Vladimir Putin Talks To Reporters About Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin Talks To Reporters About Ukraine
By taking this humane and rational approach, Putin has established himself as the true leader of the world.
Vlad the Bad Steals a March on the West
Russia’s hard-eyed president, Vladimir Putin, is following the same strategy over Ukraine and Crimea. Putin swiftly moved his knight into the empty chess square of Crimea, thereby regaining full control of one of Russia’s four strategic port regions: Sevastopol, Murmansk, St Petersburg and Vladivostok.
Crimean leaders blame Kiev for selling Ukraine off for IMF loans
The CIA has brought darkness to America by fighting in the shadows
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– Snowden insists leaks have strengthened national security
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Russia Reacts to US Warship’s Arrival in Black Sea
The Russian government-funded RT news network charged that the Truxtun’s presence during the Ukraine and Crimea crisis was part of a U.S. buildup in support of Ukraine.
Russia to Offer Ukraine ‘Counterproposals’
Officials Say Kiev Regime Change the Starting Point
Details of sanctions against Russia to be finalised in London
David Cameron indicates asset freezes and travel bans will be imposed within days as tensions continue to escalate in Crimea
Pro-Russian activists occupied the Lugansk Regional State Administration building, Sunday, after thousands had descended on the building demanding a referendum be held on March 16 to join the Russian Federation.
Ukraine may have to go nuclear, says Kiev lawmaker
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A seemingly cosmopolitan city is a nationalist stronghold and monument to ethnic cleansing, as its barbaric wartime treatment of Jews illustrated
Moscow denounces gun attack on pro-Russian activists in Eastern Ukraine
Putin defends Crimean referendum legitimacy to EU leaders as Ukraine’s southeast rallies
Europe faces ‘shooting conflict’ if Russia enters east Ukraine, says Hague
British foreign secretary accuses Putin of major miscalculation but says pressure will not remove Russia from Crimea
‘West backed Ukrainian extremists to get rid of Yanukovich’
Ukraine crisis: US will not recognise Crimea referendum, says ambassador
Washington threatens further action against Russia if Vladimir Putin uses poll to legitimise military occupation, says Kiev envoy
Kerry won’t visit Russia until Moscow shows ‘seriousness’ on Ukraine
Russian takeover of Crimea ‘is not a done deal,’ U.S. official says
Clashes in Ukraine as Rallies Take a Turn
Rival rallies turned violent in Crimea on Sunday, as Ukraine celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of its greatest poet and the White House announced that President Obama would host the Ukrainian prime minister just days before a controversial referendum on Crimean secession next week.
Cheney: Obama should consider some military options
Amid Ukraine crisis, Europe plays it safe
Putin defends separatist drive in Crimea as legal
Does Putin really want Crimea within Russia? Maybe not.
The Crimean parliament declared its intention to become Russian territory, and will hold a referendum soon. But the Kremlin may have more to gain if Crimea remains within Ukraine.
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Massive Bombing near Baghdad; 97 Killed 237 Wounded Across Iraq
Attacks left 97 dead and 237 wounded across Iraq today. The worst attack occurred south of Baghdad. Local officials blamed the attack on the situation in neighboring Anbar province. Militants still control sections of two major cities there and have staged attacks in nearby provinces.
Arab League rejects Israel’s demand for recognition as a Jewish state
Council ministers endorse PA President Abbas’s rejection of Netanyahu’s requirement for peace.
What’s Going on in the Gulf? Unsurprisingly, It’s Probably About Iran
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain all recalled their ambassadors from Qatar on Wednesday, citing Qatar’s alleged support for organisations and individuals that threaten “the security and stability of the Gulf states” and for “hostile media.”
China draws ‘red line’ on North Korea
Western countries alarmed as Libya slides towards chaos
China draws ‘red line’ on North Korea, says won’t allow war on peninsula
Ukraine Interim Govt Courts Oligarchs, Neo-Fascists
Right Sector Chief to Run for President
Ukraine standoff intensifies, Russia says sanctions will ‘boomerang’
Ukraine’s Neo-Fascist Right Sector Leader Dmytro Yarosh to Run for President
Russia may suspend arms inspection deal with U.S. over Ukraine – reports
Russian flags flood Crimean capital as thousands back takeover
For First Time, Kremlin Signals It Is Prepared to Annex Crimea
Russia Reinforces Military Presence in Crimea
U.S. warship crosses Bosphorus Strait towards Black Sea
Radical rebels execute 10 civilians in southern Syria: report
US military presence in Africa growing in small ways
Libya threatens to bomb North Korean tanker if it ships oil from rebel port
Scientists: Test West Coast for Fukushima radiation
Very low levels of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster likely will reach ocean waters along the U.S. West Coast next month, scientists are reporting.
