Tag: Russian News

Yandex reacts to Putin comments about foreign influence as share price falls

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Vsevolod Pulya, RBTH – April 28, 2014) The Russian search engine was actually registered in the Netherlands and received its first investments from foreign investors. Nevertheless, it believes that this is “common practice for any internet startup.” Russian search engine Yandex has responded to comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin about foreign influences […]

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Interfax: UK, US embassies interfered in Russian affairs by funding NGOs – top prosecutor

Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's
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(Interfax – April 28, 2014) Six foreign embassies, including those of Britain and the USA, interfered in Russia’s internal affairs by funding NGOs in the country, Prosecutor-General Yuriy Chayka said in his report on the state of law and order in Russia, according to privately-owned Russian news agency Interfax on 28 April. “The study of sources of foreign funding of […]

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RIA Novosti: Most Russians Feel Safe From Military Threats – Survey

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military
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MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – About 86 percent of Russians believe that the Russian armed forces can protect them from military threats, a state-run pollster said Tuesday. “The Russian army will protect our country if a military threat emerges – that’s the opinion of 86 percent of Russians. The number of respondents who gave a similar answer has grown […]

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RIA Novosti: Opinion: Civil War in Ukraine Could Start After Presidential Election

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – Civil war in Ukraine could break out as soon as next month, the deputy director of research programs at Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy said Tuesday. “A civil war might kick off on May 26-27, as it is obvious that federalization supporters will not go anywhere and, apparently, will not be satisfied […]

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RIA Novosti: Moscow May Recognize Ukraine Election – Russian Foreign Ministry

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia may recognize the results of upcoming elections in Ukraine on certain conditions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday in an online interview with Russia’s Gazeta.ru. “It depends on what will precede them and how they are held,” Ryabkov said, responding to a question about whether Russia would recognize the results of […]

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RIA Novosti: Protesters in Ukraine’s Southeast Not Terrorists – Russian Official

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – People rallying in the southeastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Slaviansk are not separatists or terrorists, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Gazeta.ru Tuesday. “I can’t describe Slaviansk and Donetsk protesters as separatists,” Ryabkov said in an interview with the online newspaper Gazeta.ru. “These are people who demand that their ultimate rights be […]

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Media Minister Says No Barriers Against Independent TV Channel Dozhd

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – April 29, 2014) Russia’s communications minister has said there is no reason why independent channel Dozhd cannot return to cable television packages, in a sign of hope for the cash-strapped station. Communications and Mass Media Minister Nikolai Nikoforov said nothing was preventing Dozhd from being carried by cable television providers, and that the state was […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Has Sufficient Data to Prove Arctic Claim – Scientist

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NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – In the past decade, Russian scientists have gathered enough scientific evidence to substantiate the country’s territorial claim for hydrocarbon-rich areas of the Arctic shelf, a leading Russian scientist said Tuesday. Valery Vernikovsky of the Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics said a UN commission rejected Russia’s previous claim in the early 2000s […]

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Economics of disintegration in Ukraine

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(opendemocracy.net – John Weeks – April 25, 2014) ‘Shock therapy’ was imposed on the post-Soviet world by the West, with catastrophic results. Now, we are planning on repeating that experiment in Ukraine. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, and author of Economics of the 1%: How mainstream economics serves the rich, obscures […]

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RIA Novosti: Western Sanctions Unlikely to Damage Business Relations

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti), Daria Chernyshova – Western sanctions against Moscow are unlikely to disrupt existing business ties with Russia, Renaissance Capital economist Oleg Kouzmin told RIA Novosti. “We do not think that sanctions would damage the existing business relations with Russia and its trading partners,” Kouzmin said. “Probably they may become an additional obstacle for attracting new foreign […]

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RIA Novosti: Russian Economy Weathers Second Wave of US Sanctions

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti), Victoria Matsneva – The second wave of US sanctions has scared neither Russian officials nor businesses, affecting only the assets controlled by the already-sanctioned businessmen Gennady Timchenko and brothers Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, as well as Bank Rossiya. None of the 17 companies targeted by the US sanctions trades its stock on exchanges and only […]

