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MH17, part of larger Ukraine crisis, likely to be politicized

... already treating Russia as a pariah state, and are demanding crippling sanctions against it, along with a complete isolation of the "Putin regime." The event hit Moscow just as it seemed it had learned to navigate the turbulent waters of the Ukraine crisis. The Obama administration was having difficulties persuading reluctant Europeans to follow Washington in applying tougher sanctions. Worse, the discovery of two US agents spying on Germany put the relationship between Berlin and Washington ...

28.07.2014

The Downing of MH17 – A Perspecitve of Intrigue or the “HALO Effect”?

... said, you were abroad and just returned last night, you did not see that our Prime Minister Najib of Malaysia, announced again full support for a FREE PALESTINE on TV last night. This has always been the Policy of Malaysia. In my heart, I felt it was Ukraine doing this on the suggestion of the USA. After all the USA has 400 CIA agents stationed in Kiev “advising” on “tactical” matters. Furthermore, God knows how many MOSSAD agents of the Regime of Israel are also there – ...

24.07.2014

Business is business. Western duplicity towards Russia.

... commitment as both partner and stakeholder towards the russian giant that doesn’t match very well with the political hardline endorsed by Downing Street. The british Prime Minister Cameron has been one of the most virulent callers for action in Ukraine, and has threatened unilateral sanctions against Russia more than once. Yet, instead of scaling back its engagement BP, which is state-owned, is going to import from Russia 12 million tons of refined oil products* per year with a prepayment of ...

23.07.2014

Russia’s Plans for Crimea: the Black Sea Fleet

... serial of Russian-Ukrainian treaties on the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The Russian-Ukrainian agreement on parameters of division of the Black Sea Fleet signed on May 28, 1997, the treaty on status and terms of deployment of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine (May 28, 1997), the treaty on mutual settlements related with division and stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine (May 28, 1997) and the Kharkov agreement on stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Ukraine signed on April ...

23.07.2014

We really need to know the truth, no matter what the truth is

Andrey Kortunov, the Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council discusses criticism of President Vladimir Putin's support for pro-Russian militants in Ukraine who are accused of shooting down Malaysia flight MH 17 , and Putin's failure to insist that the crash area be secured and international investigators be given unfettered access. EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: Back to our top story now: the shooting ...

23.07.2014

¿Qué futuro le espera a Kiev?

La tragedia del Boeing-777 derribado en el espacio ucraniano demuestra hasta qué punto crítico ha llegado la crisis en este país y la necesidad de medidas urgentes para parar la violencia y empezar negociaciones políticas. La víspera de este suceso, el 16 de julio, los líderes europeos se reunieron en Bruselas en una cumbre extraordinaria de la Unión Europea y, entre otras cuestiones importantes, hablaron de un nuevo paquete de sanciones a Rusia...

22.07.2014

Ukraine and the aftermath of the downing of flight MH17

President Barack Obama, in his televised address on Friday, called for a careful investigation into the downing of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane over eastern Ukraine. He left little doubt, however, as to whom he and the US government considered responsible. The Malaysian plane was hit by an air defence missile, he said, fired from the territory held by rebels backed and armed by Russia. Russian president Vladimir ...

21.07.2014

HYPOCRISY

So many American politicians upset with the Israelis for the attacks on Gaza. .....Using weapons largely obtained through the United States... .....hmmmmm.....does that mean America is responsible for the Gaza deaths? President Putin is on the phone. He would like an answer to that question.

20.07.2014

Russia’s Plans for Crimea : the Economic Development

... money flows since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia was prevented from investing in the peninsula, and Kiev was reluctant to spend money for the Republic of Crimea, one of the most Russophile and Russian-speaking parts of then newly independent Ukraine. Soon after the annexation, President Putin created the Ministry for the Development of Crimea and appointed Oleg Saveliev as the head of this new ministry. Concrete plans to develop the peninsula still remain vague, although some measures have ...

19.07.2014

Malaysia and Ukraine

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 ...

18.07.2014
 

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