The U.S. should send aid to democracy’s front lines in Ukraine

The U.S. should send aid to democracy’s front lines in Ukraine


Britain Surveillance Law Reform Urged in Government-Ordered Report
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:26 PM

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LONDON — Amid growing debate in Europe over electronic spying, an independent report on Thursday called for changes to Britain’s surveillance laws, arguing that they are undemocratic and opaque, and that they risk eroding confidence in the oversight of intelligence agencies.
Seeking to balance fears over terrorist threats with concerns over privacy, the document highlighted growing challenges for the spy agencies, including encryption, and said they should be able to continue bulk collection of intercepted data, though with better oversight.
But the report by a senior lawyer, David Anderson, argued that Britain’s main legislation on electronic surveillance was “incomprehensible to all but a tiny band of initiates,” a situation further confused by other laws “without statutory safeguards.”
“This state of affairs is undemocratic, unnecessary and – in the long run – intolerable,” said the 373-page document, the result of an inquiry which took almost a year to complete.
The report was commissioned with cross-party support by an act of Parliament last year, but Prime Minister David Cameron is not obligated to make any of the recommended changes.
There has been vigorous debate across Europe over potential threats to privacy, prompted by the release of documents two years ago by Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor.
In Germany, the government has been embroiled in a dispute over reports that its spies cooperated with the N.S.A., a source of embarrassment to Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who made her anger known when allegations surfaced that her own cellphone was monitored.
The privacy issue is generally seen as less sensitive in Britain, partly because of greater support for the intelligence agencies, and worries about the potential threat from Britons returning home after fighting with jihadists in Syria and Iraq. But Mr. Anderson, who reviews the way the country’s terrorism laws work, argued that this degree of consent was at risk because of the flawed approach to .
“The threat that I see of not accepting my recommendations, or recommendations along these lines,” Mr. Anderson said, “is that people become disenchanted with the whole business of intelligence gathering. They believe some of the wilder allegations that came out of the Snowden affair – I would say unfounded wild allegations that the state is reading into people’s emails the whole time when patently it isn’t.”
“If this sense of disillusionment and disenchantment is perpetuated and spreads further,” he said, “then I think both law enforcement and intelligence lose the public confidence that they actually need if they are going to do an effective job.”
In mid-2014, Mr. Anderson was asked to specifically examine powers given to the British authorities, including the interception of communications and electronic data.
His main proposal calls for the creation of an Independent Surveillance and Intelligence Commission to oversee the intelligence agencies, which would include serving or retired judges who would provide judicial authorization for most surveillance warrants. Almost all such warrants are currently authorized by a senior minister in Britain.
A new law “should be drafted from scratch,” the report said while also suggesting that the “capability of the security and intelligence agencies to practice bulk collection of intercepted material and associated date should be retained.”
Mr. Anderson told reporters that he was not recommending extensive new powers. “I am saying there already are very extensive powers and they need to be properly regulated,” he said.
The document is significant because the British government wants to give the authorities new powers over electronic surveillance. The exact measures have not been made public, but they could force Internet service providers and mobile operators to record more data about whom people call, text, instant message and engage with on social media.
The expanded authority, widely known as the “snoopers charter,” was blocked under the previous government by the junior coalition partner, the Liberal Democrats. But now that Mr. Cameron has been re-elected with a parliamentary majority, he is in a position to proceed.
The findings of the Anderson review published Thursday are expected to feed into that plan for new legislation. The Home Secretary, Theresa May, said she would consider the findings but did not commit to abiding by them.
Mr. Anderson was cautious about any move to force companies to retain the browsing history of their clients, but he argued that his proposals might make American technology companies more willing to cooperate with British intelligence agencies because some companies in the United States “disliked” the idea of ministers, rather than judges, authorizing warrants.
“One major company went so far as to suggest that if the U.K. introduced judicial authorization, more cooperation would be forthcoming, though I was not left with the impression that this was a universal view,” the report said.
Cian Murphy, a legal expert at King’s College, London, welcomed the conclusions. “The report acknowledges the challenges — for both privacy and security — in the current law and sets out a blueprint for a new legal architecture,” he said. “It gives Britain the best possible chance for effective and proportionate powers, in compliance with the law and protective of civil liberties.”
There was also a positive reaction from Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, a British group that campaigns for civil liberties. “Whilst we don’t agree with all his conclusions,” she said in a statement, “Mr. Anderson’s intervention could be the beginning of rebuilding public trust in surveillance conducted with respect for privacy, democracy and the law. It is further vindication of Edward Snowden’s courage.”
Opposition politicians have argued that Britain has been slower to debate the issues than the United States.
Critics have long argued that British laws are too broad, focusing particularly on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. They say the act has allowed bodies like municipalities access to metadata for electronic activity — information about emails, telephone calls and websites visited, but not the content.
Surveillance can be authorized for purposes that include preventing disorder or collecting tax, according to Liberty. The police have also used the law to make applications to uncover the sources of journalists.
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Ukraine's president Poroshenko visits Mariupol trenches
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:25 PM

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Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko today paid a visit to his country's war stricken Donetsk region to inspect progress on defence capabilities, as violence in nearby towns continues to increase.
Poroshenko visited the strategic stronghold Mariupol as Ukraine continues with its plan to build 300 fortification sites in different regions of the country. During his visit the president said that 100 defence facilities were already built and estimated that the rest would be finished by the end of July.
The fortifications consist of a sequence of trenches connecting armed control and communication centres in areas near the conflict zone such as Mariupol. Poroshenko said pro-government forces would "work 24 hours a day" to ensure that Ukraine's defences are up to scratch. The estimated cost of construction for the project is around one billion hryvna (€42m).
The fortifications provide a wider containment range in case of rebel advances from the east, as Poroshenko told press that the ceasefire agreement signed between Ukraine, Russia and separatist leaders in Minsk, Belarus last February had allowed Ukraine to reinforce facilities on the frontlines with a second line of defence to support the first.
"They asked me why we needed the Minsk agreement. Firstly, it was because we need peace. Secondly, it was because that gave us a chance to recover our battle readiness and rebuild the line of defence," Poroshenko told Ukrainskaya Pravda.
Prior to Poroshenko's visit to Mariupol, Shyrokyne, the town which stands between the port city and rebel-held territory was targeted by a grenade launcher attack according to Ukrainian volunteer fighters from battalion Sector M who spoke to local outlet 0629. Another pro-Kiev volunteer battalion called Azov confirmed accounts of fighting near the town, claiming two of its fighters were lightly wounded while another was killed.
Mariupol has been a frequent target of rebel advances but Ukrainian forces have retained control of the city since 13 June last year.
Speaking ahead of the one year anniversary since pro-Ukrainian troops wrestled control from the pro-Russain rebels in Mariupol, Poroshenko commended citizens on showing "that Mariupol is Ukraine". He and the presidential apparatus laid flowers during a moment's silence at a memorial site for locals who have died as a result of the war in the city's west.
Violence has sporadically increased in eastern Ukraine as a massive buildup of Russian troops and military vehicles has been reported in recent weeks on the border between the two countries, while individuals with Russian military insignia have been spotted in eastern Ukraine.
Earlier this month an artillery fight broke out between Ukrainian and pro-Russian forces near the Donetsk village of Marinka, a populated area. Both sides accusing one another of starting the fight and claiming that Marinka was theirs, though the independent observer mission in eastern Ukraine (OSCE) confirmed Marinka was under Ukrainian control all along and pro-Russian fighters had indeed utilised artillery despite their denials.
In late May rebel leader Alexander Zaharchenko vowed to take three towns in eastern Ukraineincluding Slavyansk, which saw fighting in the streets when Ukraine's defence forces retook it from separatists last spring.
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Pedro Zerolo: Activist who helped Spain become first country to recognise same-sex marriage passes away aged 55 - Europe - World
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:24 PM

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Pedro Zerolo passed away on 9 June, 18 months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which one Catholic priest described as being “a punishment from God”.
