One of the most sober minded and clear headed assessments: "I do not believe that Putin will stop... Putin sees himself as the leader of the world, who dictates the new world order... his goal is to absorb the whole of Ukraine... Putin understands only the language of force... both the United States and the E.U. underestimate the real threat of this situation.... Putin will go as far as the Western world will allow him to go."

M.N.: One of the most sober minded and clear headed assessments I have read so far, from the person who knows Putin and probably knows him well; despite her own problems and mistakes. 

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Юлия Тимошенко, бывший премьер Украины и кандидат в президенты страны, считает, что прямые переговоры Киева и Москвы не имеют смысла. Об этом она заявила в интервью телеканалу "Евроньюс", отреагировав таким образом на предложение своего главного соперника в борьбе за президентское кресло миллиардера Петра Порошенко.

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Ukraine’s Tymoshenko: The U.S. and E.U. ‘underestimate the real threat of this situation’

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By Lally Weymouth, Published: April 25

Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian opposition leader released from jail after former president Viktor Yanukovych fled the country in February, walks with a crutch. Now campaigning for president, she spoke with The Post’s Lally Weymouth this week in Kiev. Excerpts:

Q. You must have had a hard time in 2½ years in prison.

A. It is horrible to remember. I was in a special jail where psychological torture and pressure were the main goal. No normal person could survive such conditions.

But you did.

I had no choice but to live through this. As a matter of fact, during the two years, I was never given the possibility of going out of this room. All the . . . windows were sealed with non-transparent tape. I was always supervised by women prison custodians, and they were instructed not to be away from me further than one meter. When I was going to sleep, they would be at my pillow; when I was going to eat, they were near me. And when I was preparing documents, they were looking at what I was writing. . . . I also had three video cameras in my room.

So how did you end up in jail?

From the very first days of Yanukovych’s arrival in office, it became clear that he was going to destroy me as his main political opponent. He wasn’t ready to have a strong and active opposition in the country. From the very first days . . . they started opening up ridiculous criminal cases against me. The first two cases that they fabricated failed, and they didn’t even manage to bring them to court. Later on he found another reason to open up a case against me, which was “signing gas agreements with Russia” that I didn’t sign. And he used this as a reason to put me in jail for seven years. I am convinced [that] if Yanukovych [had] stayed in power and in office, I would never have been liberated.

Did you have the opportunity to flee the country before going to prison?

Yes, I had such an opportunity.

Why didn’t you take it?

I believed that if I did that and showed my weakness, that would make every Ukrainian weak — every Ukrainian who wanted to resist dictatorship — and I could not leave my country. They [The Yanukovych government] wanted me to escape. One week before my arrest, they warned me that they were going to arrest me on the 5th of August. I recorded an address to the Ukrainian people in which I called on everyone to be strong.

How do you see your presidential race here in the country? You are behind in the polls.

That’s true. When I got into the election campaign, it was already in full swing and I had very little time to deliver my ideas to the people. During the last 15 years, an old oligarchic system of clans and their TV channels have been destroying my reputation.

Do you mean Mr. [Petro] Poroshenko?

We have got clans that have been working for many years. The clan of Poroshenko is one of them. He has got his TV channel. Unfortunately, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine did not establish an open economy. Ukraine established a corrupt, authoritarian system. When I came to power for a short time, I tried to remove the oligarch system and to establish a market economy and democracy. During the short time when I stayed in power, the oligarchs lost their influence. But when they came back, they put me in jail.This was the second time they put me into jail. The first time was in 2001. At that time, I spent 42 days in prison.

How do you see the situation on Ukraine’s border? Do you think [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin will stop?

I do not believe that Putin will stop.

I think that Putin sees himself as the leader of the world, who dictates the new world order. He wants to break the stability that has been established in the world. He attempted to impose his aggressive leadership to the world when he invaded Georgia. However, the world interpreted that as if it was a local story. Later on, he started unifying around himself dictators of the world by giving them an umbrella of protection. He resumed his influence in Syria. And then he continued his plan in Ukraine.

With the annexation of Crimea?

Crimea and then the south and eastern borders. I think his goal is to absorb the whole of Ukraine.

Do you think he will get it?

I think it all will depend on what the Western democratic world will be doing. I am convinced that Putin understands only the language of force. Whether he will continue terrorizing the civilized world will depend on how much force is used to stop him.

So sanctions are not going to stop him?

I think the sanctions must be strong enough to threaten the economic and financial stability of Russia. I have got the impression that this is the level of sanctions for which the Western world is not ready. It seems to me that both the United States and the E.U. underestimate the real threat of this situation.

What did you think about the Geneva meeting?

I think the Geneva agreement will not be executed by Putin. Putin must [believe he is] deceiving the entire civilized world when he says there are no Russian military troops over there in the east, just as before he said there were no Russian troops in Crimea. I am convinced that Putin will go as far as the Western world will allow him to go.

You’ve talked about forming some kind of self-defense brigades.

During the last four years, the pro-Russian dictatorship that was ruling the country did everything [it could] to destroy our army. That is why I made the decision to call upon volunteers who have some military experience to get united into territorial self-defense units. I am doing everything possible to ensure that such an army consisting of volunteers is formed in Ukraine — an army that is patriotic and committed to Ukraine, consisting of people who have some relevant military experience. In addition to that, I have started negotiations with separatists who are supported by the Russian special troops. These Russian special troops are trying to take our territories [in the east]. I am trying to separate the separatists from the Russian military units.

You yourself went to the east?

