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Is Merkel the key to solution with Russia?
Although tensions between President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have thawed over the years, there is one world leader who still has a working relationship with Putin: Angela Merkel. Could this pastor's daughter from Soviet East Germany be key to a diplomatic solution? CNN's Brian Todd reports.
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Post by: Filed under: Angela Merkel • Brian Todd • Russia • Ukraine |
Inside Ukrainian naval base under siege
Wolf Blitzer talks to VICE News reporter Simon Ostrovsky, who gives a dramatic look inside a Ukrainian Naval base under siege by unidentified Russian military forces.
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Post by: Filed under: Interviews • Russia • Ukraine |
Fmr. Obama Adviser: Putin not crazy
Pres. Obama's former national security adviser Tom Donilon tells Wolf Blitzer that Putin isn't crazy, but as an autocrat at the center of a regime, he may be getting bad intelligence from his supporters.
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Post by: Filed under: Interviews • Russia • Tom Donilon • Ukraine • Vladimir Putin |
GOP leaders slam Obama over Ukraine
More and more Republicans are slaming President Obama over the crisis in Ukraine, with some going so far as to connect the dots between Kiev and Benghazi. CNN's Dana Bash reports on the politics in Washington.
Putin pulling a double standard?
Less than a year after Putin's New York Times op-ed condemning the use of force in Syria without UN consent, Russia has troops on the ground in Ukraine. CNN's Brian Todd reports many are now calling the Russian leader a hypocrite.
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Post by: Filed under: foreign policy • Syria • Ukraine • Vladimir Putin |
UN envoy held at gunpoint in Ukraine
In an exclusive interview with Wolf Blitzer, United Nations Envoy to Ukraine Robert Serry details his violent encounter in Crimea with gunmen who ultimately forced him from his mission.
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Post by: Filed under: Interviews • Russia • Ukraine • United Nations |
VICE reporter: It's a "war of attrition"
VICE News Reporter Simon Ostrovsky gets close to the troops on the ground in Crimea, who refuse to reveal their national identity, as they surround Ukrainian military bases.
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