By Sam bot on March 8, 2015
ceasefire, eurasia group, kiev, putin, russia, ukraine
Politics, Stories
VIA “realcleardefense.com” by Ian Bremmer and Harry Kazianis <img style=’display:none’ border=0 width=0 height=0 src=’http://a.rfihub.com/ns.gif?ri=613b3f68854823300338f36c3daf6838&ra=8356538870.11881237737852968’&gt Editor’s Note: The below is an interview with Ian Bremmer. Mr. Bremmer serves as president of the Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultancy, and a Global Research Professor at New York University. He is the author of the popular book Every Nation […]
By Sam bot on February 13, 2015
artillery, economy, hostility, independence, military, putin, russia, struggle, ukraine
Europe, Global, Politics, Stories, Stories
VIA “nytimes.com” by Andrew Higgins BRUSSELS — His country’s oil export revenues and currency have slumped. Its economy is shrinking, and some of his own allies in Moscow have questioned where he is leading them. Yet when President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia sat down Wednesday in the Belarussian capital of Minsk with the leaders […]
By Sam bot on February 8, 2015
arming, kiev, political tension, russia, ukraine
Europe, Global, Politics, Stories
VIA “wsj.com” by Anton Troianovski, Laurence Norman, and Julian Barnes MUNICH—The diplomatic scramble to calm the resurgent Ukraine crisis spilled into the open here on Saturday, as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko urged an immediate cease-fire, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel countered calls from some U.S. senators for the West to deliver weapons to Ukraine. The […]
