Here’s why Russia keeps hosting Afghanistan peace talks that will almost certainly fail - The Washington Post

January 02, 2019

Russia Ukraine Here’s why Russia keeps hosting Afghanistan peace talks that will almost certainly fail - The Washington Post Klimkin: New OSCE chairperson-in-office to visit Ukraine in two weeks - Kyiv Post Iranian Plan To Spend $2B On Russian Passenger Jets Collapses Due To U.S. Sanctions - Forbes Ukraine is the worst example of the Russian aggression, - Michael Fallon - 112 International Halya Coynash: Russia 'decriminalizes' pro-Ukraine social media reposts in Crimea. But only the first - Kyiv Post Here’s why Russia keeps hosting Afghanistan peace talks that will almost certainly fail - The Washington Post The Washington Post Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov opens Afghanistan peace settlement talks in Moscow in November. (EPA-EFE/REX) In November, Russia hosted peace talks about Afghanistan. Read More Klimkin: New OSCE chairperson-in-office to visit Ukraine in two weeks - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Klimkin: New OSCE chairperson-in-office to visit Ukraine in two weeks Published Jan. Read More Iranian Plan To Spend $2B On Russian Passenger Jets Collapses Due To U.S. Sanctions - Forbes Forbes A plan for Iranian airlines to buy Russian-built passenger jets appears to have collapsed as a result of U.S. sanctions, marking a further set-back for the country's beleaguered aviation sector. Read More Ukraine is the worst example of the Russian aggression, - Michael Fallon - 112 International 112 International Mr. Fellon, you spent several days “inspecting” the security situation at the Azov Sea port cities of Berdyansk and Mariupol. Can you tell more about it? We had a privilege of visiting the eastern Ukraine – Berdyansk and Mariupol and it’s very clear now that these ports are very fragile and trade there is decreasing quite rapidly and what Russia has done – ineffectively blockading and squeezing the Kerch strait, it means that the region as a whole is now beginning to suffer. Read More Halya Coynash: Russia 'decriminalizes' pro-Ukraine social media reposts in Crimea. But only the first - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Halya Coynash: Russia ‘decriminalizes’ pro-Ukraine social media reposts in Crimea. Read More

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In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US - CNN

January 01, 2019

Russia Ukraine In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US - CNN Half of Britons want UK to increase Russia sanctions to combat threat, poll shows - The Independent Will Russia be able to swallow Belarus - UNIAN UNIAN: Russian 'fairy tales' seek to defame Ukraine - Kyiv Post New York Times: As Ukraine and Russia battle over orthodoxy, schism looms - Kyiv Post In holiday message, Putin says Russia 'open to dialogue' with US - CNN CNN The message was included in a list of holiday greetings sent by Putin to heads of foreign states and governments that was released by the Kremlin Sunday."In a congratulatory message to President of the United States of America Donald Trump on the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays, Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russian-American relations are an essential factor in ensuring strategic stability and international security, and confirmed that Russia is open to dialogue with the United States on the widest possible agenda," the Kremlin statement read. Read More Half of Britons want UK to increase Russia sanctions to combat threat, poll shows - The Independent The Independent Half of Britons want the government to impose further sanctions on Russia to combat the threat from Moscow, a poll has revealed. Read More Will Russia be able to swallow Belarus - UNIAN UNIAN Amid the latest disagreements between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, Russia-Belarus tensions became quite visible. Russia's top officials are becoming increasingly insisting in their statements calling for further creation of the so-called "Union State" that would comprise the two states. Read More UNIAN: Russian 'fairy tales' seek to defame Ukraine - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia’s legendary fairy tale genre fell out of fashion during the Soviet era, to be replaced by an altogether more sinister form of fiction, in the shape of the dark mantras of the massive propaganda machine of modern Russia. Read More New York Times: As Ukraine and Russia battle over orthodoxy, schism looms - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Ukraine is on the verge of opening the biggest schism in Christianity in centuries, as it breaks from the authority of a Moscow-based patriarch and this week expects to formally gain recognition for its own church, taking tens of millions of followers. Read More

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Giacomo Sanfilippo: Byzantine Symphonia is bad for Russia, bad for Ukraine - Kyiv Post

December 31, 2018

Russia Ukraine Giacomo Sanfilippo: Byzantine Symphonia is bad for Russia, bad for Ukraine - Kyiv Post Whether Russia invades Ukraine could depend on Trump - media - UNIAN Russia's FSB Says American Detained Over Suspected Spying - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Russian Fairy Tales - International Policy Digest UNIAN: Ukraine pays almost $3600 to each family of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia - Kyiv Post Giacomo Sanfilippo: Byzantine Symphonia is bad for Russia, bad for Ukraine - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Louis Althusser (1918-1990), a French Marxist philosopher whose main body of work antedates 1980, continues to exert significant influence on postmodern thought some 40 years later. Read More Whether Russia invades Ukraine could depend on Trump - media - UNIAN UNIAN Putin may believe that Trump, who lately has been loudly repudiating a U.S. role as “the policeman of the world,” is in no mood to defend a remote piece of Ukraine from Russian tanks, journalists suggest. Read More Russia's FSB Says American Detained Over Suspected Spying - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has detained a U.S. citizen in Moscow over suspected spying. The American was detained on December 28 and a criminal probe had been opened, the FSB was quoted as saying by the state-run TASS news agency on December 31. Read More Russian Fairy Tales - International Policy Digest International Policy Digest World News /31 Dec 2018 Russian Fairy Tales Whatever happened to the great tradition of Russian literature which had its heyday in the 19th century, with intellectual giants such as Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Pasternak? Read More UNIAN: Ukraine pays almost $3600 to each family of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UNIAN: Ukraine pays almost $3,600 to each family of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia Published Dec. Read More

