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Russian President Vladimir Putin is not known for backing down. However, his continued setback in the Eastern Ukraine may have him considering that very option.  While most of the bickering between the United State and Russia has been centered around the question of whether or not Moscow’s interfered with the

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©2016 Bloomberg News O2G1PN6S972O (Bloomberg) — The political crisis roiling Ukraine’s post- revolution leaders is coming to a head after a top reformer quit the government and the International Monetary Fund threatened to cut off aid. If efforts to revamp the cabinet fail, the risk is early elections. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk

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©2015 Bloomberg News NVPS986VDKHS (Bloomberg) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday on state television that U.S. President Barack Obama promised his country new models of defensive weapons amid a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists. Obama said he approved supplying counter-battery systems to the debt-troubled Ukraine, Poroshenko said, according to a

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