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Putin tests West’s sanctions resolve on visit to Slovenia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Slovenia, a member of both the European Union and NATO, testing Western unity in maintaining sanctions against the Kremlin for its role in Ukraine. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Trump has a record of siding with Putin on key issues
Donald Trump has refused to condemn Russia’s military takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, saying if elected he would consider recognizing it as Russian territory, in the latest of a series of statements that have raised eyebrows about the Republican candidate’s intentions toward the Kremlin. … Click to Continue »...
Ukraine’s president calls for recognition of splinter church
The Ukrainian president has called on an Orthodox Christian leader to recognize the independence of his country’s splinter church. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
The Latest: Trump says he’ll look into issue of Crimea
The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT): … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Thousands of Russian Orthodox gather in Kiev despite threats
Thousands of Russian Orthodox Christian pilgrims have reached the center of Ukraine’s capital to finish their procession to the city’s most revered monastery after their march was disrupted on Tuesday. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine reports 6 soldiers killed in rebel east
A spokesman for Ukraine’s military operation against separatist rebels in the country’s east says six soldiers have been killed over the past day. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Journalist who died in Ukraine car bombing buried in Belarus
Prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet, who died when his car was bombed in Ukraine, has been buried in his hometown of Minsk, Belarus. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Call for reconciliation over Ukraine conflict falls flat
A Ukrainian pilot who spent two years in a Russian prison says reconciliation is the only solution to the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, an assertion that has enraged local politicians. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Hundreds come to bid farewell to slain journalist in Ukraine
Hundreds of local residents and journalists have come to pay their respects to a prominent journalist who died in a car bombing in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev earlier this week. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
The Latest: Crimean athlete in shock at Olympic ban
The Latest on Russia’s appeal against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes (all times local to Rio de Janeiro): … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...