Monday, February 18, 2019

EU to consider increasing sanctions on Russia over conflict in Ukraine - Euronews English

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February 18, 2019
EU to consider increasing sanctions on Russia over conflict in Ukraine - Euronews English
Deep Crises: Past, Present, Future? - Seeking Alpha
Even Trump Can’t Drive Europe Into Russia’s Arms - Bloomberg
Volker: Russia takes pause in talks on Donbas for period of elections in Ukraine - Kyiv Post
opinion Gleb Pavlovsky Russia and Ukraine: A Destructive Codependency Kiev and Moscow are not fighting a - The Moscow Times

EU to consider increasing sanctions on Russia over conflict in Ukraine - Euronews English

Euronews English
Nearly 13,000 people have been killed in five years of fighting in the border region between Russia and Ukraine. The conflict pitches government forces against Russian-backed separatists.
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Deep Crises: Past, Present, Future? - Seeking Alpha

Seeking Alpha
Venezuela's economic (and political, social, public, etc.) woes have been documented with exhaustion, although no one so far has produced a half-meaningful outline of solutions that are feasible and effective at the same time.
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Even Trump Can’t Drive Europe Into Russia’s Arms - Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Even Trump Can’t Drive Europe Into Russia’s Arms  BloombergEuropeans don't trust the U.S. and are open to new security arrangements, but Putin squandered a historic chance at continental leadership.
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Volker: Russia takes pause in talks on Donbas for period of elections in Ukraine - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia is not showing interest in meeting with the U.S. representative on Ukraine and does not want to take actions to settle the conflict in Donbas during the presidential campaign in Ukraine, United States Department of State Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker has said.
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opinion Gleb Pavlovsky Russia and Ukraine: A Destructive Codependency Kiev and Moscow are not fighting a - The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times
Five years after the Ukraine crisis began, and as the presidential campaign gets under way in that country, it is conventional to see Russia’s intervention there and Ukraine’s response as a modern example of interstate power politics.
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Sunday, February 17, 2019

Ukraine, Montenegro presidents discuss need to intensify bilateral cooperation - UNIAN

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February 17, 2019
Ukraine, Montenegro presidents discuss need to intensify bilateral cooperation - UNIAN
Mueller questions Cambridge Analytica director Brittany Kaiser - The Guardian
UNIAN: Russian-controlled 'court' in Crimea arrests three Crimean Tatars - Kyiv Post
Former Trump campaign chairman facing 19 years in prison - Mohave Valley News
Tools for Victory against Russia and China - The National Interest Online

Ukraine, Montenegro presidents discuss need to intensify bilateral cooperation - UNIAN

UNIAN
Ukraine, Montenegro presidents discuss need to intensify bilateral cooperationDuring the meeting, the interlocutors also discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral relations, European cooperation and cooperation in international organizations.
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Mueller questions Cambridge Analytica director Brittany Kaiser - The Guardian

The Guardian
A director of the controversial data company Cambridge Analytica, who appeared with Arron Banks at the launch of the Leave.EU campaign, has been subpoenaed by the US investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
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UNIAN: Russian-controlled 'court' in Crimea arrests three Crimean Tatars - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
UNIAN: Russian-controlled ‘court’ in Crimea arrests three Crimean Tatars Published Feb.
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Former Trump campaign chairman facing 19 years in prison - Mohave Valley News

Mohave Valley News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, could spend more than 19 years in prison on tax and bank fraud charges, prosecutors said Friday.
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Tools for Victory against Russia and China - The National Interest Online

The National Interest Online
To maintain the existing international order under pressure from China, Russia and Iran, the United States has three basic diplomatic options: to bring some (or all) rivals into the fold of “responsible” nations, to rearrange the international diplomatic configuration by developing new allies in order to counterbalance the revisionists or to strengthen the existing alliances making them more effective for the new security conditions.
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Saturday, February 16, 2019

“Donbas crisis is far from settling down”, - Merkel also supports sanctions against Russia - 112 International

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February 16, 2019
“Donbas crisis is far from settling down”, - Merkel also supports sanctions against Russia - 112 International
JFO: Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in Donbas in past day - UNIAN
The Latest: Merkel defends pipeline plans for Russian gas - ABC News
Judge Spells Out How Manafort Lied About Russian Associate - Bloomberg
Russia's Zakharova dubs reports on readiness to plead guilty to MH17 crash "fantasy" - UNIAN

“Donbas crisis is far from settling down”, - Merkel also supports sanctions against Russia - 112 International

112 International
“Donbas crisis is far from settling down”, - Merkel also supports sanctions against Russia  112 InternationalThe Federal Chancellor of Germany believes that NATO should strengthen its efforts in order to solve the conflict on Eastern Ukraine.
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JFO: Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in Donbas in past day - UNIAN

UNIAN
JFO: Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action in Donbas in past day09:49, 15 February 2019 War 1019
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The Latest: Merkel defends pipeline plans for Russian gas - ABC News

ABC News
The Latest: Merkel defends pipeline plans for Russian gas  ABC NewsThe Latest on the international security conference taking place in Munich (all times local):. 12 noon. Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending the development of ...
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Judge Spells Out How Manafort Lied About Russian Associate - Bloomberg

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Judge Spells Out How Manafort Lied About Russian Associate  BloombergA federal judge said she agreed with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's claim that Paul Manafort lied about his contacts with a Russian associate but said she ...
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Russia's Zakharova dubs reports on readiness to plead guilty to MH17 crash "fantasy" - UNIAN

UNIAN
Zakharova said Australia and the Netherlands, without waiting for the outcome of the investigation, had accused Russia of involvement in the downing of MH17 and demanded a consultation.
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Friday, February 15, 2019

Russia Hysteria Proves Foreign Policy Establishment Is A Dumpster Fire - The Federalist

