Nato plans east European bases to counter Russian threat

Рабочий визит в Белоруссию

26 августа 2014 года, 17:30

Владимир Путин принял участие во встрече глав государств Таможенного союза с Президентом Украины и представителями Европейского союза.

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Nato plans east European bases to counter Russian threatby Ian Traynor in Brussels

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 1:27 PM

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Nato chief announces move in response to Ukraine crisis and says alliance is dealing with a new Russian military approach

Nato is to deploy its forces permanently at new bases in eastern Europe for the first time, in response to the Ukraine crisis and in an attempt to deter Vladimir Putin from causing trouble in the former Soviet Baltic republics, according to its chief.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former prime minister of Denmark, said that next week's Nato summit in Cardiff would overcome divisions within the alliance and agree to new deployments on Russia's borders a move certain to trigger a strong reaction from Moscow.

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Shushkevich Understood Instantly August 1991 Coup was a Counter-Revolution by Paul Goble

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 1:27 PM

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Staunton, August 24 – Unlike some Western leaders who suggested that the leaders of the August 1991 coup in Moscow included reformists on the model of Mikhail Gorbachev, Stanislav Shushkevich, then deputy chairman of the Belarusian Supreme Soviet and later president of Belarus, understood instantly that they were committed to “the revival of the old Soviet order.”

In an interview with Sergey Pavlovsky of “Tovarishch.online,” Shushkevich says that “when [he] heard about the composition of the State Committee for the Extraordinary Situation on Radio Liberty, he “understood that nothing good could be expected” from any of them and their actions.

(The Belarusian leader notes in passing that when Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to nominate him vice president, Yanayev – later vice president of the USSR and leader of the committee – couldn’t even tell Shushkevich the title of his candidate dissertation when the Belarusian asked him about it at the time.)

Shushkevich says that he wanted to convene the republic supreme soviet but that its chairman and his immediate boss, Nikolay Dementey, said there was no need for that given that he had spoken with Anatoly Lukyanov, the head of the USSR Supreme Soviet. Shushkevich said that shortly thereafter he assembled it but only on August 26 when the coup had failed.

The Belarusian leader says that he was surprised by the coup because he didn’t think that there were sufficiently numerous officials who could pull it off – with the exception of General Albert Makashov who was then the commander of the Volga-Urals Military District and a few others. “But they always were in a minority.”

He adds that the communists in Belarus supported the coup but that no one else did, although most people kept quiet because it was still during Soviet times. He notes that “after Chernobyl,” he had “a negative attitude toward Gorbachev, but could not openly express that under any circumstances.”

Had the coup succeeded, “the old nomenklatura would have accepted it,” Shushkevich says. Indeed, “it has returned to the Soviet system in the form of Aleksander Lukashenko” who understood “that it is necessary to play with them old-style Soviet games.” But the coup didn’t, and its collapse made the preservation of the USSR “impossible.”

The coup plotters “buried it,” he continues, arguing that “the defeat of the putsch became the date of the disintegration of the USSR. What happened in fact was a victory of a bourgeois-democratic revolution on the territory of the Soviet Union.” People began to respect “those values which the leadership of Belarus today doesn’t very much respect.”

Asked why some in the post-Soviet space want to see the USSR revived, Shushkevich said that is how “propaganda works: in the USSR everything was good, it is necessary to forget about everything bad.” But Moscow is trying to return to the Soviet order by making an attempt to restore the empire.

Such an empire “cannot exist without Ukraine,” and that is why Russia is using military force in an effort to “hold on” to it, the Belarusian leader adds. The restoration of an empire would be a tragedy because it would mean that the well-being of the population would be forgotten.

The regime of such a state would tell them that they should be proud to have a country and ignore everything else, Shuskevich concludes, much in the same way that Moscow is now invoking “Crimea is Ours” as a justification for any suffering and a reason for ignoring all problems.

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Захарченко: бригады ВС попали в "плотное кольцо" окружения ополчения РИА Новости По данным опоченцев, в окружении "оказались штаб 8-го армейского корпуса, 28-я, 30-я, 93-я механизированные бригады, 95-я аэромобильная бригада, приданные им батальоны территориальной обороны "Айдар," "Донбасс", "Шахтерск", батальоны Национальной гвардии "Азов" и ... Премьер ДНР: Новороссия не согласна на сохранение Украины как таковойИА REGNUM Новороссия отказывается от нынешней УкраиныУтро.Ru ДНР не устраивает федерализация, республика настаивает на независимости от УкраиныКомсомольская правда РБК -НТВ.ru -BFM.Ru Все похожие статьи: 34 »

Putin and Poroshenko Set Out Different Paths to Peace in Ukraine by Reuters

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 1:26 PM

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President Vladimir Putin urged his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday not to escalate an offensive against pro-Moscow rebels, and threatened economic retaliation for signing a trade accord with the EU.

Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin threatens trade sanctions over neighbour's EU deal

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged his Ukrainian counterpart not to escalate an offensive against pro-Moscow rebels, and threatened economic retaliation for signing a trade accord with the European Union.

Ukraine crisis: Russian soldiers captured in conflict area crossed border 'by accident'

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:55 AM

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Russian soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces crossed the border accidentally, a source from Russia's Defence Ministry has reportedly claimed.

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Российские военные случайно оказались на Украине - Утро.Ru

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:55 AM

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Российские военные случайно оказались на Украине Утро.Ru Российские военные патрулировали участок границы и, вероятно, нечаянно ее пересекли. При задержании украинскими силовиками сопротивления они не оказывали, сообщил РИА "Новости" источник в Минобороны РФ. "Указанные военнослужащие действительно участвовали в ... Минобороны: российские военные случайно пересекли границу с УкраинойНТВ.ru Минобороны объяснило задержание военныхДни.Ру Российские военные попали в Украину случайно – Минобороны РФСЕГОДНЯ Regions.ru -Взгляд -BBC Russian Все похожие статьи: 143 »

Two Suspected Militants Killed In Russia's Volatile Daghestan

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:55 AM

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Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan have killed two suspected militants in a shootout.

Канада готова отстаивать Арктику силой - BBC Russian

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Канада готова отстаивать Арктику силой BBC Russian Канада обеспокоена военными приготовлениями России в Арктике и готова отстаивать свои интересы в регионе силой, заявил министр иностранных дел страны Джон Бэрд. "Мы глубоко обеспокоены и мы стремимся поощрять и защищать суверенитет Канады в Арктике. Это является ... Канада намерена отстаивать свои права на Арктику силойИнтерновости.ру Канада готова начать войну с Россией за АрктикуФедеральное агентство новостей No.1 Канада объявила о готовности к силовому конфликту с Россией в АрктикеТомский Обзор Vlasti.NET -Накануне.RU Все похожие статьи: 52 »

Корабли НАТО направляются в Черное море - Правда.Ру

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Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:54 AM

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Russia claims soldiers captured by Ukraine crossed border by accident Fox News The Russian government has claimed that a group of soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine had crossed the border by accident. Ukraine earlier announced that it had captured ten soldiers Monday in the area of Amvrosiivka, near the Russian border in the ... Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in UkraineThe Guardian Captured Russian troops 'in Ukraine by accident'BBC News Russia Is Already Invading UkraineThe Atlantic Yahoo! Voices  all 888

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Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in Ukraineby Shaun Walker in Kiev

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:54 AM

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Issue of captured soldiers to be discussed at meeting between Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday afternoon

Sources in Moscow have admitted that
a number of men captured inside Ukraine
were indeed serving Russian soldiers, but said they crossed the border by mistake. The admission comes as President Vladimir Putin
meets his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, for talks in Minsk. The pair shook hands ahead of the talks on Tuesday afternoon.

Videos were released by Ukrainian authorities of interrogations of
the prisoners, who said they were serving Russian army officers. One said he had not been told exactly where they were going, but had an idea he was inside Ukraine. There was no immediate confirmation of the authenticity of the recordings, but the fact that Russian wire agencies ran a defence ministry admission that soldiers had indeed crossed into Ukraine suggested that the footage was genuine.

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Ukraine Liveblog Day 190: Russian Paratroopers Captured In Ukraine by Editor

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:53 AM

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Putin will meet with Ukrainian counterpart in high-stakes summit amid tense situation by Annie Gowen, Karoun Demirjian

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:33 AM

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KIEV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet the Ukrainian president Tuesday in a tense high-stakes summit just one day after Ukraine accused Russian forces of carrying out a cross-border foray with tanks and armored personnel carriers.

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Russian Regulator Seeks Leverage Over Moody's, Fitch and S&P by By Delphine d'Amora

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:33 AM

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As Russia continues its campaign to place financial services under its
thumb, international ratings agencies may soon have to create Russian subsidiaries to continue their work.

