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09042015


http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/04/08/to-moscows-making-of-republics-inside-ukraine-there-is-apparently-no-end/
During the first years of Soviet power, a Moscow newspaper published an article telling its readers how easy and potentially profitable it would be for them to form a national republic. According to the paper, they didn’t need a nation or anything like a set of institutions: they needed only paper on which to make a declaration.
The Russian government seems to have dusted off that old guidance and is now promoting the formation of republics not within the Russian Federation – there it is doing its best to destroy them – but rather inside a neighboring country – Ukraine – in the hopes that such republics will help Moscow destroy it.
http://www.interpretermag.com/it-is-seen-as-correct-to-initiate-the-annexation-of-the-eastern-regions-of-ukraine-to-russia/
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukraines-communism-ban-will-fuel-nazi-propaganda-far-right-support-1495392


http://tvoemisto.tv/news/antydepresant_polvivsky_3_retsepty_lvivskogo_syrnyka_68883.html  cake

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065304-normandy-four-foreign-ministers-to-meet-on-april-13.html
http://www.unian.info/politics/1065287-normandy-four-foreign-ministers-meeting-to-focus-on-peacekeepers-in-donbas.html
Remember ex Ukrainian Foreign Minister who was regrettably let go for being a good singer last year? Andrii Deshchytsia is at it again. In an interview with a Polish newspaper he suggested that if Russian separatists continue to break the ceasefire, then Germany and France should be held responsible as the guarantors of the last Minsk agreement.
A brilliant idea that needs to be circulated domestically and internationally. Think about it. Western politicians who show up to these negotiations to express concern and give press conferences need to have some skin in the game, which is the only way to hold the Russian aggressor accountable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mckIgApAzCE ukraine prayer

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/international/americas/2015/04/08/norad-moving-comms-gear-back-to-mountain-bunker/25470435/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.unian.info/economics/1065092-gazproms-revenues-down-by-70.html#


http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/04/08/moscow-wants-crimean-tatars-to-forget-their-history-kyiv-wants-all-ukrainians-to-remember-it/
There are many significant differences between Moscow and Kyiv but perhaps none is more indicative of the kind of countries they are the capitals of than their very contrasting approaches to Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars from their homeland on the Ukrainian peninsula to Central Asia in 1944.
The Russian occupation authorities in Crimea, Moscow’s agents in place, want the Crimean Tatars to replace their annual day of mourning of that event on May 18 with “a day of joy” on April 21, while Kyiv is seeking to gather more information about the deportation and plans to include Crimean Tatar writers in its general education syllabus.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32162373 Exiled Crimean Tatars cook up a new life in Kiev

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065594-mps-replace-great-patriotic-war-with-second-world-war.html
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine-abroad/radio-free-europeradio-liberty-ukraine-turns-to-poppies-in-rebuke-of-russian-wwii-myth-385703.html?traqli-referral=childrensjoy%40yahoo.co.uk

Ukraine is 16.16 times larger then the Netherlands, with 44 million against 17 million, ukraine 73,9/km2, netherlands 607/km2. http://overlapmaps.com/index.php.
netherlands party fits either luhanks or donetsk

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065580-rada-opens-access-to-archives-of-repressive-bodies-of-ussr.html

http://www.newsweek.com/putins-ukraine-war-about-founding-new-russian-empire-319832
http://www.newsweek.com/wesley-clark-ukraine-must-be-armed-right-now-319348
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/putin-morally-depraved-degradation-strong-state-leader-313581

http://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/the-russian-threat-to-the-baltics-scaremongering-or-reality_2620.html
http://www.dagbladet.no/2015/04/05/nyheter/putin/frigjoringsdagen_1945/militerparade/kim_jong-un/38549689/

http://www.newsweek.com/pro-russian-rebels-told-major-attack-ukraine-imminent-320868
http://universitypost.dk/article/we-proved-russia-fired-artillery-ukraine

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/89c48960-cc06-11e4-aeb5-00144feab7de.html#axzz3Wor3XhT0
It says: Why should Washington defend a continent that will not defend itself, writes Robert Kaplan then why did USA Clinton and Obama DISARM Ukraine ??
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-01-16/news/9401160298_1_president-leonid-kravchuk-ukraine-russians
Or is it all in american (defence industry) interest??