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February 15, 2019
Russia Hysteria Proves Foreign Policy Establishment Is A Dumpster Fire - The Federalist
Why Chinese men are paying to meet Eastern European women - Inkstone
Ukraine's biggest investor gets new leader in Kyiv - Kyiv Post
Ukraine's Quiet Fashion Entrepreneurship Boom | Global Currents | BoF - The Business of Fashion
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a Russian trap - The Economist

Russia Hysteria Proves Foreign Policy Establishment Is A Dumpster Fire - The Federalist

The Federalist
Chuck Todd got his MSNBC pals together on “Meet the Press Daily” to have a serious, objective, and intellectual discussion of foreign policy and politics. Just kidding. The Senate Intelligence Committee had just announced it found “no direct evidence” of collusion between President Trump and Russia.
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Why Chinese men are paying to meet Eastern European women - Inkstone

Inkstone
Why Chinese men are paying to meet Eastern European women  InkstoneThe women sit on the left, the men on the right. Between them, a host in a suit calls on the men to make the first move.
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Ukraine's biggest investor gets new leader in Kyiv - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Matteo Patrone, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s regional managing director, has been on the job since Nov.
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Ukraine's Quiet Fashion Entrepreneurship Boom | Global Currents | BoF - The Business of Fashion

The Business of Fashion
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian fashion exports have been having a good run again. With Emily Ratajkowski, Kourtney Kardashian and Bella Hadid papped in Ienki Ienki’s neon-coloured puffer jackets and Instagram feeds filled with delicately embroidered numbers drawing from Vita Kin’s folk-inspired dresses, the global fashion industry seems to be looking once again to Ukraine for some of its style cues.
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The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a Russian trap - The Economist

The Economist
WHEN A MEGAPROJECT makes no commercial sense, there are two possibilities. Either its sponsors are fools, or they have other motives. Since Vladimir Putin is no fool, one must assume that his pet pipeline is not really a business venture—and that the fools are the Europeans, in particular the Germans.
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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Ukraine Deports Russia-Aligned Priest, Strips Citizenship, In Church Rift - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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February 14, 2019
Ukraine Deports Russia-Aligned Priest, Strips Citizenship, In Church Rift - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Halya Coynash: Ukrainian could face sentence for daubing paint on monument to Russian invaders of Crimea - Kyiv Post
CBC: Canadian election observers arrive in Ukraine amid fears of Russian meddling - UNIAN
Irish Times: Manafort lied to investigators on Russia, judge rules - Kyiv Post
Ukraine demands reciprocal doctor visits for Hryb, Vyshinsky - Kyiv Post

Ukraine Deports Russia-Aligned Priest, Strips Citizenship, In Church Rift - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
KYIV -- Ukraine has taken the extraordinary step of deporting a senior cleric of the Moscow-aligned Orthodox Church and stripping him of his citizenship, marking a political escalation in the historic rift that has shaken the Eastern Orthodox world and further raised tensions between Kyiv and Moscow.
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Halya Coynash: Ukrainian could face sentence for daubing paint on monument to Russian invaders of Crimea - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine Halya Coynash: Ukrainian could face sentence for daubing paint on monument to Russian invaders of Crimea
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CBC: Canadian election observers arrive in Ukraine amid fears of Russian meddling - UNIAN

UNIAN
"Election observation is one of most transparent and accountable ways to support democracy." Photo from UNIAN The first waves of Canadian election monitors have arrived in Ukraine, as fears rise over Russian meddling in the March 31 presidential ballot.The observer missions are crucial to preserving Ukraine's ability to conduct a democratically sound election in the face of Russian efforts designed to portray the country as poorly run and corrupt, CBC News reported.
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Irish Times: Manafort lied to investigators on Russia, judge rules - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Irish Times: Manafort lied to investigators on Russia, judge rules Published Feb.
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Ukraine demands reciprocal doctor visits for Hryb, Vyshinsky - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
The access of doctors to Editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti Ukraina Kirill Vyshinsky, accused in Ukraine of treason, and the Ukrainian Pavlo Hryb accused in Russia should be synchronous, the Verkhovna Rada’s Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova has said.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Brussels and Washington need clarity from Tymoshenko - EUobserver

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February 13, 2019
Brussels and Washington need clarity from Tymoshenko - EUobserver
Russia's Hybrid Strategy in the Sea of Azov: Divide and Antagonize (Part Two) - The Jamestown Foundation
Anti-Russia Sanctions Imposed Due to Strong US Pressure - Lavrov - Sputnik International
UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Feb. 13 - Kyiv Post
One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday – JFO - UNIAN

Brussels and Washington need clarity from Tymoshenko - EUobserver

EUobserver
Tymoshenko did herself no favours by reportedly suggesting to a state department official that peace settlement negotiations between Russia and Ukraine should also include America's strategic rival China.
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Russia's Hybrid Strategy in the Sea of Azov: Divide and Antagonize (Part Two) - The Jamestown Foundation

The Jamestown Foundation
Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan stated, on February 1, that “Russian’s most recent actions in the Sea of Azov have resulted in Ukraine losing $360 million” (RBC, February 1).
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Anti-Russia Sanctions Imposed Due to Strong US Pressure - Lavrov - Sputnik International

Sputnik International
Anti-Russia Sanctions Imposed Due to Strong US Pressure - Lavrov  Sputnik InternationalOn Tuesday, the Financial Times reported that the United States and the European Union had been negotiating and were close to reaching an agreement on ...
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UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Feb. 13 - Kyiv Post

Kyiv Post
Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Feb.
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One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday – JFO - UNIAN

UNIAN
One Ukrainian soldier wounded in action in Donbas on Tuesday – JFO09:48, 13 February 2019 War 0
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