fire in effect, peace seemed elusive. In the flashpoint town of Slovyansk,...