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Ukrainian President Signs Law Expanding Control in Black Sea After Kerch Row - Sputnik International

December 30, 2018

Russia Ukraine Ukrainian President Signs Law Expanding Control in Black Sea After Kerch Row - Sputnik International Poroshenko signs law extending Ukraine’s belt of coastal waters to 24 nautical miles - TASS Washington Examiner: Russia banning chocolate, feminine care products from Ukraine - Kyiv Post Ukraine reports one WIA amid 11 enemy attacks in Donbas in past day - UNIAN How Russia's school children are recruited as Putin's covert muscle - The Sydney Morning Herald Ukrainian President Signs Law Expanding Control in Black Sea After Kerch Row - Sputnik International Sputnik International Europe11:26 30.12.2018(updated 11:29 30.12.2018) Get short URL The adoption of the law comes a month after Ukrainian Navy ships' provocation in the Kerch Strait and violation of the Russian maritime border. Read More Poroshenko signs law extending Ukraine’s belt of coastal waters to 24 nautical miles - TASS TASS Ukraine’s President Pyotr Poroshenko © AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky Read More Washington Examiner: Russia banning chocolate, feminine care products from Ukraine - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Washington Examiner: Russia banning chocolate, feminine care products from Ukraine Read More Ukraine reports one WIA amid 11 enemy attacks in Donbas in past day - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine reports one WIA amid 11 enemy attacks in Donbas in past day10:32, 29 December 2018 War 2000 Read More How Russia's school children are recruited as Putin's covert muscle - The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald New details also show that a GRU unit has been at the forefront of Russia's psychological warfare efforts, including a previously undisclosed attempt to influence Ukraine policy in Congress in 2015. Read More

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Russia widens ban on Ukrainian imports in tit-for-tat sanctions row - Reuters

December 29, 2018

Russia Ukraine Russia widens ban on Ukrainian imports in tit-for-tat sanctions row - Reuters Ukraine's martial law is over — but there's no end in sight to tensions with Russia - NBC News Russia builds border fence between Crimea and Ukraine proper - Al Jazeera English Moscow rejects Europe's demand to release Ukrainian sailors - Reuters India Reuters: Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post Russia widens ban on Ukrainian imports in tit-for-tat sanctions row - Reuters Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expanded a ban on imported goods from Ukraine on Saturday, saying it would halt some $500 million worth of annual imports of mainly industrial products in retaliation for economic sanctions by Kiev. Read More Ukraine's martial law is over — but there's no end in sight to tensions with Russia - NBC News NBC News Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBEDec. 29, 2018 / 11:59 AM GMT By Yuliya Talmazan Read More Russia builds border fence between Crimea and Ukraine proper - Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English Russia has built a 60km fence on the border with Ukraine on the north of the Russian-annexed Crimea, according to the de facto Crimean authorities. Yefim Fiks, a spokesman for the de facto Crimean parliament, told the Russian news agency Ria Novosti on Friday that the move was necessary "to protect the local population from the crazy antics of the current Ukrainian government". Read More Moscow rejects Europe's demand to release Ukrainian sailors - Reuters India Reuters India Participants attend a rally in support of captured Ukrainian sailors and other Ukrainian prisoners, whose arrests in Russia and Crimea were politically-motivated according to organizers, in central Kiev, Ukraine December 17, 2018. Read More Reuters: Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Reuters: Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors Read More

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Ukraine conflict: Russia completes Crimea security fence - BBC News

December 28, 2018

Russia Ukraine Ukraine conflict: Russia completes Crimea security fence - BBC News The Moscow Times: Russia completes fence on Crimean border with Ukraine - Kyiv Post "Name and shame:" Archaeologists illegally working in occupied Crimea facing Ukraine's sanctions - UNIAN Russian media aim to destabilize Ukraine ahead of elections - UNIAN OSCE mission welcomes New Year ceasefire deal in eastern Ukraine - TASS Ukraine conflict: Russia completes Crimea security fence - BBC News BBC News Image copyright Getty Images Read More The Moscow Times: Russia completes fence on Crimean border with Ukraine - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post The Moscow Times: Russia completes fence on Crimean border with Ukraine Published Dec. Read More "Name and shame:" Archaeologists illegally working in occupied Crimea facing Ukraine's sanctions - UNIAN UNIAN "Name and shame:" Archaeologists illegally working in occupied Crimea facing Ukraine's sanctionsNot only against politicians or businessmen of the Russian Federation are facing Ukrainian sanctions. Read More Russian media aim to destabilize Ukraine ahead of elections - UNIAN UNIAN The Kremlin's main goal is to show that all post-Maidan development of Ukraine has come to a catastrophic halt. REUTERS On December 31, an election campaign will officially begin in Ukraine, while the Russian media are all set to penetrate Ukraine's information space to sow destabilization and discord, also keeping in mind the need to beef up certain attitudes in Russia toward a neighboring state, which Kremlin claims has gone rogue, says Alexander Morozov, a researcher at University Karlovy, Prague. Read More OSCE mission welcomes New Year ceasefire deal in eastern Ukraine - TASS TASS OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) building in Lugansk Read More

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