Mr Zerolo, a politician and lawyer, helped to persuade the Socialist government of Jose Luis Zapatero to legalise gay marriage in 2005, despite Spain’s deeply entrenched Catholic history. A few months later, Mr Zerolo married his long-term partner, Jesus Santos.
Asked to describe how he felt about the first wedding between two gay people in Madrid, in July 2005, just a month after the law changed, Mr Zerolo said it was, “a triumph of common sense and the state of law”.
The traditionally conservative Catholic Church in Spain said at the time that the legislation brought, “a danger of the weakening of the institution of marriage and, at the same time, of proper social order”.
Only the Netherlands and Belgium legislated in favour of gay marriage before Spain. As a result of the change, the Spanish legal system now refers to “spouses” rather than a “husband and wife” as it did previously.
In an interview with the liberal-leaning El Pais newspaper shortly before his death, Mr Zerolo said that he was not afraid of dying.
“I am ill, you know that,” he said. “Illness has taught me that you reap what you sow. I have been surprised at all the sympathy I’ve been getting from strangers.
“I think that, in order to beat this, you cannot be afraid. Fear is defeated through calm, by being calm with yourself. Without fear, you feel that life is on your side...”
Born in 1960 in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, where his father had moved after being exiled from Franco’s Spain, Mr Zerolo later moved to Madrid to complete his legal studies.
He quickly became a leading light in Madrid’s gay scene and a passionate advocate for equality and human rights.
Mr Zerolo became head of the Spanish Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals in 1998 and when Mr Zapatero was elected in 2004, he asked Mr Zerolo to work on the radical legislation. He was later elected to Madrid’s city council as Socialist and, in February, was elected as the party’s head in the capital, despite knowing that his illness was terminal.
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The party’s current leader, Pedro Sanchez, issued a statement, saying that Mr Zerolo, “taught us that all forms of diversity are part of socialism.” Mr Zerolo had tried to run to be Madrid’s mayor in 2007, but failed to win the Socialist party’s nomination, which some blamed on homophobia within certain elements of the party.
Gay rights groups said he had been an activist, “until his last breath”.
Spain is now considered to be one of world’s most gay-friendly countries. A Pew Research Centre poll in 2013 revealed that 88 per cent of people when asked, “should society accept homosexuality,” answered favourably, the highest of anywhere in the world.
Just six per cent of respondents said that homosexuality was “morally unacceptable”.
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U.S. Says Russia 'Arming, Bankrolling, Fighting' Alongside Ukraine Rebels
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:23 PM

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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Russia is "training, arming, bankrolling, and fighting alongside" pro-Moscow rebels battling government forces in eastern Ukraine.
In an emotional June 11 address to an audience in Kyiv, Samantha Power accused Russia of spreading "outright lies" about the Ukraine conflict intended to hide its involvement in a war she portrayed as aimed at thwarting Kyiv's alliance with the West.
She acknowledged that Ukraine faced problems even "before Russia began training, arming, bankrolling, and fighting alongside its separatist proxies in eastern Ukraine, something the Kremlin continues to deny."
Lauding Ukraine's record on media freedoms and transparency in the face of its conflict with Russia, Power accused Moscow of fomenting unrest in Ukraine in order to derail reform efforts after last year's Maidan street protests that helped oust former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
"It seems the Russian government's cynical calculation in fueling this aggression was that a new Ukrainian government and newly empowered Ukrainian civil society would be so consumed by the military threat to their nation and so burdened by its destabilizing effects that they would not be able to focus on carrying out the project of the Maidan," Power said.
The Kremlin denies it is backing the separatists in eastern Ukraine despite evidence of direct military involvement, and Russian officials characterize the Maidan movement and Yanukovych's ouster as a Western-backed "coup."
Power said the United States remained supportive of a Minsk cease-fire deal that has been shaky since its inception in February, with the heaviest fighting in months breaking out in Ukraine's east last week between Ukrainian government forces and the Russia-backed rebels.
She said earlier that most violations had been carried out by separatists and by the reappearance on the battlefield of heavy weapons, which had previously been withdrawn.
Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have accused both Kyiv and separatist fighters of breaching the cease-fire, which required the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the so-called line of contact.
Power's trip to Kyiv came as two Ukrainian soldiers and three civilians were killed in separate incidents in eastern Ukraine.
More than 6,400 people have been killed since fighting erupted in Ukraine's east in April 2014, one month after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine.
Moscow has portrayed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russian last month as a sign of Washington's interest in overcoming the impasse over Ukraine.
But the United States and the European Union have continued to deliver sharp public criticism of Moscow and stress the importance of maintaining sanctions against Russia as punishment for the Kremlin's interference in Ukraine.
Power said that Washington will "continue to raise the costs" for Russia if it "continues to disregard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine" and "continues to violate the rules upon which international peace and security rest."
Power also said Washington would continue to advocate for the release of Ukrainian pilot and parliament member Nadia Savchenko, who has been jailed in Russia since July.
Savchenko says she was forcibly brought into Russia after being abducted by separatists in eastern Ukraine. She is charged with complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists who died in the Ukraine conflict, as well as illegal border crossing. She denies her guilt and says Russia has no right to detain her.
"The United States will continue to press tirelessly for Nadia's release, as well as the release of all Ukrainians who are being held illegally by the so-called separatists and by Russia," Power said.
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Washington accuses Russia of 'outright lies' on Ukraine
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:22 PM

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Kiev (AFP) - Washington's UN envoy accused Russia on Thursday of spinning "outright lies" on Ukraine designed to hide the Kremlin's direct involvement in a war it launched to thwart Kiev's pro-Western drive.
Samantha Power's address to a crowd of hundreds in Kiev delivered one of Washington's toughest messages to Moscow since the warring sides grudgingly signed off on a loosely-defined truce in February that threatened to collapse last week.
Her emotional 70-minute speech also came a year into a presidency Petro Poroshenko has used to try to wipe out decades of crippling corruption and anaemic economic growth that left Ukraine reliant on Russian help.
Power said Russia launched the war in Ukraine's vital eastern industrial heartland 14 months ago in order to drain the new government's remaining financial resources and undermine its public support.
She charged that the Kremlin then tried to disguise its agenda through a torrent of media propaganda and disingenuous speeches at global venues such as the United Nations Security Council -- messages that helped President Vladimir Putin's domestic support touch record highs.
"The focus on Ukraine in the Security Council is important because it gives me the chance -- on behalf of the United States -- to lay out the mounting evidence of Russia's aggression, its obfuscation, and its outright lies," said Power.
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Putin has resolutely denied sending special forces into Ukraine's battle-scarred Donetsk and Lugansk provinces -- a predominantly Russian-speaking region with ancient cultural links to Moscow.
The Kremlin strongman has called armed Russians discovered in the war zone "volunteers" and patriotic off-duty soldiers who were answering "a call of the heart".
That message has been rejected by Washington and its EU allies. Leaders of the G7 group of the world's richest nations threatened on Monday to toughen their economic sanctions on Russia should the bloodshed grow any worse.
But Moscow had viewed a rare meeting between Putin and US Secretary of State John Kerry -- held in what both sides described as a constructive atmosphere last month -- as a sign of the West gradually softening its tone.
Power's public appearance worked in part to dispell that speculation and reassure increasingly-disenchanted Ukrainians that Washington remained firmly on their side.
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"You are still living in the revolution, and delivering on its promise will require all the resilience, smarts and compassion you've got," said Power.
"And that was before Russian troops occupied Crimea (in March 2014) -- something the Kremlin denied at the time, but has since admitted, and before Russia began training, arming, bankrolling, and fighting alongside its so-called separatist proxies in eastern Ukraine, something the Kremlin continues to deny," Power added.
"The Ukrainian people -– stay engaged in the reform process," she urged.