I have spent the last few days in the epicenter of the events. I went to the administrative buildings that were taken over, and I asked people who had direct communications with those who were occupying the buildings to come out. And they came to negotiate. We were talking with them about how now is the time to give more independence to the regions of Ukraine, but we must keep the territorial integrity of Ukraine and must stop supporting the military troops of Russia, as has been done by some Ukrainian citizens. For the people that live in the east, it is very important to have a dialogue with the authorities, and I want to be the politician who conducts that dialogue with them.

It’s a matter of trust. I was born in the east of Ukraine. My whole family is there, and I know how people who live in the east feel.

They feel neglected?

Yes, they feel neglected.

But aren’t the Russians there in the east and guiding events? What can you do about that?

There are no doubts that operations against Ukraine are conducted by Russian special forces.

And they are in the buildings with the separatists, right?

The Kremlin has organized and arranged everything. However, they are trying to get support inside Ukraine from the small groups of people who share separatist views. I want to break this connection. I want to make sure that people in the east with such ideas of separatism get more independence but stay inside Ukrainian territory. I am also trying to make sure Russia loses the base of support on which this mission is based. It is going to be the first and partial victory over the aggressor.

I asked Mr. Poroshenko about how much you two argued after the Orange Revolution, which people say is one reason the Orange Revolution failed. Have you learned anything from this? Are you going to argue again?

The reason why the Orange Revolution failed was not because the leaders were fighting with each other but because the president who was elected on the wave of the Orange Revolution took over all the corrupt schemes that existed during the previous presidency. Within a couple of months, the oligarchs had adopted a new president. Clearly, with this background, we [Poroshenko and I] had a clear conflict. A few months later [then-President Viktor] Yushchenko made his choice by staying in contact with oligarchs and by dismissing me from the position of prime minister. Today there is a big threat that the consequences of this revolution will not be what we want them to be if the de facto oligarchs stay in power and retain their control.

Are you referring to Poroshenko?

I am not against big business. I am against politics and business being in corrupt connections with each other. Poroshenko now continues this story. The most powerful corrupt group that was near Yanukovych was [businessman Dmytro] Firtash , [former fuel and energy minister Yuri] Boyko and Serhiy Lyovochkin [former chief of staff to Yanukovych].

And they are still around?

Now they have adopted Poroshenko. The FBI had initiated a criminal [bribery] case against Firtash [and] found him in Vienna. Poroshenko and [politician Vitali] Klitschko went recently to Vienna and met Firtash, Lyovochkin and Boikin there. They agreed on strategic cooperation. After that, Firtash came out and made a public statement that he supports Poroshenko. Firtash owns one of the biggest television channels here. This channel starts transmitting the election campaign of Poroshenko. Lyovochkin makes a public statement about supporting Poroshenko. Lyovochkin de facto becomes the campaign manager of Poroshenko. Now there is the question of, what has the revolution changed.

So you want Ukraine to become a modern, democratic country without corruption?

With European integration.

And you don’t know if you can win, but you will try?

I have a chance to win. I do not understand why some people in the West think Poroshenko is a democratic person. This is a big mistake. Now a new Kremlin group is being formed in Ukraine, and we need to oppose this as much as we can.

Read more on this issue:

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» Life of Camilla's brother Mark Shand who died after a fall in New York City
24/04/14 10:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Hellomagazine.com - Home updates. 24 APRIL 2014 Mark Shand was often to be found holding court at one of his parties, dazzling guests with his aristocratic good looks and stories of his globetrotting trave...

» British Royal’s In-Law Dies in Fall
24/04/14 09:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Advertisement The brother-in-law of the Prince of Wales died on Wednesday after falling outside a hotel bar in Manhattan and suffering a head injury, the police said. Mark Shand, the brother of Prince Charles...

» Camilla's Brother Died After Falling In Gramercy Park Hotel Revolving Doors - The Daily Beast
24/04/14 09:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Indigo/Getty Police in New York said today that conservationist Mark Shand, the brother of Prince Charles's wife Camilla, was killed after he slipped and fell while trying to make his way back through the rev...

» Camilla's brother Mark Shand, 62, dies after smashing head in fall in NY after leaving £1m charity fundraising event
24/04/14 08:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Duchess of Cornwall's brother Mark Shand slipped while smoking cigarette He suffered a serious head injury and was taken to hospital Clarence House: 'Mark Shand was a man of extraordina...

» Gazprom Bills Ukraine's Naftogaz $11.4 billion
24/04/14 07:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 24, 2014 4:53 a.m. ET MOSCOW—Russian oil and gas company Gazprom has billed Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz $11.4 billion for not importing the full amount of natural gas under a 2013 supply contra...

» Ukraine Interior Minister Says Kiev Took Back Control of Eastern City Council
24/04/14 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 24, 2014 4:49 a.m. ET MOSCOW—Ukraine regained control overnight of the city council in the port city of Mariupol, as Kiev restarted a military operation to drive our pro-Russian militants who had ...

» Ukraine Halts Military Push, Fearing Attack From Russia
24/04/14 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 24, 2014 8:54 p.m. ET Ukrainian officials say that up to five pro-Russian militants were killed in an early morning operation outside Slovyansk. WSJ's Paul Sonne joins the News Hub with a report...

» Ukraine Halts Military Push, Fearing Attack From Russia - WSJ.com
24/04/14 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Three Americans killed in Kabul hospital attack: U.S. embassy
24/04/14 07:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news , world news , business news , technology news , headline news, small business news , news alerts, persona...

