Turkey & Iran Clip Russian and US Wings in Mid East
The symmetry was hard to miss. Just as Turkey last week pushed the US nuclear stockpile out of the southern
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Crimea
Tossing Syria, Ukraine Issues into US Elections Has Unforeseen Fallout
US-Russian tensions over Crimea and the unending Syrian conflict boiled over when these issues were tossed into the cauldron of
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No Money for the Kerch Bridge from Crimea to Russia
By grabbing the Crimean peninsula in March, 2014, Russia expanded its dominance over the Black Sea, having gained a firm
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Putin Doesn’t Regard NATO as a Military Threat to Russia
It is obvious by now to the West that Russia’s annexation of Crimea is there to stay. Vladimir Putin’s grip
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Hot and cold conflicts stir wild border fluctuations in Europe and Middle East
Crimea’s secession to Russia is just one example. More boundaries once carved in stone are melting away in the heat
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After a harshly anti-American speech to Russian parliament, Putin signed the Crimean treaty
After defending Crimea’s “reunification” referendum as adhering to “all international norms,” Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday, March 18, that
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Putin approves Crimea’s annexation to Russia in defiance of Western sanctions
President Vladimir Putin approved a draft treaty between Crimea and Moscow on the breakaway region’s “reunification with Russia” Tuesday, March
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Crimea votes to quit Ukraine under guns of Russian tanks
Ahead of the controversial Crimean referendum taking place Sunday, March 16, the Ukraine interim government claimed Saturday that its forces
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Russia claims it intercepted a US drone over Crimea by cyber technology
Russia resorted to military action against an American target Friday, March 14, much sooner in their dispute on Ukraine than
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Discord in Kerry-Lavrov talks sets scene for US-Russian cold war over Ukraine and Crimea
The profound West-Russian discord on Ukraine was accentuated rather than eased by the six hours of last-ditch talks held by
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