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Last week's fighting -- which was along the twisting line splitting the rebel-overseen region of around four million from the rest of Ukraine -- killed more than 30 people and rattled the nerves of EU powers Germany and France.
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The two countries were instrumental in forging the so-called Minsk Agreements that aimed to finally settle one of Europe's most destabilising conflicts in decades.
But a quiet spell at the start of the week was followed by a new day of fighting that officials from both sides said claimed the lives of two soldiers and four civilians.
The United Nations estimates that the entire campaign has killed nearly 6,500 people and driven more than a million from their homes.
But Ukrainians' frustration with seemingly ceaseless warfare has been compounded by a growing list of economic problems that have left Ukraine's state coffers barren and the lives of many much worse off than they had been in years past.
Kiev has warned that its inability to win any relief from its private lenders may force it to stop servicing its outstanding debt payments as early as next week.
Such a decision would push Ukraine into a technical default and make its return to sustainable growth even more complex.
Ukraine's main private creditors warned on Thursday that they were "deeply concerned" by Kiev's current debt negotiating position.
It "is not in the interests of Ukraine," they said in a joint statement.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn verdict: Court to announce whether former IMF chief is guilty of 'aggravated pimping' - Europe - World
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:21 PM

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Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was tried for "aggravated pimping"
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The verdict will close a 4-year-long legal saga
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A French court is set to decide whether former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is guilty of “aggravated pimping” following a series of orgies.
The verdict on Friday will bring an end to a four-year legal saga which was sparked by a New York hotel maid, who accused the financier of sexual assault in 2011. The case was later settled out of court.
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Strauss-Kahn and more than a dozen other defendants - including hotel managers, entrepreneurs, a lawyer and a police chief - are accused of participating in or organising collective sexual encounters in Paris, Washington and in the Brussels region between 2008 and 2011, when Strauss-Kahn was IMF chief, and married.
He told the court that he attended the orgy-like sex parties because he needed “recreational sessions” while he was busy “saving the world” from the financial crash, and stressed he did not know the women involved were prostitutes.
However, the sex workers have painted a different picture in court, with one describing the parties as “beast-like scenes”. 
The sometimes tearful testimony of two prostitutes cast a harsh light on Strauss-Kahn's sometimes brutal sexual practices. But they testified that they had never told him directly about their professions.
If found guilty each defendant faces up to 10 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if convicted.
But it is predicted that the Kahn will be acquitted due to limited evidence pointing to a punishable crime.
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Bill Bradley: 5 Steps for Peace in Ukraine
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:21 PM

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Bill Bradley is a former U.S. senator.
In Ukraine, lives continue to be lost, families are split, property is destroyed, the economy is decimated, ethnic divisions proliferate, and political unity remains non-existent. The human tragedy grows every day. The U.S., Europe, and Russia seem deadlocked, unable to understand the other’s point of view.
Ukraine inflamed tensions recently by giving Ukrainian citizenship to Mikheil Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia, and then appointing him governor of the Odessa province. The chance for wider war lurks in the background with all that would mean for the Ukrainian people, Europe, and the U.S.-Russian relationship. As with many international events, the Ukrainian crisis has occurred in a broader historical context.
At the end of the Cold War, the prevailing view in Washington was that the U.S. was strong, and Russia was weak and did not count in a unipolar world. We disregarded Russia’s opposition to NATO expansion, the Iraq War, and the U.S.-led military intervention in Serbia for the independence of Kosovo. We went back on our assurances to Russia that the air war on Libya was limited to saving civilian lives and did not include regime change. We withdrew from the ABM Treaty and even suggested that Ukraine and Georgia join NATO.
With each rejection, Russia’s resentment grew. Confronted by the West’s support for the pro-Europe protests in Independence Square in 2013 (Euromaidan) and the unlawful deposition of President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, Russia’s accumulated uneasiness over the West’s intentions increased, and its military intervention in Eastern Ukraine soon began. The U.S. actions in Kosovo—carving out an independent state based on ethnicity from within a sovereign nation—provided the precedent for Russia to carve Crimea out of Ukraine.
Given all these events, many people declare that a new Cold War has arrived. I don’t agree. It is not too late to repair our relationship with Russia, but real improvement starts with Ukraine—a country of historical strategic interest for Russia and no strategic interest for us.
In May, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and German Chancellor Angela Merkel both held meetings with Putin, signaling that diplomatic efforts may be beginning to break the current stalemate over the Ukraine crisis. Such efforts must recognize, in retrospect, that all parties are responsible for the current situation: Russia, in its military interventions; the U.S. and Europe, in attempting to bring Ukraine exclusively into the Western sphere, especially NATO; and Ukraine itself, in not taking advantage of opportunities over the last 20 years to improve its governance, reduce corruption, and create greater national unity.
Accepting this shared responsibility for the crisis in Ukraine, we can pursue an understanding that recognizes both the legitimacy of Russia’s concerns about security threats on its border and the importance of self-determination by the Ukrainian people. Such a deal would have five features:
  1. Russian forces would withdraw from eastern Ukraine, and Russia would accept Ukraine’s current borders in a binding treaty.
  2. Ukraine would agree never join NATO.
  3. Ukraine would be allowed membership in both the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union.
  4. A new, internationally supervised referendum would be held in Crimea on whether to join Russia, remain part of Ukraine, or become independent, as Michael O’Hanlon of the Brookings Institution and others have suggested, thereby providing a victory to the West’s core values by promoting authentically democratic self—determination, as opposed to the phony democracy practiced in the referendum held in Crimea last year.
  5. All economic sanctions on Russia would be lifted.
In short, as the West pursues renewed negotiations with Russia over the Ukraine crisis, these negotiations should not be expected to produce simply a series of Russian concessions. To this suggestion hard-liners in the West will inevitably characterize such thinking as “appeasement.” But compromise is not the same thing as appeasement, especially considering that Putin appears more a tactical opportunist than a strategic warmonger. Providing Russia a sense of territorial security by promising not to expand NATO to Ukraine or Georgia will eliminate the major excuse for expansionist aggression that Putin offers to his people.
Moreover, no alternative proposals to solve the current crisis in Ukraine seem plausible. Economic sanctions and falling oil prices will not alone convert Kremlin behavior via popular pressure, as Putin’s intransigence and high approval ratings among the Russian people indicate. With oil prices now rising, and the ruble partially recovering its value, counting on convulsive economic trouble in Russia would be quixotic.
Since Ukraine is not a member of NATO or vital to critical U.S. interests, Washington should not confront Russia militarily or lead a coalition to do so. And since shipping arms to Ukraine will only escalate the violence with no guarantee of Kiev’s victory over Russia-backed Eastern Ukraine, the U.S. should avoid sending military aid into the region.
What can eliminate Russia’s insecurity is a militarily neutral Ukraine—one that may prosper economically to its fullest potential by being a pawn of neither the West nor of Russia. Militarily neutral, Ukraine would be allowed to participate in both the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union.
By demonstrating to Russia that the U.S. respects its territorial security, the U.S. could secure the trust of Russia’s people and possibly revive our relationship with the Russian government. And with this crisis behind them, the U.S. and Russia could renew a productive partnership on many of the important problems confronting both of us, including Islamic terrorism, nuclear weapons in Iran, and the long-neglected nuclear arms control process. The U.S. and the current Russian government may not be best of friends, but at least we can avoid becoming enemies.
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The U.S. should send aid to democracy’s front lines in Ukraine
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:15 PM

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kiev, Ukraine, this month. (Sergey Dolzhenko/European Pressphoto Agency)
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IN THE past several months, Ukraine’s freely elected government has taken dramatic steps to reform its economy, fight corruption and rebuild democratic institutions. It has imposed painful austerity on average Ukrainians, stripped oligarchs of political and economic privileges and rewritten laws to encourage free enterprise and foreign investment. It has done all this even while fighting a low-gradewar against Russia, which has deployed an estimated 10,000 troops to eastern Ukraine and, with its local proxies, attacks Ukrainian forces on a near-daily basis.
