Russia: Preparing an offensive or manoeuvering for easing of sanctions?
What is President Vladimir Putin planning for Ukraine? Kyiv officials argue Russia’s leader is accumulating pretexts to justify a major
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Putin goes on verbal attack against Ukraine, raising fears of war escalation
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on August 11 put Ukraine’s armed forces on high alert and “full combat readiness” near Russian-occupied
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Putin relents on South Stream as Erdogan offers Turkish Stream promises
Russian president Vladimir Putin appeared to soften his position on the prospect of reviving the South Stream gas pipeline project
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Putin wants to restore full ties with Turkey
Russian president Vladimir Putin has agreed to work toward restoring full relations with Turkey, but said rebuilding trade ties will
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Opinion: Erdogan, Putin and the touchy Turkish Stream
The revival of the Turkish Stream pipeline project is expected to be the concrete outcome of the meeting between Russian
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US, allies train over Estonia
As part of a major training exercise to hone the NATO forces’ ability to work together, the United States and
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Ukrainians denounce Trump’s comments on Ukraine, Crimea
It is probably no surprise that the recent comments by U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump about the conflict
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Bulgaria’s Avionams aircraft repair plant back in state hands
The Avionams aircraft repair plant in the southern Bulgarian town of Graf Ignatievo, privatised in 2008, is back in state
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Google bows to Russian pressure, reverses changes to names of Crimean towns
Google on July 28 changed the names of towns, villages and districts in Russian-occupied Crimea on its Google Maps mapping
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