Venezuela divisions deepen as protest over food shortages is halted
National Guardsmen prevent ’empty pots’ march from reaching food ministry as Maduro government denounces US
Venezuela’s Struggle Widely Misrepresented
Venezuela’s Struggle, Widely Misrepresented, Remains a Classic Conflict Between Right and Left
The current protests in Venezuela are reminiscent of another historical moment when street protests were used by right-wing politicians as a tactic to overthrow the elected government.
Venezuela Breaks Ties With Panama
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has stated he will sever all diplomatic and economic ties with Panama.
Propaganda Rules The News
Has Russia Invaded Ukraine?
Ukraine Nationalist Leader Faces Terrorism Charges
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on terrorism-related charges against the leader of a Ukrainian nationalist group widely seen as the driving force behind former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s ouster.
Crimea to vote to split from Ukraine, join Russia
Ukraine lurched toward breakup Thursday as lawmakers in Crimea unanimously declared they wanted to join Russia and would put the decision to voters in 10 days. President Barack Obama condemned the move and the West answered with the first real sanctions against Russia.
Ukraine crisis: Crimea now part of Russia, local parliament declares
Referendum on union with Russia on 16 March will ‘only ratify decision’, as Duma works on bill to make it easier for territories to join Russia
Ukraine: Little support for US involvement
Less than a fifth of Americans think that the US has any responsibility to protect Ukraine from a Russian invasion
US Policy of Isolating Russia and Expanding NATO Is a Dismal Failure
US and EU impose sanctions and warn Russia to relent in Ukraine standoff
– Pair issue grave warning to Moscow to pull back from Crimea
– Crimean parliament votes to secede from Ukraine
– Obama tells Putin: sanctions for ‘violation of sovereignty’
Ukraine crisis: What can US sanctions against Russian elites achieve?
Under the right conditions, sanctions against individual Russians can be effective over time, experts say. The question, as the US moved Thursday to impose such sanctions amid Russia’s Ukraine gambit, is whether such conditions exist.
Russia, NATO Nations Begin Talks on Ukraine
Though no real agreements appear to have been reached, French officials dubbed today’s Paris talks, the first between NATO members and Russia on the Ukraine crisis a significant step “in the right direction.”
American Hawks Risk Escalating the Ukrainian Crisis
Russia says cannot order Crimean ‘self-defense’ units back to base
How strong is Ukraine’s army?
Ukraine’s army is in a parlous state. What was briefly the world’s third-strongest nuclear country is now a Soviet relic. Kyiv’s hopes, if there are any, rest with reservists who last fought three decades ago.
Ukraine and the Presstitute Media
Fig leave for an Emperor without cloths
US to bolster military support to Poland, Baltic
U.S. Murders Another 4 People In Yemen
A US drone strike in northern Yemen on Wednesday killed four alledged Al Qaeda members, including an Iraq veteran, a military official said.
Federal Judge Removes U.S. Muslims from Constitution
As reported by the Associated Press’ Tom Hays on Feb 21, a federal judge in Newark, N.J., decided that the New York Police Department has been within its constitutional bounds spying on Muslims at mosques, restaurants, colleges and grade schools in New Jersey since 2002.
Iraq: 935 lies, A Tyrant and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Netanyahu Demands Palestinians Recognize Israel as ‘Jewish State’
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday directly urged Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to recognize Israel as a “Jewish state” and to “abandon the fantasy” of “flooding” Israel with refugees.
‘End to negotiations?’ Netanyahu’s speech sparks furious reaction from Palestinians
Nigeria: Another 40 killed in Flesh Boko Haram Attack
In the fourth attack in the last three days in troubled Borno State, no less than 40 persons have been killed in Jakana, 35 kilometres away from Maiduguri.
India’s tea firms urged to act on slave trafficking after girls freed
Plantations pay below minimum wage, which campaigners say strengthens hand of slavers who take girls as young as 11
Saudi women demand end to ‘absolute male control’
Saudi women activists have presented a memorandum to the Shoura Council seeking its support to curb the “absolute authority” of male guardians over women in the Kingdom, a signatory said.