Moody’s downgrades Russia amid oil slide
Moody’s Investors Service has cut its rating for Russian government bonds by one notch, putting them a rung above “speculative”
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EU Parliament accuses Russia of ‘acts of terrorism’ in Ukraine
The European Parliament is accusing Russia of what it calls “acts of terrorism” in Ukraine. Meeting in Brussels, the European
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Cheaper oil best weapon against Russia’s aggression
The strength of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is a derivative of global oil prices — in other words, weak
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Ethnic Poles evacuated from Ukraine’s embattled Donbas
A total 178 of Ukrainian citizens of Polish descent and their families, evacuated with the Polish government’s help from war-torn
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Moscow threatens Kyiv with $3 billion loan recall ahead of peace talks
Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on January 10 accused Ukraine of breaching the conditions of a $3 billion Russian loan ahead
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2014 in CEE: From Sochi to MH17 to South Stream
(Main photo: Anastasia Vlasova/Kyiv Post
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Ukraine formally scraps non-aligned status
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has signed a law revoking Ukraine’s non-aligned status as part of efforts to move the country
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Russian moves provide new mission for Nato
Russia’s more aggressive military posture in Europe during the past year has pushed Nato to take new steps to strengthen
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Pro-Russian separatists release 8 more Ukrainian prisoners
Ukraine’s security service says pro-Russian separatists have released four more Ukrainian prisoners as part of a major prisoner swap. A
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