A NATO commander says Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian troops have crossed the border into Ukraine. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/12/world/europe/ukraine-russia-unrest/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2
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Iraq military gets advanced Russian air defense, flame weapons
Russia continues to deliver weapons to Iraqi troops, who got their first batch of state-of-the-art close-range air defense complexes and multiple-launch heavy flame-blast systems to eliminate Islamic State militants. http://rt.com/news/192528-iraq-russia-air-defense/
Russian senators cancel official US visit, plan to cut links with ‘hostile’ EU states
Russia’s Federation Council will boycott a scheduled business roundtable with US Senators next month, and has voiced intentions to stop co-operation with all sanction-supporting EU parliaments. http://rt.com/politics/191880-russian-deputies-abroad-speaker/
Former Russian paratroopers say lead combat in rebel-held east Ukraine
By Anton Zverev LUHANSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Surveying a ruined airport in the rebel stronghold of Luhansk, the ex-Russian paratrooper in trademark blue beret boasts that only “professionals” such as him can turn the tide in the conflict with Kiev in eastern Ukraine. Yakut, the nom de guerre offered by the fighter, says he left […]
Dutch stage tomato fight against Russian sanctions
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Hundreds of young Dutch men and women turned Amsterdam’s central Dam square into a blizzard of red goop on Sunday, as they pelted each other mercilessly with overripe tomatoes. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/life-gives-tomatoes-throw-them-100353943–finance.html