Силы АТО закрепились на занятых рубежах и отражают атаки противника, за сутки ликвидировали более 200 боевиков - СНБО - Интерфакс - Украина

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:32 AM

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Силы АТО закрепились на занятых рубежах и отражают атаки противника, за сутки ликвидировали более 200 боевиков - СНБО Интерфакс - Украина Украинские военнослужащие держат оборону на занятых позициях на востоке Украины в связи с активизацией действий боевиков и 29 раз вступали в бои с противником, заявляют в СНБО Украины. "Ситуация в зоне проведения АТО отмечается активизацией действий боевиков и ВС ... В зоне АТО за сутки погибли 12 военнослужащих, 19 ранены - СНБОЛІГА.net СНБО: Террористы вывезли с завода "Точмаш" высокоточное военное оборудованиеGORDONUA.COM 4 машины с оборудованием вывезены из донецкого «Точмаша» в Макеевку для отправки в РФ - СНБОНОВОСТИ.dn.ua Все похожие статьи: 594 »

Window on Eurasia: No Basis for Moscow’s Claims that Russian Corruption has Declined, Experts Sayby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 10:32 AM

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            Staunton, August 26 – Independent Russian experts say that there is no basis for the claim by Boris Titov, presidential plenipotentiary for the rights of entrepreneurs, that the level of corruption in the Russian Federation has fallen. Instead, they say, all measures point to corruption still being a major obstacle for the country’s economic development.

            In today’s “Novyye izvestiya,” Arina Raksina says these experts base their conclusion on “interior ministry data on the amount of bribes” as well as “statistics of domestic administrations and international research” and suggest that two-thirds of Russian businessmen admit to being forced to pay bribes (newizv.ru/politics/2014-08-26/206756-lapy-vse-tjanutsja.html).

            Elena Panfilova, head of Transparency International’s Moscow Center for Anti-Corruption Research, says that she does not have any data to support Titov’s claim at Seliger.  Not only does the evidence that she sees point in the opposite direction, but the Russian government has not conducted the kind of research recently that it typically cites.

            According to IMF data, the average size of bribes in Russia “almost doubled between 2012 and 2013 to 145,000 rubles (4100 US dollars).  But that figure by itself is meaningless, Raksina points out because it is like “the average temperature in a hospital.” In some places it is much higher and in others lower.

Moreover, efforts by the Russian authorities to fight corruption have been less than impressive. While they admit that the loss to the economy as a result of corruption “exceeds 10 billion rubles” (280 million US dollars), prosecutors bring charges in only one case in six and then bring to trial only slightly more than a third of those.

Vyachesav Korochkin, vice president of a Russian organization for small and mid-sized businesses, says that Titov may be correct if one considers only the number of bribes, but he points out that “corruption is not only and already not so much about bribes as about a broad range of means” officials use to extract money from business.

One reason Russian officials argue they are making progress is that Russia ranked 127th out of 177 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index in 2013, an apparent improvement from 133rdplace a year earlier.  But that reflected less an improvement in Russia, experts say, than the deterioration of conditions elsewhere.

At present, these experts say, Russia ranks alongside Azerbaijan, the Gambia, Nicaragua, and Pakistan in terms of corruption.

According to research conducted by Korchkin’s organization, 67 percent of Russian businessmen are now paying bribes, with 49 percent saying that this is “profitable for both sides,” although they acknowledge that officials far more often than businessmen initiative demands for such transactions.

On paper, Russia’s anti-corruption effort looks quite good, Panfilova says, but “as always,” the actual situation is “not very” because the declared policies have very little impact on “the human factor.”  Korochkin agrees: he says Moscow’s anti-corruption campaigns has not reduced bribes but only changed their form to ostensibly legal arrangements.

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New French Cabinet Expected to Oust Prominent Leftistsby By DAN BILEFSKY and LIZ ALDERMAN

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 8:53 AM

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A day after infighting led to the collapse of the government, Prime Minister Manuel Valls is expected to appoint centrist political allies in a bid to crush an open rebellion in his Socialist Party.

Window on Eurasia: New Film Documents than 10 Percent of Russian Troops in World War I were Tatarsby paul goble (noreply@blogger.com)

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 8:53 AM

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            Staunton, August 26 – A new documentary film, “Unnoticed Heroes of a Not Well-Known War,” released in Moscow as part of Days of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, calls attention to one aspect of that conflict few know about: ten percent of the Russian subjects mobilized to fight in World War I, some 1.5 million men, were Tatars.