» Guns Can Be Carried In Schools Under New Law
24/04/14 07:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Georgia has passed a law that allows people with a licence to carry a gun into bars and, in certain cases, in schools, churches and government buildings. Opponents of the law call it "guns everywhere" legisla...

» Afghan officer kills 3 U.S. doctors
24/04/14 07:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/N4011/jump/trb.latimes/news/worldnow;;ptype=s;slug=la-fg-wn-afghan-guard-kills-us-doctors-20140424;pos=1;sz=300x250,336x280;tile=2;at=Crime;at=CrimeLa...

» Obama poised for new sanctions on Russia if no progress on Ukraine
24/04/14 07:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . TOKYO/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was poised to impose new sanctions on Moscow if it does not act fast to end an armed stand-off in Ukraine, but there was a fi...

» 'Ukraine A Pawn In US Game Against Russia'
24/04/14 07:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Russia has accused the West of instigating a "revolution" in Ukraine as part of a "geopolitical game" against Moscow. Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed the US and EU were behind the uprising that ousted ...

» Tom Daley's boyfriend Dustin Lance Black denies he is to be quizzed in Hollywood sex abuse case
24/04/14 07:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Dustin Lance Black, 39, is in a relationship with the Olympic diver, 19 It was reported Mr Black will be called as a character witness for Singer A spokesman has denied that Mr Black wi...

» Russia Warns Ukraine of Potential Military Response
23/04/14 19:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — Russia continued Wednesday to ratchet up pressure on the government in Kiev, warning that events in eastern Ukraine could prompt a military response and again accusing the United States of dire...

» Бордюжа: Россия и страны НАТО вышли на уровень прямого противостояния | Информационно-справочный портал Беларуси
23/04/14 18:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Россия и страны НАТО вышли на урове...

» Chelsea Manning, convicted in WikiLeaks case, granted name change
23/04/14 18:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - U.S.. From Shawn Nottingham, CNN updated 4:09 PM EDT, Wed April 23, 2014 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified military information She was formerly known ...

» Ukraine To Restart 'Anti-Terrorism Operation'
23/04/14 18:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ukraine's acting president has called for new anti-terrorist measures to protect citizens of his country after "brutally tortured" bodies were found near Slavyansk. Oleksandr Turchynov said the body of Volody...

» Putin Strategy With Ukrainian Separatists Differs From Crimea
23/04/14 18:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. STATE DEPARTMENT — Russian President Vladimir Putin's approach to pro-Russian militants destabilizing southern and eastern Ukraine differs from his strategy on Crimea, where Russian...

» U.S. soldier convicted in WikiLeaks case granted name change
23/04/14 18:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Shocking moment Ukrainian politician is mobbed by furious crowd hours before being abducted and 'tortured to death' by pro-Russian militia
23/04/14 14:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Ukraine ends Easter truce after two bodies found near town of Slaviansk One was Vladimir Rybak, a member of president's Batkivshchyna party He and another man tortured and dumped in riv...

» Russia s new culture policy a weapon against West
23/04/14 10:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Moscow (AFP) - The Kremlin is preparing a new culture policy for Russia focusing on its distinctive civilisation and traditional values, which observers say has political ends amid Moscow's standoff with the ...

» U.S. to Move Troops to Allies Near Russia as Tensions Flare in Eastern Ukraine
23/04/14 10:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 22, 2014 10:03 p.m. ET A funeral Tuesday in Slovyansk for three men killed in a gunfight on Sunday nearby. Both sides have denied responsibility for the violence. Agence France-Presse/Getty Imag...

» Buy a shotgun, says Joe Biden – video | World news
23/04/14 09:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . US vice-president uses online Q&A with Parents Magazine to answer claims that law-abiding citizens will be left unprotected if there are greater controls on gun ownership, saying a shotgun, not an assault...

» US warns Russia over Ukraine as Moscow announces military exercises | World news
23/04/14 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Joe Biden (left) and the Ukrainian prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at a joint news conference in Kiev. Photograph: UPI /Landov/Barcroft M...

» Tony Blair calls on Western powers to 'co-operate' with Russia to fight radical Islam despite Ukraine crisis - Europe - World
23/04/14 08:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In significant and controversial intervention, the former Prime Minister suggested that, as a result of failures in Iraq and Afghanistan, governments in Europe and America had become “curiously reluctan...

» Ukraine Poised To Relaunch Offensive As Lawmaker's Death Confirmed
23/04/14 08:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U kraine's government says it has formally ended an Easter truce and is preparing a fresh military offensive against pro-Russian insurgents in the east following the kill...

» Закон о блогерах-журналистах - механизм контроля за свободой слова в России? | Важнейшие политические события в России: оценки, прогнозы, комментарии | DW.DE
22/04/14 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Государственная дума России в пят&...

» Министр обороны ФРГ: Конфликт на Украине затронет НАТО, но не бундесвер | Новости из Германии о Германии | DW.DE
22/04/14 20:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Министр обороны Германии Урсула ф&...

» США направляют сотни солдат к восточным рубежам НАТО
22/04/14 20:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Радио Свобода. Опубликовано 22.04.2014 22:47 С ША объявили о&...

» Estonia wants, expects more NATO troops on its territory
22/04/14 19:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By David Mardiste TALLINN Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:51am EDT TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia expects to see more NATO troops on its territory in reaction to what it fears will be Russian attempts to destabilize the for...

» Ракетный фрегат ВМС США Taylor войдет в Черное море в ближайшее время - Новости Политики
22/04/14 19:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости Mail.Ru. «Ракетный фрегат Taylor войдет в Чеl...

