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The downing of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane on Thursday over Eastern Ukraine catapults the crisis there onto the global plane. Nationals of several countries, more than half of them Dutch, are among the victims. The UN Security Council will meet in New York. An international investigation has been called for. The story ...
... it reduces its room for manoeuvre. At the same time, the current compromise is contextual and exceptional, because the fundamental contradictions between the countries in the Euro-Atlantic space are still there. The aggravation of the situation in Ukraine has prompted an intensified transatlantic dialogue. Contact between Washington and the European capitals has increased in recent months under the slogans of opposing “Russian expansionism” and “the unity of democratic countries”....
New sanctions were levied against Russia on July 16th by both the United States and the European Union. America has taken the lead in explaining the sanctions, claiming continued unrest in Eastern Ukraine is primarily because of tacit Russian support behind-the-scenes. This new round is a bit broader than the original sanctions from a few months back that tried a new tactic of strategically targeting individuals. Basically it was one of the first ...
... is that of a knight at a crossroads facing the difficult choice of which road to follow. The right choice leads to glory and honor — the wrong choice to defeat and death. This image involuntarily comes to mind when I view the tragic events in Ukraine with feelings of pain and alarm. Sooner or later — but hopefully sooner — hostilities will end there. And yet, history has shown that all wars, and especially civil wars in which brother kills brother, leave deep scars on the body ...
Ukraine is now at the crossroads of history, Russia’s former Foreign Minister and now President of the Russian Council on International Affairs Igor Ivanov says in an article published in Wednesday’s issues of the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily....
The “Heavenly Hundred” who fell during the Euromaidan protests and the soldiers who resisted the Russian invasion of Crimea had the potential to contribute to a unifying national narrative in Ukraine. This opportunity was quickly lost, with fighting and rising casualties in Luhansk and Donetsk cementing regional divisions. The failure of President Poroshenko to quickly resolve the conflict or control the rise of independent pro-Kyiv militias ...
... shares in the signal equipment manufacturer from Russian Railways and joined Rostec in a project to produce turboprop aircraft in Ulyanovsk ( Vedomosti , March 21, 2014). These positive trends and opportunities may end up being lost over events in Ukraine, which have generated the worst bilateral crisis since the Cold War. Canada is one of the most actively anti-Russian countries and was the first to impose sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian politicians. These measures currently affect over ...
Still Running on the Wrong Gauge Tracks To understand Ukraine’s path towards Europe and its ultimate attainment of European political and economic standards, all you have to do is take a train ride across the border. Before you’re able to cross into Poland – regarded as the model for Ukraine’s ...
President Vladimir Putin's request last week that the Federation Council revoke his right to use military force in Ukraine marks the end of the first phase of that county's international crisis. Russia has played a key role in those events, and so it makes sense to sum up the interim results: what was gained, what was lost and whether it was worth the effort. The ...
Why There Are No Western Mercenaries in Ukraine Recently many speculative reports have appeared in the Russian and Western media quoting various Russian and Ukrainian sources about the presence of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine. Due to a lack of understanding of the difference between mercenaries,...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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