Of those – and they include all branches of the Tatar ethnos including the Middle Volga, Siberian, Lithuanian and Crimean – more than 100,000 of these soldiers died for their country, a contribution to victory that Russian historians have seldom noted and almost never stressed (islam-portal.ru/novosti/104/5093/).

(In addition to the Tatars, there were many other Muslim soldiers from the Caucasus, who formed part of the famed Savage Division, even though the Russian imperial authorities did not draft Central Asians and did not even involve the latter in war work until 1916 when efforts to do so sparked a revolt.)

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            Among those attending the premiere of the film were Farid Mukhametshin, the head of the Tatarstan State Council, Ravil Akhmetshin, the plenipotentiary representative of Tatarstan to the Russian Federaiton, Nikolay Svanidze, the television commentator, and Robert Nigmatullin, director of the Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology.”

            Svanidze praised the filmmakers for their prodigious work in gathering information about something few know much about.  World War I for most Russians is an unknown territory, and the role of non-Russians in that conflict is seldom even mentioned let alone discussed.  He said that “speaking honestly, [he] did not know” about the role of the Tatars.

            And he stressed that in his view, “the film must be shown not only in Tatarstan” but throughout the Russian Federation.

            This latest example of a recovery of a suppressed past was financed by the government of the Republic of Tatarstan and is a model of what can be done.  As such, it is likely to spark interest in similar projects by other non-Russian nations, leading to productions Moscow can hardly object to but may not be able to control.

            That is because such films not only underscore just how much Russian history has been forgotten or distorted as far as the non-Russians are concerned but also show that the state that demanded their loyalty and sacrifice was quick to ignore their rights as soon as that conflict was over.

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Russia Plans New Aid Convoy; Ukraine Says Moscow Moved Tanks - Wall Street Journal

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 8:52 AM

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Russia Plans New Aid Convoy; Ukraine Says Moscow Moved Tanks Wall Street Journal MOSCOW—Russia said it wants to send a second convoy of what it calls humanitarian aid into Ukraine in the coming days, while Kiev accused Moscow of moving tanks across the border, further damping hopes for peace talks between the Ukrainian and ... Ukraine troops battled Russian armoured column, claims KievThe Guardian Ukraine crisis: 'Column from Russia' crosses borderBBC News As Peace Talks Approach, Rebels Humiliate Prisoners in UkraineNew York Times Sydney Morning Herald -The Independent all 3,542 news articles »

Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in Ukraine - The Guardian

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Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in Ukraine The Guardian "The soldiers really did participate in a patrol of a section of the Russian-Ukrainian border, crossed it by accident on an unmarked section, and as far as we understand showed no resistance to the armed forces of Ukraine when they were detained," a ... Ukrainian forces capture 10 Russian soldiersFox News Captured Russian troops 'in Ukraine by accident'BBC News Ukraine, Russian leaders meet after Kiev captures Moscow troopsYahoo! Voices The Atlantic -CNN all 1,003 news articles »

Belarus hopes to benefit as host of Ukraine-Russia talks - The Guardian

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Belarus hopes to benefit as host of Ukraine-Russia talks The Guardian This summer marks the 20th year in office for Lukashenko, who has long had a reputation as Europe's last dictator. But the negotiations in Minsk – the first meeting between the two presidents since a 15-minute conversation in Normandy in June – will ... and more »

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Сепаратисты Донбасса объявили о захвате границы с РФ от Саур-Могилы до Азовского моря. В СНБО опровергают NEWSru.com Войска самопровозглашенной Донецкой народной республики захватили Саур-Могилу, высочайшую точку в области, и установили контроль над границей с Россией до Азовского моря, заявляют в штабе ДНР. Между тем в Совете национальной безопасности и обороны (СНБО) ... Штаб армии ДНР заявил о контроле над границей с Россией до Азовского моря, в Киеве это опроверглиBFM.Ru Ополченцы после долгих боев отбили Саур-МогилуНТВ.ru Донецкие ополченцы вернули контроль над стратегической высотой Саур-МогилаМосковский комсомолец РИА Новости -Вести.Ru -ЛІГА.net Все похожие статьи: 68 »

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Proof grows Moscow army involved in Ukraine

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 8:51 AM

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Kiev releases videos of four captured Russian soldiers who say they were sent by Moscow to eastern Ukraine for military operations

На Украине задержаны военнослужащие регулярных российских войск by Радио Свобода

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Саммит в Минске: Порошенко надеется на соглашение о мире - YouTube

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Поиск путей урегулирования кризиса на Украине - главная тема сегодняшней встречи в Минске между лидерами стран Таможенного союза, представителями Еврокомиссии и украинским президентом. По прибытии в белорусскую столицу Петр Порошенко выразил надежду, что результатом дискуссий станет соглашение о мире на земле Украины. Не исключено, что в рамках минского саммита Порошенко проведет первые прямые переговоры со своим российским коллегой Владимиром Путиным.