Ukrainian leaders such as Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who visited Washington this week, see themselves as fighting on the front line in defense of Western democracy against Vladimir Putin’s imperialist autocracy. “This is about the core values of the free world,” he told us. “If we fail, this will be a failure for the entire free world.”
In spite of the government’s exertions, the odds of a Ukrainian collapse remain alarmingly high. In addition to the ongoing Russian-led military assaults, waged in blatant violation of a peace deal Moscow agreed to in February, Mr. Yatsenyuk’s government is struggling to meet staggering financial obligations. Private creditors, including the U.S.-based Franklin Templeton firm, are refusing to cooperate with a debt restructuring, sanctioned by the International Monetary Fund, that is needed to save the country $15 billion over four years.
The United States and European Union have, meanwhile, provided only paltry amounts of help, including $3 billion in U.S. loan guarantees spread over two years. While leaders of the Group of Seven nations agreed at a summit meeting this week to continue sanctions against Russia until it implemented the peace terms to which it agreed, the Obama administration and its European allies continue to deny Ukraine the financial support it desperately needs — not to mention the defensive weapons it has repeatedly requested.
Even symbolic measures of political support have been lacking. While Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Kiev last weekend and promised more aid, President Obama, who, like Mr. Abe, was in Germany for the G-7 meeting, has not visited Ukraine.
Mr. Yatsenyuk said he renewed his request for U.S. military aid in meetings at the White House and in Congress, which already passed with a large bipartisan majority a bill authorizing arms deliveries. To save Ukraine, he said, “you have to stop the war. To stop the war you have to undertake all efforts, including diplomatic and military. We accept that there is no military solution. But there is no way to deter Russia rather than to have a strong and effective Ukrainian military.”
Mr. Yatsenyuk found some support from Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, who “emphasized the continued commitment of the United States and the international community to provide Ukraine with the financial support it needs,” according to a statement. A group of senators the Ukrainian leader met, including Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), endorsed his request for military aid — an appeal that previously has been supported by the secretaries of state and defense.
What’s missing is a decision by Mr. Obama to make the defense of Ukraine a priority. The president has ceded leadership on the issue to Germany and France and overridden those in his administration and Congress who support arms deliveries. In dispatching Secretary of State John F. Kerry to meet Mr. Putin last month, he appeared more intent on obtaining the Russian ruler’s cooperation on Iran than in stopping his ongoing aggression.
A stronger U.S. commitment to Ukraine will not guarantee its success. But Mr. Obama’s lukewarm support risks a catastrophic failure for the cause of Western democracy.
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Foreign Intervention Can Make Us Less Secure
Thursday June 11th, 2015 at 6:10 PM

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan recently made a startling but little-noticed admission: A belligerent foreign policy can actually make the United States less safe.
Appearing on the May 31 edition of the CBS show Face the Nation, Brennan was asked by host Bob Schieffer if President Barack Obama is “just trying to buy time” in the war on terrorism or if he’s “ready to make a full commitment” to winning it.
Brennan, naturally, replied that Obama was doing everything possible “to try to keep this country safe.” “There are,” he said, “no easy solutions” to the problems in the Middle East.
“I think the president has tried to make sure that we're able to push the envelope when we can to protect this country,” Brennan continued. “But we have to recognize that sometimes our engagement and direct involvement will stimulate and spur additional threats to our national security interests.” (Emphasis added.)
Translated from its native Washingtonese, that means that when the U.S. government intervenes in foreign countries — by, for instance, sending in drones to wipe out people attending weddings orfunerals or even schools — the families, friends, compatriots, and coreligionists of those who were killed just might decide to retaliate against Americans. In short, violence against foreigners begets violence against Americans.
While this may seem like common sense, such sentiments have been in short supply in America’s political discourse over the past 14 years. Ever since President George W. Bush declared that the 9/11 attacks were motivated by a hatred of freedom, there has been “an agreed-upon, bipartisan understanding that under no circumstances will officials or politicians acknowledge, or even explore, the concept that foreign policy activities might play a role in compelling U.S. residents [or, for that matter, foreigners], who would not otherwise consider terrorism, to plot and attempt attacks,”observed Micah Zenko, a fellow at — of all places — the Council on Foreign Relations and one of the first people to draw attention to Brennan’s remarks.
Indeed, so ingrained is this mindset among the political class that when then-Texas Representative Ron Paul suggested in a 2007 Republican presidential debate that the terrorists had “attacked us because we’ve been over there … bombing Iraq for 10 years,” former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani responded in stunned amazement that anyone could suggest “that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq.”
Brennan himself participated in the very same charade. In a January 2010 press conference on the attempted downing of an airliner by “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the late Helen Thomas repeatedly asked Brennan, then Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, what Abdulmutallab’s and other terrorists’’ “motivation” was. Brennan responded with the usual bromides about how “Al Qaeda is an organization that is dedicated to murder and wanton slaughter of innocents” and “is just determined to carry out attacks against the homeland.” That is, terrorists are simply evil people who want to harm innocent Americans for no particular reason (other than, perhaps, our rapidly dwindling liberties).
Abdulmutallab, for his part, said at his sentencing that he was motivated to attack the United States “in retaliation for U.S. support of Israel and in retaliation of the killing of innocent and civilian Muslim populations in Palestine, especially in the blockade of Gaza, and in retaliation for the killing of innocent and civilian Muslim populations in Yemen, Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan and beyond, most of them women, children, and noncombatants.”
Moreover, noted Jon Schwarz of The Intercept, “the government’s own sentencing memorandum for Abdulmutallab cites this statement, and points out that trying ‘to retaliate against government conduct’ is part of the legal definition of terrorism.”
Abdulmutallab is hardly the only terrorist or would-be terrorist to state that U.S. foreign policy is what drove him to attack Americans. Faisal Shahzad, who tried to explode a bomb in Times Square in 2010, told a federal court that his attempted atrocity was in response to the United States’ “terrorizing the Muslim nations and the Muslim people” with invasions and drone strikes. And, of course, Osama bin Laden repeatedly announced that he wanted his fellow Muslims to attack America because of its sundry Middle Eastern interventions, not least of which was stationing troops in Muslim holy lands in Saudi Arabia — a grievance that then-Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz admitted in 2003 had “been a huge recruiting device for al Qaeda.”
Even non-terrorists living in countries attacked by the United States can see the effects of U.S. policy.
“What radicals had previously failed to achieve in my village, one drone strike accomplished in an instant: there is now an intense anger and growing hatred of America,” Yemeni activist Farea Al-Muslimi told the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2013, just six days after a drone attack on his village. Al-Muslimi told the panel he had “seen Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula use U.S. strikes to promote its agenda and try to recruit more terrorists.”
Brennan has surely known this all along — the CIA, after all, coined the term “blowback” to refer to the unintended negative consequences of U.S. intervention — and so has much of the rest of official Washington. They have, however, been loath to proclaim it because doing so might call into question the whole imperial enterprise, which could be very bad for both politicians and the military-industrial complex.
Still, with any luck, the breach of protocol in which Brennan engaged will lead to a wider discussion of U.S. foreign policy and its disastrous results. Perhaps then Americans will begin to demand that their government abide by the Founders’ wise counsel to enjoy “peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations” (Thomas Jefferson) instead of going “abroad in search of monsters to destroy” (John Quincy Adams).
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11/06/15 14:32 from Voice of America
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11/06/15 14:21 from Voice of America
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11/06/15 14:16 from FT.com - World, Europe
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11/06/15 14:12 from Voice of America
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» На проникших на военную базу в Латвии россиян завели дело - Газета.Ru
11/06/15 14:12 from В мире – Новости Google
Вести.Ru На проникших на военную базу в Латвии россиян завели дело Газета.Ru Полиция безопасности Латвии возбудила дело на двух россиян, которые проникли на Адажскую военную базу, передает РИА «Новости». Об этом говорится в сообщении пре...
