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    US: Further Sanctions on Russia are ‘Ready’
    Jun27

    US: Further Sanctions on Russia are ‘Ready’

    The United States says it is fully prepared to impose further sanctions should Russia fail to call on pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to disarm. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry did not mince words Thursday after meeting with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius in Paris. With an eye to a cease-fire that expires on Friday, Kerry was clear...

    Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia To Sign EU Accords
    Jun27

    Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia To Sign EU Accords

    Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova are due to take a big step toward the West and away from Moscow on June 26 when they sign key accords with the European Union in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    OSCE Observers Freed In Ukraine
    Jun27

    OSCE Observers Freed In Ukraine

    Four monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe who were abducted in May by pro-Russian gunmen in eastern Ukraine have been freed. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Interview: Ukraine FM Says Russia Has No Prospects in Crimea
    Jun27

    Interview: Ukraine FM Says Russia Has No Prospects in Crimea

    Questioning the viability of long-term political and economic goals Russia has set for itself in Crimea, Ukraine’s new foreign minister says that Moscow has no chance of implementing them on the annexed peninsula. In an interview with Austria’s daily Die Presse, Pavlo Klimkin said the two countries will have to find common ground on...

    To Russia With Love: Muscovites Flock to James Bond Show
    Jun26

    To Russia With Love: Muscovites Flock to James Bond Show

    During the Soviet era, watching a James Bond film could lead to a jail sentence. Despite the ban, many were able to catch bootleg copies during the thawing of the Cold War in the 1980s. This developed into a Russian love affair with the foreign agent. In 1964, when the James Bond movie From Russia With Love was packing theaters in the United...

    Ukraine’s Crisis In Internet Memes
    Jun26

    Ukraine’s Crisis In Internet Memes

    The crisis in Ukraine has spawned a steady stream of Internet memes, some lighthearted, others biting, all deeply political. Here are some of the most popular. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Kerry and Fabius on Ukraine
    Jun26

    Kerry and Fabius on Ukraine

    Secretary of State John Kerry and France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, discussed tensions between Ukraine and Russia. …read more Source: The New York...

    Kerry Turns Up Pressure on Russia Over Ukraine
    Jun26

    Kerry Turns Up Pressure on Russia Over Ukraine

    The secretary of state said Russia needed to take steps in the coming “hours” to pressure separatists in eastern Ukraine to give up the fight. …read more Source: The New York...

    Putin Defends South Stream Pipeline
    Jun26

    Putin Defends South Stream Pipeline

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing back against Western opposition to his country’s planned South Stream pipeline that would allow Moscow to ship natural gas to European countries without going through Ukraine. The Russian president spent six hours earlier this week in Vienna where he signed an agreement for the pipeline’s...

    Ukrainian Filmmaker Remains Behind Bars Despite Growing Support
    Jun26

    Ukrainian Filmmaker Remains Behind Bars Despite Growing Support

    The Russian human rights organization Memorial on June 25 offered a rare showing of “Gaamer,” the award-winning 2011 film by up-and-coming Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. Sentsov, meanwhile, remains in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, where he is being detained on suspicion of terrorist plotting in his native Crimea. …read more...