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

February 18, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More

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

February 17, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More

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

February 16, 2019

Russia Ukraine “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. Read More 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 Read More 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 ... Read More Judge Spells Out How Manafort Lied About Russian Associate - Bloomberg Bloomberg 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 ... Read More 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. Read More

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

February 15, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More

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

February 14, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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 Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More 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. Read More

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Brussels and Washington need clarity from Tymoshenko - EUobserver

February 13, 2019

Russia Ukraine 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. Read More 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). Read More 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 ... Read More 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. Read More 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 Read More

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