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From ‘Darth Vader’ To ‘The Wolf’: A Who’s Who Of Putin’s Sanctioned ‘Insiders’

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Carl Schreck, Luke Johnson – April 28, 2014) When the United States last month imposed visa and financial sanctions on wealthy businessmen seen as close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader laughed it off, saying: “I think I need to stay away from them.” Putin might have a harder time staying away from the group of senior officials […]

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Worlds apart on a wish list for peace

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Nikolai Gorshkov, special to RBTH – April 29, 2014) Diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis in Ukraine cannot keep up with the rapidly deteriorating situation on the ground. After an initial burst of optimism that the diplomats might have negotiated a way out of the crisis, the great Geneva hope for peace in […]

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U.S. Drip of Sanctions Risks Putin Backlash

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Ilya Arkhipov and Kasia Klimasinska – April 29, 2014) The latest U.S. penalties against Vladimir Putin’s inner circle may provoke the Russian president into escalating the Ukraine crisis without crippling key sectors of his nation’s economy. The sanctions imposed by the Obama administration yesterday on seven officials and 17 companies won’t go unanswered, […]

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Stratfor: The United States Opts for Ineffective Sanctions on Russia

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
White House

(Stratfor.com – George Friedman – April 29, 2014) The United States announced new sanctions on seven Russian government officials April 28. A long-used tactic, sanctions can yield unpredictable effects or have no effect at all, depending upon how they are crafted. It is commonly assumed that sanctions are applied when a target country’s actions are deemed unacceptable. The sanctioning nation presumably chooses […]

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Statement by Senators McCain and Graham On Sanctions Against Russia and the Situation In Ukraine

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(mccain.senate.gov – Washington, D.C. – April 28, 2014) U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) today released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s latest round of sanctions against Russia and the situation in Ukraine: “The Obama Administration’s latest round of sanctions is days late and dollars short. While a unified U.S. and European response to Russia’s aggression […]

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‘Slap On The Wrist’: Congressional Critics Slam ‘Tepid’ Russia Sanctions

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – WASHINGTON – April 28, 2014) A fresh round of U.S. sanctions against top Russian officials amounts to little more than a “slap on the wrist” and will do little to halt the unrest in Ukraine, Republican lawmakers said. Members of Congress in recent days had called for the Obama administration to impose sanctions on key economic players in Russia, such […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#97 contents with links :: Monday 28 April 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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… 37. Washington Post: Jackson Diehl, Ukraine’s wake-up call for NATO.
38. Bloomberg: Russian Billions Scattered Abroad Show Trail to Putin Circle.
39. Wall Street Journal editorial: The Russia Problem. Putin’s Kremlin is not a status quo power with a few historical grievances.
40. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Is Putin at Risk of Being Overthrown by a Coup? …

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Creative Unions Seen to Back Kremlin Views

History, Soviet Union, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Oleg Sukhov – April 28, 2014) Last week, the State Duma gave its final approval to a bill introducing criminal penalties for “spreading lies” about the Soviet Union’s role in World War II. The legislation, under which offenders face up to five years in prison, has prompted renewed allegations that the Kremlin is imposing a […]

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RIA Novosti: Anti-Semitism at a minimum level in Russia, says report

Race, Ethnic, Extremism, Xenophobia, Religion
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(RIA Novosti – April 28, 2014) Russia remains one of a group of countries with a minimum level of anti-Semitism, said the head of the European Jewish Congress, Vyacheslav Moshe Kantor, commenting on the results of the annual report on the level of anti-Semitism in the world for 2013. Russia remains one of a group of countries with a minimum […]

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Is Putin at Risk of Being Overthrown by a Coup?