» последние события в Донбассе и Крыму
22/04/14 19:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости Украины 24 часа в сутки : ЛІГАБізнесІнформ. Что происходит в Харьков ...

» США отправляют в Восточную Европу 600 военнослужащих
22/04/14 19:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Новости Украины 24 часа в сутки : ЛІГАБізнесІнформ. &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;meta HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;url='http://news.liga.net/news/world/1471143-ssha_otpravlyayut_v_vostochnuyu_evropu_600_voen...

» Even Lukashenka is Worried about What Putin May Do
22/04/14 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Photo: ITAR-TASS / Alexei Filippov Staunton, April 22 – It is a measure of just how worried the leaders of countries bordering Russia are about ...

» In Russia, a Soviet revival grips leadership
22/04/14 19:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . On Tuesday, another sign appeared — media reports that the Interior Ministry was banning foreign travel by every one of the nation’s police officers. And other law enforcement agencies were said t...

» President Obama, disregarding his own ‘red line,’ dithers on Ukraine - The Washington Post
22/04/14 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The Post’s View President Obama, disregarding his own red line, dithers on Ukraine 607 Share to Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Add to PersonalPost Share via Email Print Article More By Edit...

» Vladimir Putin Is Kaput
22/04/14 11:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Guest Post Written By Avi Tiomkin Avi Tiomkin is an adviser to hedge funds who previously managed money for large fund firms. He specializes in global macro investing, focusing on major reversals. Putin has s...

» Бэтмен, Спайдермен и “зеленые человечки”
22/04/14 09:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Зеркало.. Автор Рауф Миркадыров . 19 апреля 2014 П...

» Is The Clock Ticking For Ramzan Kadyrov?
22/04/14 09:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T he Russian government recently submitted to the State Duma a draft law that empowers the president and government to delegate to the regions responsibility for various ...

» Azerbaijan Arrests Prominent Journalist For Espionage
22/04/14 09:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. R auf Mirkadyrov, a commentator for the independent Russian-language daily "Zerkalo," was taken into custody by security personnel at Baku's Heydar Aliyev airport on Apri...

» Lukashenka Urges Belarusians To Learn From Ukraine's 'Mistakes'
22/04/14 09:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. I n his annual address to the nation, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has told Belarusians to "learn from the mistakes" of their neighbors. Lukashenka specifically mentio...

» Germany Helped Prep Russia for War, U.S. Sources Say
22/04/14 09:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The tiny sultanate is planning a return to medieval modes of shariah law, with vicious punishments for extramarital sex and anti-Muslim defamation. And nobody’s blinking an eye. Remember when we all tho...

» Germany Helped Prep Russia for War, U.S. Sources Say - The Daily Beast
22/04/14 09:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . David Mdzinarishvili/Reuter The world was shocked when Russian special operations forces invaded Crimea with advanced technology, drastically improved operations, and with so much operational security that ev...

» Ukraine crisis: Photographs 'show Russian troops' in eastern Ukraine - Americas - World
22/04/14 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ukraine officials handed the documents to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe last week to denounce the presence of Russian troops in government buildings seized by militiamen. The photos...

» Biden pledges support for Ukraine as east edges closer to union with Russia | World news
22/04/14 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Joe Biden meets Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kiev: the US vice-president warned Russia that 'it’s time to stop talking and start acting'. Phot...

» So Far, Russia's Oil and Gas Allow It to Act Badly
22/04/14 09:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 22, 2014 7:47 a.m. ET Of all the lessons one might draw from Russia's bullying of Ukraine, this may be the most coldblooded of all: If you want to behave badly, it helps to have a lot of oil and...

» U.S. Plans Military Drills in Eastern Europe
22/04/14 08:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — The United States plans to carry out small ground-force exercises in Poland and Estonia in an attempt to reassure NATO ’s Eastern European members worried about Russia ’s milita...

» Under Russia, Life in Crimea Grows Chaotic
22/04/14 08:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . SIMFEROPOL, Crimea — After Russia annexed Crimea practically overnight, the Russian bureaucrats handling passports and residence permits inhabited the building of their Ukrainian predecessors, where Rom...

» Russia Displays a New Military Prowess in Ukraine’s East
22/04/14 07:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry has accused Russia of behaving in a “19th-century fashion” because of its annexation of Crimea. But Western experts who have followed the success o...

» U.S. Gives Russia ‘Days’ to De-escalate Tensions in Ukraine | TIME.com
22/04/14 07:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from [Untitled]. The White House has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that he has days, not weeks, to rein in pro-Kremlin insurgents occupying government buildings in at least 10 cities in eastern Ukrain...

» Ukraine Accord Nears Collapse as Biden Meets Kiev Leaders
22/04/14 07:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . An agreement to ease tensions in Ukraine showed signs of crumbling as the U.S. and Russia traded blame as Vice President Joe Biden meets government leaders in the Black Sea country. U.S. Secretary of State Jo...

» In Kyiv, Biden Expresses Support for Ukraine
22/04/14 07:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has told Ukrainian leaders that the United States will stand with them in the face of what he called "humiliating threats." Biden is in Kyiv to meet with act...

» Biden Urges Ukrainian Leaders to Fight ‘Cancer of Corruption’
22/04/14 07:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KIEV, Ukraine — In a display of Washington’s support for the interim authorities here, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. signaled on Tuesday that the United States was ready to support them in se...

» With Sharp Rebuke to Russia, Biden Offers Strong Support to Ukraine
22/04/14 07:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KIEV, Ukraine — Vowing that the United States would never recognize Russia’s “illegal occupation” of Crimea last month, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Tuesday reiterated America...

» BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Biden warns of 'humiliating threats' to Kiev
22/04/14 07:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Europe. 22 April 2014 Last updated at 06:08 ET Mr Biden is visiting Kiev to show US backing for the new authorities US Vice-President Joe Biden has said the US stands with Ukraine's new leaders ...

» Sherpas consider boycott after Everest disaster that killed at least 13
21/04/14 18:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Nydn All Featured Columnist feed. Previous Next Enlarge NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS KATMANDU, Nepal — Buddhist monks cremated the remains of Sherpa guides who were buried in the deadliest avalanche to h...

» Why Vice President Biden is visiting embattled Ukraine now
21/04/14 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Christian Science Monitor | World. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Kiev Monday for a two-day show of support for Ukraine’s pro-Western government as the Obama administration weighs whether to imp...

» After a Decade of War Abroad, a More Militarized Police Force at Home | Andrew Woodman
21/04/14 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Blog. On Sunday morning in East Williamsburg, NY, a joint Department of Homeland Security and NYPD raid of a drug ring was executed. The raid wasn't the big story though; rather it was the tactics used...

» В Белом доме объяснили, зачем Байден прилетел в Украину - Политические новости Украины - Американская делегация будет с визитом в нашей стране два дня
21/04/14 12:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from СЕГОДНЯ | Самые актуальные новости, мнения, комментарии. В Белом доме объяснили, з ...

» Президент России
21/04/14 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . 6 /12 Фото пресс-службы Президента Рос&#...

» Biden lands in Kiev as Russia accuses Ukraine of breaching deal
21/04/14 11:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Ukraine news, all the latest and breaking Ukrainian news. His arrival coincides with a moment of acute tension between Russia and the West. Pro-Russian activists have occupied public buildings across Donet...

» Biden heads to Kiev to meet Ukraine leaders
21/04/14 11:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A deadly gunfight in a town in restive east Ukraine shatters a fragile Easter truce, with Russia declaring itself "outraged" at the return to violence. Video provided by AFP Newslook Vice President Biden (Pho...

» Joe Biden To Meet Ukraine President, Prime Minister In Kiev
21/04/14 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Politics - The Huffington Post. WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Ukraine's acting president, Oleksander Turchinov, and Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk during a ...

» Biden in Ukraine to Show Support as Tensions Rise
21/04/14 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from ABC News: Politics. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday launched a high-profile visit to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to Ukraine and push for urgent implementation of an international agreement aimed at ...

» Biden Arrives in Ukraine
21/04/14 10:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukraine's acting president and prime minister. His visit comes as the situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense, despite ...

» Frankly Speaking, Kraft Recalls 96,000 Pounds Of Hot Dogs « CBS Los Angeles
21/04/14 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CBS Los Angeles. WASHINGTON (<a href="http://CBSLA.com" rel="nofollow">CBSLA.com</a>) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Sund...

» Biden heads to Ukraine after fragile truce shattered
21/04/14 09:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . US vice-president Joe Biden was to begin a two-day visit to Ukraine on Monday amid Russian "outrage" over a deadly weekend shootout in the rebel east that shattered a fragile Easter truce. Washington has warn...

» Shooting adds tensions to 'Cold War' standoff in Ukraine
21/04/14 09:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Europe. Burned cars are seen after an attack at a roadblock in Slaviansk, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20. Ukraine has seen a sharp rise in tensions since a new pro-European government took charge o...

» Syrian forces accused of chlorine gas attack on rebels
21/04/14 09:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Hollande said he has no clear proof that Assad’s regime used chlorine But he said Western officials found 'credible evidence' of use in 3 locations Comes after both Assad's and re...

» Vladimir Zhironovsky ordered aides to 'violently rape' pregnant journalist Stella Dubovitskayai
21/04/14 09:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. A pregnant journalist was recovering in hospital last night after a pro-Kremlin political leader in Russia told two male aides to ‘violently rape’ her. Nationalist Vladimir ...

» Ukraine peace deal falters as rebels show no sign of surrender
21/04/14 08:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - An agreement reached last week to avert wider conflict in Ukraine was faltering as the new week began, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering gov...

» U.S.-Russia Relations Come Full Circle After Ukraine
21/04/14 08:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 20, 2014 10:38 p.m. ET Vladimir Putin met with supporters in December 2011 as he prepared a presidential return that affected Washington's relations with Moscow. Associated Press When then-Prime Ministe...

» Putin playing the long game over Russian kin in Ukraine
21/04/14 08:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's decision last week to sign a peace accord on Ukraine does not mean that the Kremlin is backing down, rather that President Vladimir Putin is prepared to be patient in pursuit of hi...

» Why Facebook and Google are buying into drones | World news
20/04/14 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Google recently acquired Titan Aerospace, a startup firm that makes drones. Back in the bad old days of the cold war, one of the most revere...

» Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Wrongfully Convicted Boxer, Dies
20/04/14 19:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Updated April 20, 2014 11:41 a.m. ET TORONTO—Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, has died at 76. John Artis, a longti...

» Live from SXSW: The Truth about Drones - Deloitte CIO
20/04/14 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Live from SXSW: The Truth about Drones. Two specialists in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles debunk five myths surrounding one of the most hotly debated technologies today. From fevered pr...

» U.S. military shifting gears in Europe | Military Times
20/04/14 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=L&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ai=Br_Bw7D1UU7bjEa7O0AGYv4GwBujDgcsEAAAAEAEgqLS8FTgAWJjz9eCLAWD3BLIBFXd3dy5taWxpdGFyeXRpbWVzLmNvbboBCWdmcF9pb...

