In other news.... 1. USA, European Union, and G7 Set to Impose New Sanctions on RussiaUSA, European Union, and G7 Set to Impose New Sanctions on RussiaThe United States has seized on the detention of Western military observers by pro-Russian militants in Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine to ratchet up its propaganda war against Moscow and push through new and more draconian sanctions. The affair has ... 2. The Ukraine Crisis Remains Unresolved. Will the Cease Fire Hold?The Ukraine Crisis Remains Unresolved. Will the Cease Fire Hold?Some Western commentators interpret the cease fire in Ukraine obtained by President Putin as a victory for Russia. The reasoning is that the cease fire leaves Ukraine with disputed borders, which rules out Ukraine’s membership in NATO. But will ... 3. Pro-Russian Protesters in Eastern Ukraine Demand Crimean-Style ReferendumPro-Russian Protesters in Eastern Ukraine Demand Crimean-Style ReferendumTensions between the Western-backed interim government in Kiev and the eastern parts of Ukraine with close economic and linguistic ties to Russia are escalating, posing the threat not only of civil war in Ukraine, but of military conflict between ... 4. Pentagon Claims “Russian Aggression” Against NATOPentagon Claims “Russian Aggression” Against NATOThe Obama administration and the Pentagon are stoking up military tensions with Russia in the wake of the October 26 Ukrainian parliamentary elections, claiming that flights by small numbers of warplanes over international waters Wednesday constituted “political saber-rattling” and ...
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:22:07 +0000
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