» Egyptian Police Officer Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail
11/06/15 14:11 from Voice of America
An Egyptian court has convicted a police officer of killing a female protester in Cairo earlier this year, and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. The officer had been charged with action that "led to the death" of activist Shaimaa al-S...
» Time to decide, creditors tell Greece
11/06/15 14:10 from FT.com - World, Europe
IMF withdraws negotiating team and European leaders say time for compromise has ended
» Time to decide, creditors tell Athens
11/06/15 14:10 from FT.com - World, Europe
IMF withdraws negotiating team and European leaders say time for compromise has ended
» Яценюк просит открыть дело против директора горящей нефтебазы - Forbes Ukraine
11/06/15 14:09 from В мире – Новости Google
Forbes Ukraine Яценюк просит открыть дело против директора горящей нефтебазы Forbes Ukraine Премьер-министр Арсений Яценюк просит министра внутренних дел Арсена Авакова привлечь к уголовной ответственности директора и главного инженера г...
» Обама: Лукашенко продолжает третировать США - ИА REGNUM
11/06/15 14:09 from В мире – Новости Google
Полит.ру Обама: Лукашенко продолжает третировать США ИА REGNUM Минск, 11 Июня 2015, 21:08 — REGNUM Президент США Барак Обама 10 июня продлил действие федерального закона, предусматривающего санкции в отношении официального Минска, т.к. д...
» Kuwait Upholds 6-year Sentence for Man Over Saudi Criticism
11/06/15 14:07 from Voice of America
Kuwait's Supreme Court has upheld a six-year prison sentence for a man convicted of “insulting” Saudi Arabia and “endangering bilateral relations.” Defense lawyer Badr Bakr says Thursday's ruling against his client, Saleh al-Saeed, canno...
» Новость дня: Евросоюз расставил точки в отношениях с Москвой - ЛІГА.net
11/06/15 14:06 from В мире – Новости Google
ЛІГА.net Новость дня: Евросоюз расставил точки в отношениях с Москвой ЛІГА.net В Европейском парламенте сегодня расставили акценты в отношениях между Брюсселем и Москвой. Евросоюз прямо заявил: отмены санкций и пересмотра отношений не бу...
» Грани Времени. Немолодая Россия. - 11 июня, 2015
11/06/15 14:05 from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода
Новой России – 25 лет! Какой ее видят молодые активисты различных политических лагерей? Состоялась ли она, демократической и благополучной, как обещали Ельцин, Путин, Медведев и снова Путин. «Крымнаш» или не наш? Почему они не уезжают ил...
» Грани Времени. Новые люди новой России. - 11 июня, 2015
11/06/15 14:05 from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода
Новой России – 25 лет! Какой ее видят молодые активисты различных политических лагерей? Состоялась ли она, демократической и благополучной, как обещали Ельцин, Путин, Медведев и снова Путин. «Крымнаш» или не наш? Почему они не уезжают ил...
» Ukraine’s creditors must share its pain
11/06/15 14:02 from FT.com - World, Europe
Private bondholders should accept a haircut in debt talks with Kiev
» Порошенко обещает, что новых народных республик на Украине не будет - ИА REGNUM
11/06/15 13:54 from В мире – Новости Google
РБК Украина Порошенко обещает, что новых народных республик на Украине не будет ИА REGNUM Киев, 11 Июня 2015, 20:54 — REGNUM Новые народные республики более не появятся на территории Украины, заявил президент страны Петр Порошенко в Мари...
» Washington accuses Russia of 'outright lies' on Ukraine - Yahoo News
11/06/15 13:51 from Ukraine - Google News
Yahoo News Washington accuses Russia of 'outright lies' on Ukraine Yahoo News Kiev (AFP) - Washington's UN envoy accused Russia on Thursday of spinning "outright lies" on Ukraine designed to hide the Kremlin's d...
» Germanwings Crash Criminal Inquiry Planned by France
11/06/15 13:50 from NYT > Europe
A panel of judges will investigate whether the airline or any individuals bear responsibility for failing to monitor the psychological health of the co-pilot who crashed the plane.
» France Opens Germanwings Crash Criminal Inquiry
11/06/15 13:50 from NYT > Europe
A panel of judges will investigate whether the airline or any individuals bear responsibility for failing to monitor the psychological health of the co-pilot who crashed the plane.
» FIFA Spokesman’s Favorite FIFA Joke
11/06/15 13:50 from NYT > Europe
Walter De Gregorio, FIFA’s former communications director, resigned on Thursday days after he told a joke about the association’s corruption scandal on Swiss television.
» U.S. Says Russia 'Arming, Bankrolling, Fighting' Alongside Ukraine Rebels
11/06/15 13:50 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Russia is "training, arming, bankrolling, and fighting alongside" pro-Moscow rebels battling government forces in eastern Ukraine.
» Pedro Zerolo: Activist who helped Spain become first country to recognise same-sex marriage passes away aged 55
11/06/15 13:50 from - Europe RSS Feed 
One of Spain’s leading gay rights activists, who was instrumental in ensuring that his country became one of the first in the world to recognise same-sex marriage, has died at the age of 55.
» Hollywood Studios Roll Out Big Budget Flicks
11/06/15 13:47 from Voice of America
Every summer, big Hollywood studios roll out big budget flicks, rich in special effects and celebrity actors. These blockbusters attract large audiences to multiplex and luxury movie theaters. Revenues from domestic and international tic...
» МВД Украины в пятницу предоставит отчет о расследовании пожара на нефтебазе под Киевом - Коммерсантъ
11/06/15 13:47 from В мире – Новости Google
Forbes Ukraine МВД Украины в пятницу предоставит отчет о расследовании пожара на нефтебазе под Киевом Коммерсантъ Министр внутренних дел Арсен Аваков отчитается в пятницу на заседании Кабинета министров о ходе расследования причин пожара...
» UNICEF: Over 20 Million in Yemen in Need of Aid
11/06/15 13:38 from Voice of America
Eighty percent of Yemen's population, or more than 20 million people, need some form of humanitarian assistance as Arab air strikes and civil war ravage the impoverished country, aid agency UNICEF said on Thursday. The figure is up by al...
» Split verdict on the bullying over Greece
11/06/15 13:38 from FT.com - World, Europe
Conflicting narratives of debt crisis are schematic but contain elements of truth
» Jazz Icon Ornette Coleman Dies at 85
11/06/15 13:37 from Voice of America
Legendary saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman died in Manhattan  Thursday morning at the age of 85. His publicist declined to give further details about the cause of death but some media reports say the icon of "Free Jazz" died of c...
» Порошенко настроен освободить «оккупированные территории» к местным выборам - ИА REGNUM
11/06/15 13:37 from В мире – Новости Google
СЕГОДНЯ Порошенко настроен освободить «оккупированные территории» к местным выборам ИА REGNUM Киев, 11 Июня 2015, 20:36 — REGNUM Местные выборы на подконтрольных Украине территориях Донбасса должны пройти 25 октября, заявил президент Укр...
» OSCE Monitor Says Ukraine Separatists Man Checkpoints With Children
11/06/15 13:36 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
A spokesman for the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has said that pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country use children to man some checkpoints, and some o...
» Burundi Opposition to Boycott Elections, Calls Them Unfair
11/06/15 13:36 from Voice of America
A group of 17 political parties have agreed to boycott elections in Burundi because they don't believe they will be free and fair, an opposition leader said Thursday. The opposition groups also are opposed to the current electoral commis...
» Three Million Russians Fall Into Poverty as Crisis Bites
11/06/15 13:33 from The Moscow Times Top Stories
More than 3 million Russians fell below the official poverty line in the first three months of this year as Russia's economy stumbled into a recession, state statistics service Rosstat said Thursday.
