31st March, 2015
The Italian Foreign Minister believes that without Russia Europe will be unable to neutralize the threat to European security posed by Islamist militants in Mali, Pakistan and Libya.
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EU should lift anti-Russia sanctions – Italian FM
Posted by seumasach on March 31, 2015
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SBU: all non-state paramilitary structures must be disarmed
Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2015
26th March, 2015
The head of the security service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaichenko emphasizes the need to disarm all paramilitary structures unrelated to the Armed forces or law enforcement agencies of Ukraine.
“Now the time has come and military leadership, and the leadership of the Ministry of internal Affairs, and the management of the SBU to take care of the ATO soldiers, providing them with appropriate legal status, the opportunity to enter legally in the composition of the legitimate armed forces: the Armed forces of Ukraine, Ministry of interior, the national guard or security service”, said Mr. Nalyvaichenko Tuesday night in the channel 5.
He said: “Everyone else who doesn’t want to log in as a member of the armed forces, police, national guard, security service) must surrender their weapons and to choose a different model of behavior is to leave the area ATO, moreover, not to create and not be part of any illegal military or paramilitary associations.
“We take seriously the fact that were disarmed before the end and disbarred those structures that are involved or are part of a well-coordinated gangs”, added Mr. Nalyvaichenko.
http://versii.com/news/324324/ (in Russian) – link
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Russia’s Lavrov compliments Obama
Posted by seumasach on March 25, 2015
M.K.Bhadrakumar
25th March, 2015
Russia has chosen to sidestep the provocative resolution passed with an overwhelming majority of 348 to 48 by the US Congress on Monday urging President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine. Of course, Obama himself would ignore it.
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Goodbye, Poroshenko?: Armed volunteer battalions heading for Kiev
Posted by seumasach on March 24, 2015
24th March, 2015
KIEV, March 23. /TASS/. Armed volunteer battalions are pulling in to Kiev, the Vesti newspaper reported on Monday.
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Who’s won the ‘sanctions war’ so far?
Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2015
Andrew Korybko
18th March, 2015
It’s been one year since European sanctions were first enacted against Russia on 17 March, 2014, and it’s worthy to briefly highlight their consequences on Moscow. Likewise, the counter-sanctions that Russia imposed on the EU last summer must also be critically looked at in order to assess the economic and political impact of the ‘sanctions war’ on both parties. The results are certainly not at all what the West had anticipated.
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Spain: Russia sanctions ‘beneficial for no one’
Posted by seumasach on March 12, 2015
10th March, 2015
Spain on Tuesday (10 March) joined a list of EU countries which are publicly critical of Russia sanctions and keen to mend ties.
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EU won’t be pushed into confrontation over Ukraine
Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2015
7th March, 2015
The EU is resisting calls from hotheads to supply arms to Ukraine, saying it won’t be pulled into a confrontation with Russia. Europeans cite the progress in implementing a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine between Kiev and local rebels.
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Berlin alarmed by aggressive NATO stance on Ukraine
Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2015
6th March, 2015
US President Obama supports Chancellor Merkel’s efforts at finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. But hawks in Washington seem determined to torpedo Berlin’s approach. And NATO’s top commander in Europe hasn’t been helping either.
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Washington and Brussels disagree on the sanctions issue
Posted by seumasach on March 8, 2015
Italian prime minister ends Vladimir Putin’s international isolation
6th March, 2015
The Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes that the U.S. and the EU no longer have the same viewpoint regarding the future of sanctions against Russia. High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini has doubted the effect of sanctions and said that the EU should overcome its Cold War approaches in relation to Russia. At the same time, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier remarked that the search for a political solution in eastern Ukraine will last decades, but the West is not obliged to be in conflict with Russia all this time.
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U.S. and Europe downplay likelihood of new sanctions
Posted by seumasach on March 2, 2015
….despite Ukraine rebel gains
1st March, 2015
WASHINGTON — The United States and the European Union are unlikely to widen economic sanctions on Russia if a tentative cease-fire emerging in eastern Ukraine takes hold, Western diplomats said on Friday.
Despite repeatedly saying that new U.S. or EU sanctions on Russia as well as U.S. lethal assistance for Ukraine remain on the table, neither Europe nor the United States would be eager to go forward if this week’s fragile calm is sustained, they added.
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Russia’s Ruble rebounds
Posted by seumasach on March 2, 2015
in Biggest Monthly Gain Since 1990s
“There is growing recognition among market participants both outside and inside Russia that Russian authorities have strong preference for weaker ruble,” Deutsche Bank said in a note to investors Friday.
1st March, 2015
The Russian ruble has recorded its biggest monthly gain since the early 1990s amid higher oil prices, an easing of the fighting in eastern Ukraine and a less intensive foreign debt repayment schedule as it claws back some of the losses it sustained during panic on currency markets last year.
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