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Russian and Ukrainian Presidents to Meet in Belarusby By ANDREW HIGGINS

Tuesday August 26th, 2014 at 8:06 AM

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Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine are to hold peace talks, as Kiev claims to have captured 10 Russian soldiers.

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» Putin and Poroshenko Set Out Different Paths to Peace in Ukraine
26/08/14 14:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. President Vladimir Putin urged his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday not to escalate an offensive against pro-Moscow rebels, and threatened economic retaliation for signing a t...

» Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin threatens trade sanctions over neighbour's EU deal
26/08/14 14:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged his Ukrainian counterpart not to escalate an offensive against pro-Moscow rebels, and threatened economic retaliation for signing a trade accor...

» Ukraine crisis: Russian soldiers captured in conflict area crossed border 'by accident'
26/08/14 11:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Russian soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces crossed the border accidentally, a source from Russia's Defence Ministry has reportedly claimed.

» Российские военные случайно оказались на Украине - Утро.Ru
26/08/14 11:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Утро.Ru Российские военные случайно оказались на Украине Утро.Ru Российские военные патрулировали участок границы и, вероятно, нечаянно ее пересекли. При задержании украинскими сил...

» Two Suspected Militants Killed In Russia's Volatile Daghestan
26/08/14 11:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan have killed two suspected militants in a shootout.

» Канада готова отстаивать Арктику силой - BBC Russian
26/08/14 11:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Lenta.ru Канада готова отстаивать Арктику силой BBC Russian Канада обеспокоена военными приготовлениями России в Арктике и готова отстаивать свои интересы в регионе силой, заявил м...

» Корабли НАТО направляются в Черное море - Правда.Ру
26/08/14 11:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости Корабли НАТО направляются в Черное море Правда.Ру Сразу два корабля НАТО прибудут в Черное море 3 сентября: эсминец УРО Ross Военно-морских сил США и фрегат Commandant ...

» Russia claims soldiers captured by Ukraine crossed border by accident - Fox News
26/08/14 11:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Fox News Russia claims soldiers captured by Ukraine crossed border by accident Fox News The Russian government has claimed that a group of soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine had cro...

» Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in Ukraine
26/08/14 11:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Issue of captured soldiers to be discussed at meeting between Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday afternoon Defence ministry source claims captured soldiers seen on video ...

» Ukraine Liveblog Day 190: Russian Paratroopers Captured In Ukraine
26/08/14 11:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Yesterday’s liveblog can be found here . An archive of our liveblogs can be found here . For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast ....

» Putin will meet with Ukrainian counterpart in high-stakes summit amid tense situation
26/08/14 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News: News and Headlines from Europe - The Washington Post. KIEV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet the Ukrainian president Tuesday in a tense high-stakes summit just one day afte...

» Russian Regulator Seeks Leverage Over Moody's, Fitch and S&P
26/08/14 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. As International ratings agencies may soon have to create Russian subsidiaries governed by the Central Bank to continue operating in the country, as Russia continues its campa...

» Силы АТО закрепились на занятых рубежах и отражают атаки противника, за сутки ликвидировали более 200 боевиков - СНБО - Интерфакс - Украина
26/08/14 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. УНИАН Силы АТО закрепились на занятых рубежах и отражают атаки противника, за сутки ликвидировали более 200 боевиков - СНБО Интерфакс - Украина Украинские военнослужащие держат обо...

» Window on Eurasia: No Basis for Moscow’s Claims that Russian Corruption has Declined, Experts Say
26/08/14 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, August 26 – Independent Russian experts say that there is no basis for the cl...

» Приют для попугаев - YouTube
26/08/14 10:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Aug 26, 2014 Проект «Перри» принимает экзо...

» New French Cabinet Expected to Oust Prominent Leftists
26/08/14 09:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. A day after infighting led to the collapse of the government, Prime Minister Manuel Valls is expected to appoint centrist political allies in a bid to crush an open rebellion in his Social...

