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BREMMER: US Sanctions Against Russia Won't Work
Ian Bremmer, geopolitical expert and president of the Eurasia Group, doesn't believe sanctions against Russia will make much of a difference at all, telling NPR's Scott Simon on Saturday that despite...
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NATO Commander Warns Of Russian Threat To Separatist Moldova Region
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's top military commander said on Sunday that Russia had a large force on Ukraine's eastern border and he was worried it could pose a threat to Moldova's separatist...
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UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTER: The Chances Of War With Russia Are 'Growing,' And...
Ukraine's foreign minister said Sunday the situation in the country has been getting "even more explosive," and the potential for full-blown military conflict with Russia is "growing."Andrii...
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This Map Shows The Breathtaking Size And Scope Of Russian Gas Giant Gazprom
One of the sub-stories in the Ukraine crisis is the significant role played by Russia in providing natural gas to the rest of Europe. This affords Putin some leverage.A map published by Gazprom at a...
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Russian Troops May Be Massing To Invade Ukraine, Says White House
Russian forces gathering on the border with eastern Ukraine may be poised to invade, the White House warned on Sunday, as the government in Kiev said that the prospect of war with Moscow was continuing...
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Kiev Woos Oligarchs To Keep East Ukraine Out Of Putin's Grasp
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Even as a new alarm sounds about it massing troops on the Ukrainian border, Russia may have missed its chance to exploit unrest in the Russian-speaking east to seize...
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Obama Calls For Emergency G7 Meeting To Discuss Repercussions For Russia
US President Barack Obama arrived in the Netherlands on Monday to discuss with six other world leaders how to punish Russia for annexing Ukraine's Crimea region, including possibly excluding Moscow...
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Ukraine Announces Evacuation Of Troops From Crimea
FEODOSIA/SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine announced the evacuation of its troops and their families from Crimea on Monday, effectively acknowledging defeat in the face of Russian forces, who...
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Here's What Nuclear Weapons Have To Do With The Ukraine Crisis
By now, it should be obvious that there isn’t much we in the West can do about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s seizure of the Crimea from Ukraine.This is a tremendous crisis, easily the worst of the...
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Crimea's Tatars Are Fleeing To Western Ukraine
Russia's annexation of Crimea has sent hundreds of the region's ethnic Tatars fleeing the peninsula for western Ukraine out of fear of a backlash from Moscow.The Tatars, a native Muslim community of...
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Former Reuters Exec Just Got Sanctioned By The Russians
Congratulations are in order to Chrystia Freeland.The former top editor at Reuters — who is now a Member of Parliament in Canada — was just named on a list of Canadians have been the subject of...
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Russian Economy Grinding To A Halt As Ukraine Crisis Takes Heavy Toll
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's economy is barely growing, inflation is rising fast, and capital is pouring out of the country, the Economy Ministry said on Monday, a sign that international tensions...
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Former Putin Adviser: 'Russia Will Not Spare The South And East Of Ukraine'
The Austrian daily Wiener Zeitung has published an illuminating interview about Ukraine and the Kremlin with Andrei Illarionov, a prominent Russian economist who served as Vladimir Putin’s top economic...
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IT'S OFFICIAL: Obama And Other World Leaders Suspend Russia From G-8
President Barack Obama and leaders of some of the biggest Western economies on Monday renounced Russia's recent moves in Ukraine, saying they would suspend their participation in the G-8 "until Russia...
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FORMER AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA: If Putin Invades Eastern Ukraine, There Could Be...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul told reporters Monday continued escalation by Russia into eastern Ukraine could lead to years of "guerrilla warfare."Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Republicans Declare Harry Reid 'Unhinged,' After He Says They May Have Helped...
A spokesman for Republican House Speaker John Boehner called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "unhinged" on Monday, after Reid charged Republicans may have had a helping hand in emboldening Russia to...
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The Senate Just Cleared Its First Big Hurdle On The Ukraine Aid Bill
The Senate on Monday easily cleared the first major procedural hurdle on a bill that would provide economic assistance to Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia, but increased partisan bickering...
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Russia Suspended From G8 Club Of Rich Countries
Russia was suspended from the G8 club of rich countries on Monday night as President Barack Obama promised to “impose a greater cost” on the Kremlin if the confrontation over Ukraine escalates.The...
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The West Is Drawing The Line At Crimea In Ukraine Crisis
THE HAGUE/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the West sought to draw a provisional line under the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday after major industrialized nations warned Moscow of tougher economic sanctions if...
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Retired Ukrainian General: Russia Is 'Placing Europe On The Verge Of A Third...
The Parisian daily Le Figaro has run an interesting interview about the situation in Ukraine with retired General Ihor Smeshko, who is well positioned to understand the realities at play.Once a Soviet...
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