» Пауэр призвала Киев обеспечить доставку гумпомощи в Донбасс - РИА Новости
11/06/15 13:32 from В мире – Новости Google
СЕГОДНЯ Пауэр призвала Киев обеспечить доставку гумпомощи в Донбасс РИА Новости Представитель США в ООН Саманта Пауэр заявила, что украинское правительство должно сделать все, что может, чтобы гуманитарная помощь добралась до адресатов ч...
» Top 5 Songs for Week Ending June 13
11/06/15 13:29 from Voice of America
We’re giving you the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending June 13, 2015. This week’s countdown proves that when a hit is truly a HIT…it doesn’t go quietly. Let’s start in fifth place, wh...
» Guatemala Congress to Review Presidential Immunity Over Graft Scandals
11/06/15 13:27 from Voice of America
Guatemala's Supreme Court on Wednesday said Congress would decide whether to strip President Otto Perez of his immunity from prosecution to face investigation over corruption scandals that have battered his government. The Supreme Court ...
» Carrie Underwood Cleans House at CMT Music Awards
11/06/15 13:19 from Voice of America
The CMT Music Awards should be renamed the Carrie Music Television Awards.   Carrie Underwood cleaned house at the Country music awards show Wednesday with three wins, including Video of the Year for "Something In the Water," and she eve...
» Порошенко не собирается снимать экономические ограничения с Донбасса - Газета.Ru
11/06/15 13:17 from В мире – Новости Google
РБК Украина Порошенко не собирается снимать экономические ограничения с Донбасса Газета.Ru Украинский президент Петр Порошенко не собирается способствовать восстановлению экономических связей на неподконтрольных Киеву территориях Донбасс...
» В Китае "короля коррупции" приговорили к пожизненному заключению за взятки и разглашение гостайны - NEWSru.com
11/06/15 13:16 from В мире – Новости Google
NEWSru.com В Китае "короля коррупции" приговорили к пожизненному заключению за взятки и разглашение гостайны NEWSru.com Бывшего члена постоянного комитета политбюро китайской компартии Чжоу Юнкана, которого обвиняли в коррупции...
» Body of American Killed Fighting IS Handed Over to Family
11/06/15 13:13 from Voice of America
The body of an American who died fighting with Kurdish forces against the Islamic State group in Syria was handed over on Thursday to his family at a Turkish border crossing, a Kurdish official said. Hundreds of people turned up in the K...
» Shell to withdraw from shale gas exploration in eastern Ukraine - Financial Times
11/06/15 13:08 from Ukraine - Google News
Financial Times Shell to withdraw from shale gas exploration in eastern Ukraine Financial Times Shell's decision is the latest example of how the conflict is exacting a heavy toll on Ukraine's economy and dashes the cash-strapped...
» Shell pulls out of gas project in Ukraine
11/06/15 13:08 from FT.com - World, Europe
Anglo Dutch company’s decision reflects heightened geopolitical risk and fall in oil prices
» Вашингтон уличил Киев в нежелании расследовать события в Одессе и на Майдане - Lenta.ru
11/06/15 13:07 from В мире – Новости Google
Lenta.ru Вашингтон уличил Киев в нежелании расследовать события в Одессе и на Майдане Lenta.ru Постоянный представитель США при ООН Саманта Пауэр, выступая в Киеве, заявила, что украинские власти не желают привлекать к ответственности ви...
» Время Свободы - Итоговый выпуск, 11 июня - 11 июня, 2015
11/06/15 13:05 from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода
** Воровство на строительстве космодрома "Восточный": масштабы хищений впечатляют. Кто и как организовывал схемы? ** Правительственный кризис в Польше. Близок конец партия "Гражданская платформа"? ** Туманная перспектива ФИФА. Почему Миш...
» "Голубые каски" ООН пойманы на массовых изнасилованиях и мародерстве в Африке - Правда.Ру
11/06/15 13:04 from В мире – Новости Google
Правда.Ру "Голубые каски" ООН пойманы на массовых изнасилованиях и мародерстве в Африке Правда.Ру Проведено исследование множества случаев изнасилований и мародерства в разных точках планеты, совершенных военнослужащими континг...
» Fifa scandal prompts fears for billions poured into Russia 2018 - Financial Times
11/06/15 13:02 from Russia - Google News
Financial Times Fifa scandal prompts fears for billions poured into Russia 2018 Financial Times Just hours after Sepp Blatter announced his resignation as head of world football's governing body last week, Russian officials involved ...
» Fifa scandal stokes fears for Russia 2018
11/06/15 12:59 from FT.com - World, Europe
Investigation into football bribery overshadows national pride and oligarchs’ grand designs
» US ambassador to UN visits Ukraine, slams Russian 'aggression' - CNN
11/06/15 12:56 from Ukraine - Google News
CNN US ambassador to UN visits Ukraine , slams Russian 'aggression' CNN Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, pledged support to Ukraine and delivered a pep talk of sorts that encouraged Ukrainians to "d...
» Студентка МГУ Варвара Караулова прилетела в Москву - Коммерсантъ
11/06/15 12:56 from В мире – Новости Google
Российская Газета Студентка МГУ Варвара Караулова прилетела в Москву Коммерсантъ Студентка МГУ Варвара Караулова, задержанная при попытке пересечь турецко-сирийскую границу, прилетела из Турции в Москву, сообщает ТАСС. Ранее стало извест...
» В США заявили, что Россия недооценила украинцев - Газета.Ru
11/06/15 12:55 from В мире – Новости Google
Forbes Ukraine В США заявили, что Россия недооценила украинцев Газета.Ru Постпред США в ООН Саманта Пауэр заявила, что Россия недооценила украинцев и ее планы в отношении Украины провалились, пишет «Украинская правда». Об этом она сказал...
» Двое россиян на базе НАТО в Латвии водрузили флаг России - Московский комсомолец
11/06/15 12:50 from В мире – Новости Google
Московский комсомолец Двое россиян на базе НАТО в Латвии водрузили флаг России Московский комсомолец Инцидент произошел на на Адажской военной базе НАТО. Двое россиян, как выяснилось, оба являются представителями «Другой России» с помощь...
» Ukraine's president Poroshenko visits Mariupol trenches - Newsweek
11/06/15 12:46 from Ukraine - Google News
Newsweek Ukraine's president Poroshenko visits Mariupol trenches Newsweek Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko today paid a visit to his country's war stricken Donetsk region to inspect progress on defence capabilities, as violen...
» Ukraine’s debt deadline looms
11/06/15 12:43 from FT.com - World, Europe
Talks stall with both sides accusing the other of intransigence
» В МВД ждут объяснений от Карауловой - BFM.Ru
11/06/15 12:39 from В мире – Новости Google
Полит.ру В МВД ждут объяснений от Карауловой BFM.Ru Сотрудники российской полиции намерены получить у студентки МГУ Варвары Карауловой объяснения о целях ее выезда в Турцию и Сирию, сообщили в пресс-центре МВД России.Оснований для задерж...
» Cameron, as Wellington, meets his Waterloo
11/06/15 12:38 from FT.com - World, Europe
A modern take on the campaign with the Tory prime minister leading the English contingent
» IAEA Sets Up International Nuclear Fuel Reserve In Kazakhstan
11/06/15 12:34 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has decided to set up a reserve bank for reactor fuel in Kazakhstan, which countries could fall back on if they are cut off from the international uranium market.
» Men's Magazine Maxim Fined, Threatened With Closure in Russia
11/06/15 12:33 from The Moscow Times Top Stories
A Russian court ordered prominent men's magazine Maxim to pay a 25,000-ruble ($456) fine Thursday for printing bad language, the second such punishment the publication has had in less than a year, paving the way for the country's media w...