» Window on Eurasia: New Film Documents than 10 Percent of Russian Troops in World War I were Tatars
26/08/14 09:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Window on Eurasia -- New Series. Paul Goble               Staunton, August 26 – A new documentary film, “Unnoticed Heroes of a Not Well-Known War...

» Russia Plans New Aid Convoy; Ukraine Says Moscow Moved Tanks - Wall Street Journal
26/08/14 09:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal Russia Plans New Aid Convoy; Ukraine Says Moscow Moved Tanks Wall Street Journal MOSCOW— Russia said it wants to send a second convoy of what it calls humanitarian...

» Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in Ukraine - The Guardian
26/08/14 09:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Russia admits its soldiers have been caught in Ukraine The Guardian "The soldiers really did participate in a patrol of a section of the Russian -Ukrainian border, c...

» Belarus hopes to benefit as host of Ukraine-Russia talks - The Guardian
26/08/14 09:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Belarus hopes to benefit as host of Ukraine- Russia talks The Guardian This summer marks the 20th year in office for Lukashenko, who has long had a reputation as Europe's...

» Сепаратисты Донбасса объявили о захвате границы с РФ от Саур-Могилы до Азовского моря. В СНБО опровергают - NEWSru.com
26/08/14 09:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. ЛІГА.net Сепаратисты Донбасса объявили о захвате границы с РФ от Саур-Могилы до Азовского моря. В СНБО опровергают NEWSru.com Войска самопровозглашенной Донецкой народной республик...

» Proof grows Moscow army involved in Ukraine
26/08/14 09:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Kiev releases videos of four captured Russian soldiers who say they were sent by Moscow to eastern Ukraine for military operations

» На Украине задержаны военнослужащие регулярных российских войск
26/08/14 09:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uploads by Радио Свобода. На Украине задержаны военнос&...

» Саммит в Минске: Порошенко надеется на соглашение о мире - YouTube
26/08/14 09:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Aug 26, 2014 Поиск путей урегулирования к ...

» Russian and Ukrainian Presidents to Meet in Belarus
26/08/14 09:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine are to hold peace talks, as Kiev claims to have captured 10 Russian soldiers.

» Taliban Beheads Village Mullah In Western Afghanistan
26/08/14 09:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An official says Taliban militants have beheaded a village mullah in Afghanistan's western Farah Province after accusing him of cooperating with the government.

» U.S. Activist Leaves Russia After Court Ruling
26/08/14 09:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. American human rights activist Jennifer Gaspar has left Russia and is now in the Czech capital, Prague, with her child.

» Belarus hopes to benefit as host of Ukraine-Russia talks
26/08/14 09:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Regardless of whether talks produce results, they will help bring Minsk out of isolation, say experts While expectations of a breakthrough at Tuesday's meeting between the Russian pr...

» Ukraine says video shows Russian soldiers detained in east Ukraine - YouTube
26/08/14 08:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Aug 26, 2014 Ukrainian security services releases video footage purporting to show Russian servicemen who were captured by government forces on the Ukrainian territory. Rough Cut (no reporter nar...

» Obama Weakness Encourages Putin to Take Ukraine
26/08/14 07:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Wall Street Daily. The days are growing shorter in Ukraine. The summer of fighting will soon be over, and a brief, cold fall will be followed by a bitter winter . Russia is anticipating the end of the figh...

» Dispute over captured Russian soldiers before Putin-Poroshenko talks
26/08/14 07:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . By Andrei Makhovsky and Alessandra Prentice MINSK/KIEV Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:33am EDT MINSK/KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine released video footage on Tuesday of what it said were Russian soldiers captured on its territ...

» Режиму Порошенко нужна "карманная" Рада, считают в Госдуме
26/08/14 06:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Российское Информационное Агентство "РИА Новости". МОСКВА, 26 авг — РИА Новосm...

» Целься в русских: Польша и Прибалтика требуют от навести ЕвроПРО на РФ - Политика, В мире
26/08/14 06:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Требование адресовано НАТО и связ&...

» Газета - Украинский кризис вышел на саммит
26/08/14 06:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Сегодня в Минске президенты РФ и Ук...

» ДНИ.РУ ИНТЕРНЕТ-ГАЗЕТА ВЕРСИЯ 5.0 / НАТО оправдалось за Польшу перед Москвой
26/08/14 06:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Дни.ру. 12:40 / 26.08.2014 В НАТО отказались комментиро...

» Три новых «котла». Ополченцы окружили до 7 тысяч украинских военных
26/08/14 06:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Бойцы ДНР заявили о захвате украин...