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Putin Escalated To Save His Aggressive Ukraine Policy From Collapsing — But...
In an analyst's note on August 28, Morgan Stanley published its takeaways from the recent meeting in Minsk between Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. "If...
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Russia Has Now Closed 12 McDonald's
MOSCOW (Reuters) - McDonald's <mcd.n> said on Friday that a total of 12 of its branches in Russia had been temporarily closed over the state food safety regulator's allegations of sanitary...
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Putin Directly Addressed Rebels In Ukraine For The First Time, And He Used A...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday publicly addressed pro-Russian rebels fighting in southeastern Ukraine for the first time, praising their "major success" inside Ukraine.The Kremlin released...
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Russia Says It's Open To Resuming Gas Supplies To Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is open to talks on resuming gas supplies to Ukraine and willing to offer a price cut of nearly 20 percent, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday, but the discounted...
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NATO TO RUSSIA: Cease Your 'Illegal Military Actions' In Ukraine Immediately
NATO on Friday accused Russia of a "blatant violation of Ukraine's sovereignty" and urged it to immediately cease its "illegal military actions" in eastern regions of the country.NATO Secretary General...
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Carlsberg Has A Ton Of Exposure To Russia, And Now It's Biggest Investor Is...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The largest fund shareholder in Carlsberg <carlb.co>, which has proven vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in Russia and has lowered its 2014 guidance, has cut its stake...
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Here Are Putin's Five Most Likely Battlefield Objectives In Ukraine
I suspect that yesterday will go down as the day that a war to suppress separatists in eastern Ukraine became the first “Russo-Ukrainian War.” It is now clear that regular Russian military units are...
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PUTIN: Don't Mess With Us
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia's armed forces, backed by its nuclear arsenal, were ready to meet any aggression, declaring at a pro-Kremlin youth camp that foreign states should...
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The UK Has A Plan To Cut Off Russian Businesses From The Rest Of The World
The United Kingdom will push the European Union this weekend to consider the most punitive sanctions yet against Russia for its involvement in escalating the crisis in Ukraine.According to Bloomberg,...
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The Mastermind Of The Most Notorious Soviet Spy Ring Of The Cold War Has Died...
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - A former U.S. Navy warrant officer who orchestrated a spy ring for the Soviets that was considered one of the most damaging security breaches in American history has died...
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Russia's Increasingly Brazen Moves In Ukraine Are Still Part Of A Stealthy Game
Not long ago, it seemed that pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine were fighting a losing war – but recent events have changed the status quo dramatically.Russia’s delivery of reinforcements to anti-Kiev...
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Russian-Backed Rebels Are Pushing Toward A Major Ukrainian City On The Way To...
Their tanks bearing the flag of their would-be state, Russian-backed separatists held control Friday over this coastal town on the new front in the Ukraine conflict and announced their intention to...
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NATO Is Getting Better At Responding To Russian Aggression, But It Needs To...
THE fighting in Ukraine, which Vladimir Putin further escalated this week by sending Russian forces over the border, provides a sombre backdrop to the NATO summit in Wales. But it ensures that the...
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JPMORGAN: The Russian Stock Market Is On The Brink Of A 'Lehman-Style Shock'
The sudden military escalation in Ukraine in recent days has, according to JPMorgan's Alex Kantarovich, reduced the earlier hopes that the high level meeting in Minsk on 26 August would help to defuse...
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Russia's Stealth Invasion Of Ukraine Could Soon Become A Major War In Europe
This week Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine became overt for all the world to see. Since February, Moscow waged a semi-covert campaign that I term Special War, with the initial aim of taking Crimea. This...
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US Coal Stocks Could Soar Because Of The Crisis In Ukraine, But...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Beaten-down U.S. coal company stocks may receive a lift in coming weeks if deteriorating relations between Russia and the West push President Vladimir Putin to shut off Europe’s...
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EU Leader Fears Ukraine Crisis Is Approaching The 'Point Of No Return'
European Union Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso gave a grim assessment of the situation in Ukraine on Saturday after talks in Belgium with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko."We are in a very...
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Ukraine: Russian Tanks Have Flattened A Border Town
KIEV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Saturday Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signalled they were ready to...
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REVEALED: The US Trained Alaskans As 'Stay-Behind Agents' Amid Cold War Fears...
Fearing a Russian invasion and occupation of Alaska, the U.S. government in the early Cold War years recruited and trained fishermen, bush pilots, trappers and other private citizens across Alaska for...
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Putin's Trump Card In Ukraine: Winter Is Coming
As Putin pushes Ukraine to bend to his will and allow greater independence to Russian-backed separatists in the country's southeast, the Russian president holds a trump card: Winter is coming.“I think...
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