» В Китае экс-министр безопасности получил пожизненный срок - СЕГОДНЯ
11/06/15 12:30 from В мире – Новости Google
СЕГОДНЯ В Китае экс-министр безопасности получил пожизненный срок СЕГОДНЯ Суд города Тяньцзинь при вынесении приговора счел доказанной вину Юнкана во взяточничестве и разглашении государственной тайны. Кроме того, активы бывшего политика...
» 'Why Putin's meeting with the Pope ruffled the West' - RT.com
11/06/15 12:24 from vladimir putin - Google Blog Search
» Moscow Student Who Hoped to Join ISIS Returning to Russia Thursday
11/06/15 12:20 from The Moscow Times Top Stories
A Moscow student detained near Turkey's border with Syria will be released and brought home to Russia on Thursday.
» Buhari Wants Nigeria to Head Anti-Boko Haram Force
11/06/15 12:17 from Voice of America
Leaders of Nigeria and four of its neighbors met Thursday to discuss a proposed joint force to fight Islamist extremist group Boko Haram. In opening remarks, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said his country should command the task fo...
» US Teen Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to IS
11/06/15 12:16 from Voice of America
An American teenager has admitted in court that he tried to help Islamic State militants recruit supporters and raise funds. Ali Shukri Amin, 17, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign t...
» Владимир Путин присвоил звание генерал-майора Наталье Поклонской - Комсомольская правда
11/06/15 12:16 from В мире – Новости Google
Комсомольская правда Владимир Путин присвоил звание генерал-майора Наталье Поклонской Комсомольская правда Сегодня Владимир Путин подписал документ о присвоении прокурору Крыма Наталье Поклонской чина госсоветника юстиции 3 класса. Данны...
» US Now World's Largest Oil, Natural Gas Producer 
11/06/15 12:09 from Voice of America
The United States became the world's largest oil producer in 2014, according to a report by the BP energy company. BP economist Spencer Dale credits the "shale revolution" for a surge in American oil production that helped U.S. producers...
» Лицом к событию. Украина оккупирована? - 11 июня, 2015
11/06/15 12:05 from Радиопрограммы и подкасты - Радио Свобода
Украина в официальном обращении к Совету Европы сообщила об оккупации части Донецкой и Луганской областей Российской Федерацией вдобавок к аннексии Крыма. Обсуждают Янина Соколовская и Матвей Ганапольский. Ведущая Елена Рыковцева.
» Западные СМИ назвали визит Путина в Италию встречей с «добрым копом» - РБК
11/06/15 12:03 from В мире – Новости Google
РБК Западные СМИ назвали визит Путина в Италию встречей с «добрым копом» РБК Итальянский премьер Маттео Ренци, в понедельник соглашавшийся с возможностью усиления антироссийских санкций, в среду оказал теплый прием Путину в Милане, обмен...
» Child Marriage Foes Denounce Proposed Law in Bangladesh
11/06/15 12:00 from Voice of America
Bangladesh has the world’s fourth-highest rate of child marriage, despite big gains in health and education for girls and women. Yet its government wants to allow girls to marry at age 16. A government proposal to lower the age of marria...
» ООН признали массовые факты изнасилования военных-миротворцев в зоне конфликтов - Комсомольская правда
11/06/15 11:59 from В мире – Новости Google
Комсомольская правда ООН признали массовые факты изнасилования военных-миротворцев в зоне конфликтов Комсомольская правда Сотрудники ООН обнародовали доклад, где приводится статистика преступлений, совершаемыех миротворцами. В осноном ре...
» Russia plans giant Vladimir the Great statue in 'one-upmanship with Kiev'
11/06/15 11:59 from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news
Activists say plans for 330-ton, 79ft monument of medieval prince risk landslide at Moscow landmark
» Prolific British Actor Christopher Lee Dies at 93
11/06/15 11:59 from Voice of America
Christopher Lee, an actor who brought dramatic gravitas and aristocratic bearing to screen villains from Dracula to the wicked wizard Saruman in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, has died at age 93. Lee appeared in more than 250 movies, t...
» June 11, 2015
11/06/15 11:58 from Voice of America
A look at the best news photos from around the world.
» 1-15 of 36,158
11/06/15 11:54 from SEARCH RESULTS - WSJ.com
1-15 of 36,158 Google Is Ready to Support European Digital Innovation, Says Eric Schmidt The Continent must have a single digital market or fall behind in global competitiveness, says chairman of Silicon Valley giant. Tech Cadyville, N.Y...
» Manuel Valls, French Premier, Vows to Repay Cost of Taking Sons to Soccer Match
11/06/15 11:53 from NYT > Europe
The prime minister, who has sought to fashion himself as a man of the people, was criticized for taking his children to the Champions League final on a government jet.
» Россияне проникли на базу НАТО под Ригой и подняли георгиевский флаг - Вести.Ru
11/06/15 11:50 from В мире – Новости Google
Вести.Ru Россияне проникли на базу НАТО под Ригой и подняли георгиевский флаг Вести.Ru Два активиста "Другой России" 10 июня пробрались на военную базу "Адажи", что недалеко от столицы Латвии. Они сняли американский ф...
» Ban Ki-Moon Joins Kyrgyz Commemoration Of Victims Of Osh Clashes
11/06/15 11:49 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Visiting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has taken part along with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariev in a ceremony commemorating victims of ethnic clashes five years ago in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh.
» South Sudan Faces Growing Food Crisis
11/06/15 11:43 from Voice of America
The Red Cross said food insecurity for more than four million people in South Sudan is near famine levels. It warned many people could face starvation if violence continues. An upsurge in violence is blamed for the displacement of about ...
» Наталья Поклонская получила генеральский чин - РБК
11/06/15 11:42 from В мире – Новости Google
ИА "Репортер" Наталья Поклонская получила генеральский чин РБК ​Прокурору Крыма Наталье Поклонской присвоен классный чин государственного советника юстиции 3 класса. Соответствующий указ президента России Владимира Путина опубликован на ...
» Порошенко заявил, что больше не допустит никаких «народных республик» - Газета.Ru
11/06/15 11:38 from В мире – Новости Google
УНИАН Порошенко заявил, что больше не допустит никаких «народных республик» Газета.Ru Президент Украины Петр Порошенко заявил, что больше не допустит никаких «народных республик», передает РИА «Новости». «Что касается целостности государ...
» Spain Approves Citizenship Path for Sephardic Jews
11/06/15 11:38 from NYT > Europe
A law seeks to address the injustice of the 1492 expulsion of Jews, by giving descendants a chance to apply for citizenship; how many may qualify, however, is still unclear.
» СМИ: россияне водрузили знамя Победы на лучшей базе НАТО в Прибалтике - РИА Новости
11/06/15 11:33 from В мире – Новости Google
Gorod.lv СМИ: россияне водрузили знамя Победы на лучшей базе НАТО в Прибалтике РИА Новости Двое россиян проникли на охраняемую территорию крупнейшей базы НАТО в Прибалтике "Адажи" и, спустив флаг Соединенных Штатов, водрузили н...
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Первый канал В Польше с новой силой разгорелся скандал вокруг незаконной слежки за политиками и бизнесменами Первый канал Поводом послужили новые материалы дела, расследование которого ведётся не один месяц. В связи с этим избранный през...
» Letter From Europe: When Soccer Turns Dirty, It’s the Poor Who Lose
11/06/15 11:31 from NYT > Europe
The game has long been suspected of adding a chapter to the annals of kickbacks and shady transactions: the zero-sum game that deepens poverty.
» Letter From Europe: When Soccer Turns Dirty, It's the Poor Who Lose
11/06/15 11:31 from NYT > Europe
The game has long been suspected of adding a chapter to the annals of kickbacks and shady transactions: the zero-sum game that deepens poverty.