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Spies, Spy Allegations, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Stylized Artist's Depiction of Shadowy Figures in Dark Coats and Dark Hats, One Carrying a Briefcase

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, April 28, 2014) Many in Russia and the West have speculated that the combination of Vladimir Putin’s policies against Ukraine, Moscow’s increasing isolation internationally, and deteriorating economic conditions at home will eventually lead to a Maidan-style challenge to his rule. That is possible, of course, but a man identified as a former […]

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Russian Billions Scattered Abroad Show Trail to Putin Circle

Assassinations, Beatings, Threats, Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime
File Photo of Man Placing Stack of Large Bills into Inside Pocket of Suitcoat

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Henry Meyer, Irina Reznik – April 28, 2014) Outside a Moscow stadium one night in 2006, deputy central bank chief Andrei Kozlov was walking to his car after playing soccer when two men opened fire, pumping bullets into his head and neck and killing his driver. Days before the murders, the man leading Russia’s fight against […]

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Ukraine may stop importing Russian gas by 2016 – Poroshenko

Oil, Gas, Energy, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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BEREZHANY, Ternopol region. April 27 (Interfax) – Ukraine will start receiving reverse gas as early as October 2014, and will stop importing Russian gas after 2015, said independent parliamentary deputy and presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko. “We have negotiated an agreement and we will start receiving reverse gas from Slovakia in October, giving up Russian gas,” he told residents of the […]

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Big Foreign Business Turns Blind Eye to Ukraine Sanctions

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Europe, EU, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Truck at Russian Border Crossing

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Peter Hobson – ALABUGA, Tatarstan, April 28, 2014) As Western politicians huffed and puffed about slapping additional sanctions on Russia, captains of big global business in the country showed no jitters as they met with top Russian officials Friday. Moreover, the only person to mention Russia’s clash with the West over Ukraine at a meeting […]

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RIA Novosti: Opinion: Shooting of Kharkiv Mayor Proves Ukraine Election Untimely

Assassinations, Beatings, Threats, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, April, 28 (RIA Novosti) – An assassination attempt on Kharkiv mayor Gennady Kernes is further proof that it is impossible to hold elections in Ukraine at the moment, presidential candidate Oleh Tsarev told RIA Novosti Monday. “I think that the fact that politicians are being shot here is abnormal, it once again proves that at the moment it is […]

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Russian authorities are considering possibility of closing NATO Information Office in Moscow – newspaper

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(Interfax – April 28, 2014) The Russian authorities are considering the possibility of closing the NATO Information Office in Moscow, Kommersant reported on Monday. “It’s a probable response because we are not managing to find a common language with NATO in the current situation,” a source told Kommersant. Sources close to the presidential administration told Kommersant no final decision on […]

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Russia Beyond the Headlines: Understanding Ukrainian nationalism through the prism of Bandera

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Oleg Nemensky, special to RBTH – April 26, 2014) Who are the Banderovites and how are events in Western Ukraine 70 years ago linked to today’s Ukrainian conflict? Why is the role of Ukrainian nationalismin the overthrow of former president Viktor Yanukovych so controversial and why are many observers concerned about its influence […]

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Interfax: Foreign investors not put off by Western sanctions – Russian deputy PM

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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(Interfax – Vladivostok, April 26, 2014) Many foreign investors that have long been working in Russia are not planning to leave the country and intend to make new investments in the Russian Federation despite Western sanctions, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has said. “These are investors who have been working in Russia for many years and usually describe how […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#96 contents with links :: Sunday 27 April 2014

JRL Tables of Contents
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… 27. New York Times: Sanctions Revive Search for Secret Putin Fortune.
28. Institute of Modern Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “No dictator will turn us, independently-thinking individuals, into enemies”
29. Atlantic Council: Russian Ex-Prime Minister: Widen Sanctions on Putin’s Elite Allies. Kasyanov Urges West to Urgently Sanction Hundreds of Russian Legislators, Ministers.
30. Financial Times: John Lloyd, Russian liberals warn of painful landing after pro-Putin euphoria. …

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TRANSCRIPT: John Kerry Remarks on Ukraine

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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US Department of State Remarks on Ukraine John Kerry, Secretary of State State Department Press Briefing Room Washington, DC April 24, 2014 It has now been a week since the United States, the European Union, Russia, and Ukraine met in Geneva. We did so after a phone call between President Putin and President Obama, in which both leaders expressed a desire […]

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In the army now: A matter of honor or a difficult duty?

