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Russia News - Dec 12, 2014


By bartolo - Posted on 11 December 2014

 

US Senate Passes 'Ukraine Freedom Support Act’, Calls For More Sanctions Against Russia and Arms To Ukrainian Military - Interpreter_Mag


Summary and full text of Senate bill: Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 - Congress.gov


Obama urges Congress not to pursue new sanctions on Russia, saying the move would risk putting the U.S. out of step with Europe - Yahoo News


VIDEO: Obama rejects more sanctions against Russia - YouTube


Accusations fly around Russia’s 'unprecedented' Baltic military deployments as tensions escalate - The Guardian

 

Russian jets intercepted by Dutch F-16s over Baltic Sea refused to identify themselves - Washington Times

 

VIDEO: Dutch F-16s Intercept Russian Su-34 Jets Over Baltic Sea - atlanticcouncil

 

Finnish Air Force Jets Captured Photos Of Russian Bombers Skirting Their Airspace (PHOTOS) - Business Insider

 

US Government Alert to Possible Nuclear Weapons in Crimea: Undersecretary - Sputnik International

 

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a US-Russia summit to be convened to prevent a deep freeze in Moscow's relations with the West over the Ukraine crisis - ANTARA News

 

Ukraine Calls on Putin to Release Pilot Savchenko From Psychiatric Clinic in Moscow - The Moscow Times

 

Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko deaf on one ear after staying in the cold during transfers between Russian prisons - Leonid Ragozin on Twitter

 

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Pentagon to Press Russia on Arms-Control Treaty Violation - NYTimes.com


VIDEO: McKeon: Russia Violating Arms Agreement - DoDNEWS


Russian Arms Control Violation Prompts Joint Staff Assessment - Defense.gov


Pentagon Considering Deployment of Nuclear Missiles in Europe - Washington Free Beacon


Congress Demands Obama Report on Russian Nuclear Cheating - newsmax.com


R-500 / Iskander-K GLCM: Russia testing and about to deploy the cruise missile with a range that violates the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) treaty - globalsecurity.org


Russia downplays nuclear war, the new draft of the country's military doctrine would not include a stipulation for preemptive nuclear war - International Business Times

 

NATO Land Command Fully Operational, Says Commander - Military.com

 

NATO Military Activity Near Russia Is Response to Moscow's Actions: Spokesperson - Sputnik International

 

Lithuania's Military Is On Alert Over Russian Moves - Business Insider

 

NATO Sells Tiny Baltic Countries $600 Mil worth of Arms - blacklistednews

 

U.S. Navy: New laser weapon works, ready for action - CNN.com

 

VIDEO: U.S. Navy successfully tests laser weapon in the Persian Gulf, targeting and destroying boats and drones at sea - Yahoo Yahoo UK

 

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Russia's central bank hikes rate as ruble plummets - Yahoo News


Price of Bread to Jump Due to Russia's Weakening Ruble - The Moscow Times


Russia's Gazprom Wants to Raise Domestic Gas Prices as Ruble Plunge Hits Margins - The Moscow Times


Russian Firms Lost Billions on Ruble Derivatives, Interfax Says - Bloomberg


Medvedev To Russians: Don't 'Panic' Over Ruble's Fall - rferl.org


Money Troubles: Russia's Weak Ruble Pulls Down Neighbors' Currencies - rferl.org


Ukrainian PM warns of default risk, calls for more Western help - Yahoo News

 

Ukraine lost 20% economic potential over Donbass events: Yatsenyuk - TASS

 

EU Hopes for ‘Normal’ Russian Gas Supplies via Ukraine Beyond March 2015 - Sputnik International

 

Comrade Capitalism: How a 29-year-old Ukrainian tycoon made a killing on Russian gas - Reuters

 

First stretch of Russia’s new gas pipeline to Turkey may be built in 2-3 years: minister - TASS

 

Modi to Putin: Russia to stay India's top defense partner, The two sides signed billions of dollars of deals in nuclear power, oil and defense - Reuters

 

Russia's Rosneft Secures Oil, Gas Deals With India - Reuters

 

List of agreements signed between Russia and India - IBNLive

 

Exclusive - Crimean leader in New Delhi during Putin visit - Reuters

 

U.S. 'troubled' that Crimean leader in India with Putin - Reuters

 

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