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Vladimir Putin Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, CBS News reports.The nomination, which can be submitted by any one of thousands of people eligible to submit from around...
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US Expands Military Support To Poland And Baltic States After Russia Invasion...
The United States will bolster military cooperation with Poland and Baltic states to show "support" for its allies after Russia's intervention in Ukraine, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said.The moves to...
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Regional Official: Crimea Ready To Adopt Russian Ruble
KIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian region of Crimea could adopt the Russian ruble as its currency and "nationalize" state property as part of plans to join the Russian Federation, a regional official was...
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Obama Announces First Sanctions On Russians And Crimeans Involved In The...
The White House on Thursday announced visa restrictions on Russian and Crimean individuals directly involved in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. President Barack Obama also issued an executive order...
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Ukraine Says Crimea's Pro-Russian Authorities Are 'Forced To Work Under The...
KIEV (Reuters) - The pro-Russian authorities in Ukraine's Crimea region are illegitimate and working under the barrel of a gun, Acting President Oleksander Turchinov said on Thursday."The authorities...
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Russia's Propaganda Channel Already Has A Map Showing Crimea As Part Of Russia
If you want to know how quickly Russia has been making moves in the Ukrainian peninsula in Crimea, take a look at this picture tweeted by journalist Dave Keating.Keating wrote: "Russia Today leaves up...
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Hedge Funds Are Buying Up War Insurance On Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Investment firms have sharply increased the protection they buy against macroeconomic shocks, so called "tail risk" hedging for a potential armed conflict in Eastern Europe."There's been an uptick in...
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Ukrainian TV Channels Are Being Shut Down In Crimea
In further escalation of the Crimean conflict, Ukrainian TV channels are being blocked from broadcasting in the peninsula.Julia Ioffe, senior editor at The New Republic, tweets:It begins: #Crimea shuts...
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The Ukraine-Russia Cyber War Is Heating Up
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to mount — especially with Crimea's parliament voting to join Russia— cyberwarfare has begun.Russia has reportedly been tampering with communications...
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White House: Mitt Romney Was Wrong About Russia
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked whether President Barack Obama regretted being "dismissive" about Mitt Romney's contention Russia was America's "number one geopolitical foe" at a press...
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Russia Propaganda Network Boss: This Is A 'Media War'
The editor-in-chief of Kremlin-backed propaganda network Russia Today wrote a scathing editorial Thursday condemning Western media for "lynching RT journalists" and insisting Russia's position is the...
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Russian Gunships Circle Really Low Over Sevastopol [VIDEO]
Two Russian Hind helicopters appeared to be having fun at low flying at a altitude over Sevastopol in Crimea.It’s not clear whether they were circling over a specific target or simply performing a show...
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Russia To Hold Huge Air Defense Drills 280 Miles From The Ukraine Border
A massive air defense drill is scheduled to be held at Kapustin Yar, a testing range 280 miles east of the Ukrainian border, RIA Novosti reports.The drill is slated to last about a month and will...
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Will Dramatically Quitting Her Job On Air Get The Ex-RT Anchor Another Job?
Liz Wahl quit her job as an anchor and correspondent at the Kremlin-funded propaganda network Russia Today with a dramatic on-air speech Wednesday in which she declared she could no longer "be part of...
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Ukraine Recruiting Its Oligarchs To Prevent Pro-Russia East From Seceding
After losing control of Crimea, Ukraine's embattled new government is turning to the nation's oligarchs to stamp out the flames of separatism in the mainly Russian-speaking east.The fledgling...
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Why Heavy Sanctions On Russia Could Backfire
WASHINGTON (AP) — Underlying talk about taking harsh punitive measures against Russia for its military incursion into Ukraine are economic complications and worries that sanctions levied against Moscow...
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Russian Parliament Will Vote Crimea Referendum 'Into Law'
Russia's lower and upper houses of parliament on Friday pledged to vote into law the result of a "historic" March 16 referendum in the Ukrainian region of Crimea on becoming part of Russia.The speakers...
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Russia's Neighbors Boost Defenses After Putin's Aggression In Ukraine
VILNIUS/WARSAW (Reuters) - U.S. fighter jets go to Lithuania as the crisis in Ukraine deepens. Poland talks about modernizing its military. Latvia calls for more defense spending. Traditionally neutral...
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America's Energy Industry Is The Sanction Tool The Kremlin Fears Most
For decades it has seemed as if God has played a great joke on mankind, granting the best fuel reserves to the worst places. Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan – all have been able to run fairly...
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Jon Stewart Completely Dismantles Putin's Lies About Russian Troops In Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a press conference this week during which he denied sending Russian troops to the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.Jon Stewart has now cut straight through the...
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