» Leland Yee's Defense Team Accuses FBI Of Entrapment
20/04/14 18:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Politics - The Huffington Post. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The FBI used millions of dollars, liquor and cigarettes seized in other cases and more than a dozen undercover operatives in an elaborate, seven-y...

» Puerto Rico News
20/04/14 18:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Puerto Rico NewsLinks. Puerto Rico News: Forest Service Bought Drones To Keep ... Dec 18, 2013 Dec 18, 2013 Puerto Rico has become ungovernable | Law enforcement, government agencies and others are itching...

» Drunk Russian teen drives into Easter procession, kills 2
20/04/14 18:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Enlarge Man drinks in a Moscow pub. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) Please support our site by enabling javascript to view ads. A drunk Russian teenager drove a stolen car into an Easter procession of Ort...

» Prince Bandar, Saudi Arabia, Spy Chief
20/04/14 18:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Prince Bandar bin Sultan's replacement last week as Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief has fueled speculation about a shift in the monarchy’s shaky relations with the United States and its position towar...

» Drones and Law Enforcement in America: The Unmanned Police Surveillance State
20/04/14 17:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Global Research.  The US is at the dawn of “a new era in police surveillance,” the Associated Press revealed casually last week. In a Chicago-based story about the growing use of drones an...

» police drones - WOW.com Results
20/04/14 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Police Should Get Warrants to Use Drones in the U.S.
20/04/14 17:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mashable. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wants everyone to know that drones are a threat to privacy. During a senate hearing Wednesday on the future of the unmanned aerial vehicles in the U.S., Feinstein...

» Journalist Sues Police for Doubting His Right to Fly Drones
20/04/14 17:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mashable. A drone journalist is suing a local police department in a case that may provide a stepping stone to broader legislation dealing with who has the right to fly drones and take video from the sky. ...

» Rise of Drones in U.S. Spurs Efforts to Limit Uses
20/04/14 17:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Technology. They can record video images and produce heat maps. They can be used to track fleeing criminals, stranded hikers — or just as easily, political protesters. And for strapped polic...

» Status of Domestic Drone Legislation in the States
20/04/14 17:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Allie Bohm , Advocacy & Policy Strategist, ACLU at 12:21pm Updated 1/22/14 We’re currently seeing an unprecedented surge of activity in state legislatures across the country aimed at regulating d...

» Domestic Drones | American Civil Liberties Union
20/04/14 17:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . U.S. law enforcement is greatly expanding its use of domestic drones for surveillance. Routine aerial surveillance would profoundly change the character of public life in America. Rules must be put in place t...

» Drone Program Aims To 'Accelerate' Use Of Unmanned Aircraft By Police
20/04/14 17:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com. WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security has launched a program to "facilitate and accelerate the adoption" of small, unmanned drones by police and other pub...

» 1 In 3 Americans Are Afraid Of Police Using Unmanned Aircrafts
20/04/14 17:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com. WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a third of Americans worry their privacy will suffer if drones like those used to spy on U.S. enemies overseas become the latest pol...

» Drone Industry Concerned About Its Public Image
20/04/14 17:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com. WASHINGTON -- As the debate over drone warfare rages on, the drone industry is worried it's getting a bad name. "There is fear amongst the general public about what t...

» Idaho Restricts Use Of Drones By Police Amid Privacy Concerns
20/04/14 16:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com. Idaho Restricts Use Of Drones By Police Amid Privacy Concerns Reuters  |  Posted: 04/11/2013 10:31 pm EDT   |  Updated: 04/12/2013 11:48...

» Boston Bombings Show Future Use For Police Drones
20/04/14 16:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com. This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analys...

» Mesa County, Colo. A National Leader In Domestic Drone Use
20/04/14 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com. From The Colorado Independent's Susan Greene. A county in western Colorado has embraced domestic police drones in an era when states are increasingly limiting use of ...

» Are police drones invading your privacy?
20/04/14 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) - Police departments across the country are adding new high-tech airborne devices to their crime-fighting arsenals, according to documents filed with the Federal Aviation Administration ...

» At nation's doorstep, police drones are flying
20/04/14 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A 3D Robotics' eight-propeller drone is similar to the type sold to Tijuana police. (Photo: 3D Robotics) SHARE 231 CONNECT EMAIL MORE TIJUANA, Mexico – Just across the border from the USA, police have b...

» Three Reasons the New Ukraine Deal May Not Last | TIME.com
20/04/14 16:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Three Reasons the New Ukraine Deal May Not Last. The ink wasn’t yet dry on Thursday’s diplomatic deal to calm the crisis in eastern Ukraine before the Obama administration began ca...

» Body of Missing Massachusetts Boy Found by Highway
20/04/14 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The body of a small boy apparently cast off the side of a highway has been confirmed as a missing 5-year-old, authorities said. The body found Friday off Interstate 190 has been positively identified as Jerem...

» Mysterious fatal shooting in eastern Ukraine
20/04/14 15:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - Europe. Burned cars are seen after an attack at a roadblock in Slaviansk, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20. Ukraine has seen a sharp rise in tensions since a new pro-European government took charge o...

» Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine ask Putin to send troops
20/04/14 15:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — Separatists appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday to deploy Russian troops in eastern Ukraine after a shootout Easter night on the outskirts of Slovyansk left at least three pe...

» 4-year-olds playing with lighter caused Far Rockaway fire that killed 2, officials say
20/04/14 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Queens - NY Daily News. Investigators believe a tragic fire that killed two 4-year-olds the night before Easter was sparked by one of them playing with a lighter, police and fire officials said. The blaze ...