» Greece’s creditors signal talks at an end
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IMF withdraws negotiating team citing ‘major differences in most key areas’
» Astronauts return to Earth in 'textbook homecoming' after monthlong delay
11/06/15 11:22 from World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
Astronauts landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday after ISS mission was delayed by Russian rocket failure Two Western astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut have landed in Kazakhstan, safely returning to Earth after their flight back home w...
» Петр Порошенко: Верховная рада примет изменения в конституцию в ближайшие недели - Коммерсантъ
11/06/15 11:20 from В мире – Новости Google
РБК Украина Петр Порошенко: Верховная рада примет изменения в конституцию в ближайшие недели Коммерсантъ Президент Украины Петр Порошенко, выступая в Мариуполе, заявил, что Верховная рада в течение ближайших недель должна принять изменен...
» Aliyev's Azerbaijan In Spotlight As European Games Begin
11/06/15 11:20 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Azerbaijan is hosting the first-ever European Games, which get under way in Baku on June 12. Backers claim the new event will showcase the rise of the oil-rich Caspian nation, while detractors say it's all a slick public relations ploy t...
» Three Space Station Crew Members Land in Kazakhstan
11/06/15 11:18 from Voice of America
A three-person crew from the International Space Station has returned to Earth following a nearly 200-day stint in space. A Soyuz space capsule carrying NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and ...
» Analysts: US Needs Better Strategy in Fighting IS
11/06/15 11:15 from Voice of America
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» "Губернатор Донецкой области оказался слишком миролюбивым" - Коммерсантъ
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» Kenya Risks US Sanctions for Failing to Stem Human Trafficking
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» Putin's Deadly Zugzwang
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ИА "Репортер" Путин сделал Поклонскую генералом ИА REGNUM Симферополь, 11 Июня 2015, 18:02 — REGNUM Президент Российской Федерации Владимир Путин присвоил прокурору Республики Крым Наталье Поклонской чин государственного советника юстици...
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11/06/15 11:03 from В мире – Новости Google
Полит.ру МИД РФ удивлены тому, что власти Австралии так просто рассказали о возможности ИГ создать "грязную бомбу" NEWSru.com В России удивились тому, как легко власти Австралии раскрыли информацию о наличии у террористической ...
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Business Insider This chart should terrify Russia's neighbors Vox Today's Russia is much more hostile: it fought a war with Georgia in 2008, invaded Crimea in 2014, and is currently fighting in eastern Ukraine. There is a questio...
» Paris Journal: Paris and Lovers Look to Move on After Breakup With Bridge’s Locks
11/06/15 11:00 from NYT > Europe
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» Head of Russia World Cup lashes out at investigations into Fifa - The Guardian
11/06/15 10:56 from Russia - Google News
CBC.ca Head of Russia World Cup lashes out at investigations into Fifa The Guardian As allegations of widespread corruption continue to shake Fifa, Alexei Sorokin, the head of the organising committee for the 2018 World Cup in Russia , h...
» Russia Update: June 11, 2015
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In response to a State Department arms control report last week accusing Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued an angry and defensive blast denying the charges. Welcom...
» Russia Update: Foreign Ministry Blasts US After US ‘Gentle Poke’ Over INF Treaty Violations
11/06/15 10:54 from The InterpreterThe Interpreter
In response to a State Department arms control report last week accusing Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued an angry and defensive blast denying the charges. Welcom...
» Секс за одежду или просто так - Газета.Ru
11/06/15 10:53 from В мире – Новости Google
Газета.Ru Секс за одежду или просто так Газета.Ru Управление службы внутреннего надзора (УСВН) ООН официально признала факты массовых изнасилований, которые совершали военные-миротворцы в зоне конфликтов. Сотрудники ведомства выпустили д...
» Глава Одессы Саакашвили зарабатывает 267 долларов в месяц - Комсомольская правда
11/06/15 10:52 from В мире – Новости Google
Комсомольская правда Глава Одессы Саакашвили зарабатывает 267 долларов в месяц Комсомольская правда Зарплата губернатора Одессы Михаила Саакашвили оказалась довольно скромной по нынешним меркам. Согласно штатному расписанию глава региона...
» Head of Russia World Cup lashes out at investigations into Fifa
11/06/15 10:49 from World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
• Alexei Sorokin says threats to take event away are ‘ridiculous’ • ‘We do hear calls for a boycott and it’s very disappointing’ As allegations of widespread corruption continue to shake Fifa, Alexei Sorokin, the head of the organising c...
» В КНР за коррупцию осужден бывший министр безопасности - Главная | Deutsche Welle
11/06/15 10:45 from В мире – Новости Google
Главная | Deutsche Welle В КНР за коррупцию осужден бывший министр безопасности Главная | Deutsche Welle Высокопоставленный партийный функционер Чжоу Юнкан осужден в Китае. Он приговорен к пожизненному тюремному заключению по обвинению в...
» Britain Surveillance Law Reform Urged in Government-Ordered Report
11/06/15 10:44 from NYT > Europe
The report endorsed government efforts to fight terrorism but said the laws regulating them were “incomprehensible” and could erode public confidence.
» Crunch Time Coming for Saudi Campaign As Options Narrow in Yemen
11/06/15 10:42 from Voice of America
After 11 weeks of airstrikes that have failed to change the balance of power in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is running out of options to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's exiled government to Sana’a. Despite the destruction of much of t...
» Three Astronauts Land In Kazakhstan After Delayed Return From ISS
11/06/15 10:40 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
A Russian Soyuz capsule returned three people to Earth on June 11 after a mishap with the spacecraft earlier this week affected the position of the orbiting International Space Station (ISS.)
» Azerbaijanis Paying Price For Aliyev’s 2015 European Games
11/06/15 10:38 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
With dozens of opposition activists and independent journalists behind bars, domestic criticism of Baku’s hosting of the 2015 European Games is hard to find. But complaints from upset Azerbaijanis are still being heard.
» Папа Римский призвал Путина к миру в Украине и подарил медальон (видео) - СЕГОДНЯ
11/06/15 10:38 from В мире – Новости Google
СЕГОДНЯ Папа Римский призвал Путина к миру в Украине и подарил медальон (видео) СЕГОДНЯ Приложить усилия для достижения мира в Украине призвал российского президента Папа Римский. Встреча состоялась накануне, за закрытыми дверями. Правда...
» US FDA Testing Nestle's Maggi Noodles After India Recall
11/06/15 10:37 from Voice of America
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is testing samples of a Nestle instant noodle brand that was recalled from stores across India last week, a spokeswoman for the Swiss food group said on Thursday. Nestle, the world's largest fo...
» Biz Beat 061115 Grexit
11/06/15 10:37 from Voice of America
What would happen if Greece left the euro for the drachma?
» Serbian Protestors Push For Recognition Of Srebrenica Genocide
11/06/15 10:33 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
In the Serbian capital, Belgrade, nongovernmental organizations asked the parliament to declare July 11 as Genocide Victims Remembrance Day in honor of those killed in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Bosnian Serb and Serb paramilitary f...
» Порошенко вновь заявил, что никакой гражданской войны в Донбассе нет - РИА Новости
11/06/15 10:26 from В мире – Новости Google
СЕГОДНЯ Порошенко вновь заявил, что никакой гражданской войны в Донбассе нет РИА Новости На Украине нет никакого гражданского конфликта, нет никакой гражданской войны, вновь заявил президент Украины Петр Порошенко. Он отметил, что никому...
» Moscow: a model city - in pictures
11/06/15 10:23 from World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
A new, enlarged scale model of central Moscow has gone on display at the VDNKh exhibition centre. All photographs by Sergei Savostyanov/TASS/Alamy Continue reading...
» RFE/RL Video Roundup -- June 11
11/06/15 10:23 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
RFE/RL Video Roundup -- June 11
» Suicide Bomber Attacks Police In Peshawar, Pakistan
11/06/15 10:19 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
In Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle attacked a police vehicle, killing two officers and one civilian. Local officials said that the bomber was targeting a deputy police commander, who was wounded in the ...

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