Wednesday, January 2, 2019

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

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January 02, 2019
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.
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Klimkin: New OSCE chairperson-in-office to visit Ukraine in two weeks - Kyiv Post

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Klimkin: New OSCE chairperson-in-office to visit Ukraine in two weeks Published Jan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019

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

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January 01, 2019
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Monday, December 31, 2018

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

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December 31, 2018
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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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UNIAN: Ukraine pays almost $3600 to each family of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia - Kyiv Post

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UNIAN: Ukraine pays almost $3,600 to each family of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia Published Dec.
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Sunday, December 30, 2018

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

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December 30, 2018
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.
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Poroshenko signs law extending Ukraine’s belt of coastal waters to 24 nautical miles - TASS

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Ukraine’s President Pyotr Poroshenko © AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky
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Washington Examiner: Russia banning chocolate, feminine care products from Ukraine - Kyiv Post

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Russia's War Against Ukraine Washington Examiner: Russia banning chocolate, feminine care products from Ukraine
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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
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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.
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Saturday, December 29, 2018

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

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December 29, 2018
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.
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Ukraine's martial law is over — but there's no end in sight to tensions with Russia - NBC News

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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
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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".
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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.
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Reuters: Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post

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Russia's War Against Ukraine Reuters: Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian sailors
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Friday, December 28, 2018

Ukraine conflict: Russia completes Crimea security fence - BBC News

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December 28, 2018
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

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The Moscow Times: Russia completes fence on Crimean border with Ukraine - Kyiv Post

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The Moscow Times: Russia completes fence on Crimean border with Ukraine Published Dec.
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"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.
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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.
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OSCE mission welcomes New Year ceasefire deal in eastern Ukraine - TASS

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OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) building in Lugansk
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