» Gian Gentile: The U.S. Army must remain prepared for battle
20/04/14 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . How had the force that had driven the German army across France and back into Germany just five years earlier, at the end of World War II, lost the ability to fight effectively? The answer: During those few y...

» The long reach of Putinismo
20/04/14 11:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Tell me your Ukraine and I will tell you who you are. The Ukrainian crisis is a political Rorschach test, not just for individuals but also for states. What it reveals is not encouraging for the West. It turn...

» Vladimir Putin must be called to account on surveillance just like Obama | Edward Snowden | Comment is free
20/04/14 11:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. On Thursday, I questioned Russia's involvement in mass surveillance on live television. I asked Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, a questi...

» Ukrainian Hopes, Russian Failings - NYTimes.com
20/04/14 11:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — The annexation of Crimea, the media offensive against Kiev and the threat of military force against Ukraine are President Vladimir V. Putin’s ultimate response to Russia’s own failu...

» The more intelligence I read, the more conservative I become | George Brandis | Comment is free
20/04/14 11:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. As is true of every generation, today the threats to freedom come from many sources. And there is none more pervasive and insidious than ter...

» NYPD Blind - WSJ.com
20/04/14 11:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 17, 2014 7:06 p.m. ET New York's new mayor, Bill de Blasio , has an interesting sense of timing. Tuesday was the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, in which two Muslim brothers from Cambr...

» The Vlad and Ed Show
20/04/14 11:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 17, 2014 7:10 p.m. ET The Edward Snowden Fan Club got a special bonus this week. The man who stole the secret operations of the U.S. National Security Agency and shared them with the world showed up on ...

» Like Joyce, García Márquez gave us a light to follow into the unknown | Peter Carey | Books
20/04/14 11:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Books | The Guardian. Gabriel García Márquez greets journalists and neighbours outside his house in Mexico City earlier this year. Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters Sometime in the very early 19...

» Best of the Web Today: Shut Up, He Explained Again
20/04/14 11:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . They say it's the sincerest form of flattery. At a press conference yesterday President Obama asserted that when it comes to ObamaCare , the Republican Party "is going through the stages of grief--anger and d...

» ‘Everything he wrote was gold’: An interview with Gabriel García Márquez’s translator
20/04/14 11:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . When did you learn Spanish? I first studied Spanish in high school, in Philadelphia. My family were not Spanish speakers. How did you become a translator? A friend who edited a magazine asked me to translate ...

» Martin Rowson on the death of Gabriel García Márquez – cartoon | Comment is free | The Guardian
20/04/14 10:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» An American — and Marine Cops — value: shared sacrifice
20/04/14 10:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Culture Connoisseur Badge Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyle and entertainment. More about badges | Request a badge Washingtologist Badge Washing...

» Book Review: 'Dying Every Day' by James Romm
20/04/14 10:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 18, 2014 5:03 p.m. ET In 'The Deathof Seneca,' Peter Paul Rubens's darkly glowing oil painting, the philosopher stands in a bronze basin, trim and muscly, bare but for his girded loins. Heedless of the ...

» John Lenczowski: The Voice of America Shouldn't Be A Whisper
20/04/14 10:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 17, 2014 7:00 p.m. ET Vladimir Putin 's action against Ukraine validates the historic relationship between propaganda and aggression. Having seized control of major broadcasters, his henchmen are censor...

» Kathleen Parker: Has the West got Putin yet? - The Washington Post
20/04/14 10:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Kathleen Parker Columns. Kathleen Parker Opinion Writer Has the West got Putin yet? 96 Share to Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Add to PersonalPost Share via Email Print Article More By Kathlee...

» Joseph Nye: What Is Vladimir Putin's Calculus?
20/04/14 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: What Is Vladimir Putin’s Calculus?. by Joseph S. Nye Jospeh Nye By most accounts, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the winner in the Ukraine crisis, at least so far. His annexation of...

» Charles Fairbanks: An Independent Ukraine Hangs Between Life and Death
20/04/14 10:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 18, 2014 6:55 p.m. ET Le Monde reported a few days ago that the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk, "where no one stops in normal times," was the "epicenter of an historical drama that goes beyond it: ...

» Putin's Westward March - WSJ.com
20/04/14 10:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . April 18, 2014 6:43 p.m. ET Diplomacy is useful when it prevents bad outcomes. The problem with diplomacy as practiced by President Obama is that it too often is a mask to disguise bad outcomes. The latest ex...

» ‘The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014’ by Carlotta Gall
20/04/14 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Journalist Carlotta Gall shreds the Pakistani general’s blueprint in her book “The Wrong Enemy” by arguing that Pakistan is “perfidious, driving the violence in Afghanistan for its own...

» U.S. ground troops going to Poland, defense minister says
20/04/14 09:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from PostPartisan. Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, right, at the Pentagon on Thursday. (Photo: EPA/Michael Reynolds) Poland and the United States will announce next week the deployment of U.S. ground ...

» After Russian moves in Ukraine, Eastern Europe shudders, NATO to increase presence
20/04/14 09:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Concerns have been especially acute in the three Baltic nations that were once part of the Soviet empire and now fear that they could be next on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hit list. NATO has lon...

» ‘Novorossiya,’ the latest historical concept to worry about in Ukraine
20/04/14 09:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WorldViews. A map of the historical region of Novorossiya. (Laris Karklis/The Washington Post) During an epic question-and-answer session with the Russian public Thursday, President Vladimir Putin dropped ...

