NATO Determined to Weaken Russia at Its Western Borders, Expert Says

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Is NATO really seeking a “more constructive relationship with Russia”? Radio Sputnik is discussing it with Lindsey German, Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, and Dr. Marcus Papadopoulos, Publisher and Editor of Politics First magazine

Speaking at the Amari air base during his visit to Estonia Thursday NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: "There is no contradiction between being in favor of a… firm policy from NATO and at the same time aspiring for a more constructive relationship with Russia. … We urge them [Russia and the separatists] to be part of a peaceful solution," he said.

Official - China Recognises Crimean Referendum

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 By Alexander Mercouris

"OFFICIAL - CHINA RECOGNISES CRIMEAN REFERENDUM"

This is the clear meaning of the statement TASS reports that a senior official of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has made. 

The fact that China recognises the Crimean referendum means that de facto (and surely before long de jure) China has recognised Crimea's unification with Russia.  Note also that the official has expressed support for Russia's Ukrainian policy.

http://en.itar-tass.com/world/760944

Biden in Ukraine, War Surely to Follow

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US Vice President Joe Biden's plane has touched down in the Ukrainian capitol to meet with US-backed president, Petro Poroshenko, and prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk. If the past is prologue, we should expect a full-fledged assault by Kiev on the breakaway eastern part of the country to begin at anytime.

Biden's last trip to Ukraine was in April, where he told unelected post-coup prime minister Yatsenyuk that "You will not walk this road alone. We will walk it with you." Within days of Biden's assurance of support, Kiev's offensive on eastern Ukraine markedly intensified. Soon thereafter, artillery shells fell on densely-populated civilian centers killing hundreds at a dramatically increased rate.

Vladimir Suchan - Many people have been disappearing in Kiev

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Vladimir Suchan: "According to local sources, many people have been disappearing or rather disappeared in Kiev at the hands of the masked storm troopers organized into various battalions, which are ultimately under Avakov's command, since the Banderite coup on February 22. Together with the many disappeared people, the same masked storm troopers of this force, which represents both terror and the pseudo-police (the new SA and SS) are also seizing the properties (i.e., apartments) of the disappeared people. Thus, besides directing the war and terror in the east of Ukraine, Avakov is also carrying out a Nazification campaign in Ukraine's cities."