Military
File Photo of Russian Military Conscripts Boarding Train with Gear

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Tatyana Rusakova, RBTH – April 25, 2014) Despite far-reaching reforms to the armed forces in recent years, attitudes toward military service among Russia’s young remain largely negative – though polls suggest that many older Russians do not share this view. What options does the army have to avoid being chronically understaffed in the […]

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Moscow Times: Putin Says CIA Created the Internet, Cites Foreign Influence at Yandex

Spies, Spy Allegations, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Christopher Brennan – April 25, 2014) President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Internet was a CIA project and that Russia’s most popular search engine Yandex had been subject to Western influence when it started out. The president told a media forum that the Internet “emerged as a special project of the U.S. CIA and […]

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How opposition media survive in Russia

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Eremenko, RBTH – April 25, 2014) During his annual live TV call-in show on April 18, President Vladimir Putin promised that authorities will stop pressuring the liberal Dozhd TV channel. Dozhd (“Rain”) is now hoping to get picked up again by the cable providers that dropped it at the beginning of the […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia’s Rating Cut Expected, Not Affecting Investors – Minister

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, April 25 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said Friday that a recent downgrade in Russia’s financial rating was expected and partially due to politically motivated decisions, but is not affecting investors’ behavior. International ratings agency Standard & Poor’s cut Russia’s rating to BBB- from BBB Friday and kept its outlook negative, amid the ongoing […]

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Water War With Ukraine to Devastate Crimean Harvest

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Peter Hobson – April 25, 2014) “The harvest will be partially or fully lost across 120,000 hectares of farmland that should be irrigated [by water from the canal],” Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov said Thursday, PRIME reported. Russia will compensate farmers for some of these losses, but not all, he said. The North Crimea Canal funnels […]

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Interfax: Moscow’s decision on Crimea helped avoid casualties like in Ukraine – premier

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Interfax – Khabarovsk: April 25, 2014) Russia’s decision on the situation in Crimea has made it possible to avoid a heavy toll and developments like in eastern Ukraine, Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev believes. While Medvedev was talking to the employees of the Khabarovsk shipbuilding plant, he was addressed by Pavel Shapoval, a resident of Crimea who has been working […]

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Difficulties foreseen for May 25 presidential elections

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Concorde Capital – April 25, 2014) “The election process is ongoing and there are no laws to stop it,” says Andriy Mahera, deputy head of the CEC, as cited by KyvPost on April 25. “If the process of voting does not happen in some constituencies it will not affect the validity of election, and […]

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RIA Novosti: International Criminal Court to Examine Ukraine Riots

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, April 25 (RIA Novosti) – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will begin a preliminary examination of the deadly anti-government riots in Ukraine that began in November, the ICC said in a statement Friday. “The Prosecutor of the ICC, Fatou Bensouda, has decided to open a preliminary examination into the situation in Ukraine in […]

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RIA Novosti: West Advancing Dividing Lines Toward Russian Borders – Lavrov

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW, April 25 (RIA Novosti) – The West is not only maintaining dividing lines in Europe, but is moving them toward Russian borders, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. He said that Russia’s strategic goal is to create a single economic and humanitarian space from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, in which all countries in the European […]

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Interfax: Lavrov: Geneva deal stipulates simultaneous de-escalation, equal commitments of Kyiv, southeast

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) – The Geneva deal stipulates equal commitments of the Ukrainian sides in the vacating of illegally occupied buildings in the southeastern regions and Kyiv, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “Instead of disarming the Right Sector and other radicals, the Americans claim that everything that the Ukrainian authorities are doing is lawful but the buildings remain […]

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Interfax: Russian peacekeepers may come to Ukraine only with UN authorization – MP Ozerov

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) – Peacekeepers may be deployed in Ukraine only with the UN Security Council permission, while the Federation Council has exercised its powers regarding the Armed Forces and allowed the Russian president to send troops to that country, Federation Council Defense and Security Committee Chairman Viktor Ozerov said in an interview with Interfax. There will be no […]