» Ukraine, short on military budget, starts fundraising drive
20/04/14 09:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . “Our army has been systematically destroyed and disarmed,” Deputy Defense Minister Petro Mehed said at a briefing this past week, “and its best personnel dismissed.” In the east, milit...

» The presidential election in Afghanistan offers a welcome result
20/04/14 09:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Culture Connoisseur Badge Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyle and entertainment. More about badges | Request a badge Washingtologist Badge Washing...

» Marx Rises Again - NYTimes.com
20/04/14 09:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . IN the season of resurrection, it’s fitting that he’s with us once again — bearded, prophetic, moralistic, promising to exalt the humble and cast down the mighty from their thrones. Yes, tha...

» Tolstoy and Miss Daisy - NYTimes.com
20/04/14 09:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . IF you were on I-85 near Atlanta on Wednesday morning or I-95 near Baltimore on Thursday afternoon, there’s a chance you spotted them. You’d remember, especially if she was driving when they lumbe...

» As Ukraine stares into the abyss, where is Europe's leadership? | Dmitri Trenin | Comment is free
20/04/14 09:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. The Ukrainian crisis is not over. The four-party statement, reached in Geneva on Thursday, means several things. It is not, however, the end...

» What Putin wants, and how he plans to get it
20/04/14 09:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It was tempting to look at last week's diplomatic agreement to pull Ukraine back from the brink of war and see the beginning of a grand compromise between Russia and the West. Tempting, but mistaken. Vladimir...

» Matt Gurney: Ukraine crisis shows need for larger Canadian military
20/04/14 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Matt Gurney: Ukraine crisis shows need for larger Canadian military. Though it feels absurd to say this — like a bad joke at a lame 80′s themed party — the Canadian governmen...

» Slavyansk celebrates Easter amidst separatist crisis - video | World news
20/04/14 09:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Christians in Slavyansk hold Easter celebrations while separatists arrive from Donetsk to help occupy public buildings in defiance over an international deal. The Geneva agreement, signed by the United States...

» 4 Killed in Eastern Ukraine Gunbattle, Russia 'Outraged'
20/04/14 08:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia says it is "outraged" by a deadly shootout in eastern Ukraine that breached an Easter truce.  However, Ukrainian officials say details of the incident are not clear. Officials...

» BBC News - Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk: 'Putin trying to restore Soviet Union'
20/04/14 08:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to "restore the Soviet Union", in an interview on US television. Speaking on NBC's...

» What difference would it make if I WAS gay? Sir Cliff Richard addresses long-running rumours about his sexuality
20/04/14 08:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Sir Cliff admits that he has used Botox 'but it didn't really work' for him The singer said his continuing good looks are down to 'extreme good luck The music legend has sold more than ...

» The singer Cheo Feliciano killed in a traffic accident in Puerto Rico
19/04/14 20:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from El Nacional - Escenas. The salsa singer Cheo Feliciano | EFE The singer returned at the time of the accident to your home in a Jaguar crashed hard against a cement post EFE April 17, 2014 - 7:11 a.m. The s...

» Cheo Feliciano, Debonair Salsa Singer, Dies at 78
19/04/14 17:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Cheo Feliciano, a leading salsa singer renowned for both his love songs and his upbeat improvisations, died in an automobile accident on Thursday in San Juan, P.R. He was 78. He was killed when the car in whi...

» Covert Inquiry by F.B.I. Rattles 9/11 Tribunals
19/04/14 17:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — Two weeks ago, a pair of F.B.I. agents appeared unannounced at the door of a member of the defense team for one of the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As a contractor wo...

» el Secretario de Justicia en problemas
19/04/14 17:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . El secretario de justicia de Puerto Rico, el distinguido abogado de origen dominicano, Luis Sánchez Betances, está en problemas, al punto que todo indica que su permanencia en su puesto está en...

» Edward Snowden’s cowardice on Russian TV
19/04/14 17:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from PostPartisan. The Edward Snowden leaks were not wholly contemptible. Unlike, it’s now thoroughly clear, Edward Snowden himself. As tens of thousands of Russian troops threatened Ukraine , Snowden on ...

» Ukraine: the world according to Putin | Editorial | Comment is free
19/04/14 17:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. President Vladimir Putin does not like Bolsheviks. Stalin was among those who divided up the Russian lands in stupid ways in the 1920s, Khru...

» Ukraine crisis: US threatens further sanctions on Russia if stalemate continues as Moscow says it 'cannot be treated like a guilty schoolboy' - Europe - World
19/04/14 16:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . But Russia continued its insistence that it has no control over the “little green men” who, in combat gear and with automatic weapons seized public buildings  in over 10 cities in eastern Ukr...

» Ukraine crisis proves cyber conflict is a reality of modern warfare
19/04/14 16:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Internet security. The first category of cyber conflict is the “business as usual” level – DDoS attacks and similar crude incursions. Website disruptions exert minor pressure on an enemy....

» Putin Welcomes New NATO Chief, Hopes For Better Ties
19/04/14 15:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. V ladimir Putin has welcomed NATO's selection of former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as its new head. In an interview with the state-run Rossia television st...

» James Mitchell: 'I'm just a guy who got asked to do something for his country' | World news
19/04/14 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. Dr James Elmer Mitchell has been called a war criminal and a torturer. He has been the subject of an ethics complaint, and his methods have ...

» CIA torture architect breaks silence to defend 'enhanced interrogation' | World news
19/04/14 14:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest news, sport and comment from the Guardian | The Guardian. The psychologist regarded as the architect of the CIA's “enhanced interrogation” program has broken a seven-year silence to defe...