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RIA Novosti: No Plans to Send Peacekeepers to Ukraine – Putin Aide

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File Photo of Vladimir Putin at Desk

MOSCOW, April 25 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is not discussing on a practical level sending an international peacekeeping force to Ukraine, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov told journalists Friday. Responding to a comment on a suggestion by Russian politicians to send an international peacekeeping force to Ukraine, Ushakov said it “wasn’t discussed on a practical level.” Earlier on Friday, Valeriy […]

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RIA Novosti: Kiev Says It Detained Dozens of Russian Agents

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

KIEV, April 25 (RIA Novosti) – Dozens of Russian special service agents have been detained in Ukraine, Sergei Pashinsky, the acting head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, said Friday. “We have detained dozens of agents of Russian special services and some of them have already testified,” Pashinsky said at a press briefing, adding that protesters in the east of the […]

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#95 contents with links :: Friday 25 April 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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… 10. BBC: Vitaliy Shevchenko, Video clues aid verification amid confusion in Ukraine.
11. The Independent (UK): Kim Sengupta, Ukraine crisis: A moment of dignity for the dead then the recriminations fly.
12. Wall Street Journal: Ukraine’s Divisions Extend to East Itself. History Helps Explain Country’s Dichotomy, but Doesn’t Necessarily Mean People Living Near Russia Want to Secede. …

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RUSSIA & UKRAINE: JRL 2014-#94 contents with links :: Thursday 24 April 2014

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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… 1. www.huffingonpost.com: Stephen Blank, Russia’s Lurch Toward Fascism.
2. Los Angeles Times: Jaak Treiman, Juris Bunkis and Daiva Navarrette, Vladimir Putin’s shopping list: Which country could be next? Plenty of Russia’s neighbors are worried. And Article 61 of Russia’s Constitution leaves him a world of room in which to maneuver.
3. The National Interest: Steven Pifer, John Herbst, and William Taylor, Does Putin Want a War? …

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Russia is ready to negotiate on gas issue with Ukraine, EU

Oil, Gas, Energy, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Concorde Capital – April 24, 2014) The Russian Energy Ministry has offered EU Energy Commissioner GYnther Oettinger to convene negotiations with EU and Ukraine on “natural gas issues” in Moscow on April 28, Interfax reported on April 23 citing a ministry representative. “We are ready to discuss with partners the place and time of […]

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The Russian language in Ukraine: Cultural bridge or divide

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Yulia Kudinova, special to RBTH – April 24, 2014) As Ukraine is tearing itself apart, it is also facing an artificially fuelled competition between Russian and Ukrainian, two languages that are nevertheless linguistically very similar. Benjamin Franklin once wrote: “Tongue double brings trouble”. That saying might have resonated with the members of Ukraine’s […]

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Russia’s Lavrov blames USA, EU for “colour revolution” in Ukraine

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
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(Interfax – April 24, 2014) The USA and the EU have tried to carry out a “colour revolution” in Ukraine, Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, as reported by privately-owned news agency Interfax on 24 April. Speaking at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations, Lavrov sai d: “Let’s call a spade a spade, the USA and the EU […]

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RIA Novosti: Lavrov Says West Ignores Moscow’s Opinion

United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) – The West, first and foremost the United States, is pretending that it can ignore Russia’s opinion in Eu ropean affairs and is harming Moscow’s interests, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. “Our Western partners, first and foremost the US, have attempted to behave like they were the winners in the ‘Cold War’ and […]

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Interfax: Roadblocks attacked on outskirts of Slovyansk, cell phone services disrupted – Donetsk region self-defense forces

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukraine Map and Flag

MOSCOW. April 24 (Interfax) – The self-defense forces of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region claim that their roadblocks came under fire on the outskirts of Slovyansk on Thursday. They have also reported disruptions to cell phone services in Slovyansk. “About 40 minutes ago, an armed clash erupted on the outskirts of Slovyansk. Reports of one fatality and one injured perso n […]

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