 It says: Why should Washington defend a continent that will not defend itself, writes Robert Kaplan then why did USA Clinton and Obama DISARM Ukraine ??  Clinton under BUDAPEST MEMORANDUM, which USA doesn't abide gave nukes Ukraine to historic agressor RUSSIA, then Obama the present day lame duck president removed stockpiles of arms.
A predicition of 20 years ago...
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-01-16/news/9401160298_1_president-leonid-kravchuk-ukraine-russians
Or is it all in american (defence industry) interest?? and nothing to do with keeping promises (Budapest Memorandum)....


http://www.unian.info/politics/1065472-kharkiv-regional-council-declares-russia-aggressor-state.html

Rusland heeft gedreigd te liquideren Wit-Rusland
http://rusjev.net/2015/04/09/v-rossii-prigrozili-likvidirovat-belorus/

http://euromaidanpress.com/seven-reasons/  its russian invasion

http://putin.forsale/
From our friends in LATVIA: "Here in Latvia we are afraid of Russian aggression in Baltic states. We have to do something about it, so we created the parody product called PUTIN - The shitmaker. The idea of the campaign is very simple - buy this product and donate 8 Euros to organisation “Doctors without borders” who has supported around 100 medical facilities on both sides of the frontline in Ukraine with medical supplies."

http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-draft-bans-critical-foreigners/26935312.html
http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/32626.html public broadcast
http://www.newsru.com/cinema/08apr2015/amstersud.html

Amsterdam Court Oekraïne partij erkend in de procedure van de Scythische gouden accessoires
http://www.rferl.org/content/dutch-court-names-ukraine-part-in-scythian-gold-case/26945067.html

http://en.delfi.lt/lithuania/society/lithuanias-media-watchdog-suspends-broadcasting-of-russian-tv-channel.d?id=67650930

http://www.armedpolitics.com/372/bessarabia-another-rather-sloppy-attempt-of-separatism-in-odessa/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32202426
Nagorno-Karabakh: 'Frozen' conflict threatens to reignite

http://www.unian.info/world/1065049-lithuania-suspends-granting-of-asylum-to-citizens-of-ukraine-escaping-war.html

http://www.unian.info/society/1064964-ban-on-sales-of-alcohol-to-servicemen-introduced-in-luhansk-region.html

http://www.unian.info/world/1065147-czech-military-chief-calls-russia-one-of-biggest-threats-to-world.html

http://www.janes.com/article/50475/us-poised-to-sell-nearly-usd1-billion-of-attack-helos-weapons-to-pakistan?utm_campaign=%5BPMP%5D_PC5308_J360+8.4.15_KV_Deployment&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

http://www.unian.info/economics/1064923-grain-harvest-in-ukraine-may-decrease-by-10-in-2015.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/08/alexander-litvinenko-may-have-killed-himself-accidentally-accused-says

http://www.unian.info/war/1065062-militants-put-troops-on-full-combat-readiness-spread-rumors-about-offensive.html

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065187-kharkiv-governor-pro-russian-forces-no-longer-have-strong-position-in-kharkiv.html

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/4d2d47c9a9f44a3c9e5befbd85c2647a/EU--Lithuania-Russia

http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/04/09/the-country-of-triumphant-resentment-yampolskiy-on-russias-loss-of-reality/
Mikhail Yampolsky:
However, the situation dramatically changes with the invention of advertising, all-out propaganda, and modern mass media. Now it became possible to construct the world in accordance with the imagination of politicians. The distinction between reality and lie is now completely blurred. It is precisely this lack of distinction so evident today in Russian society that Arendt considered the most dangerous.
One of the most striking developments in Russian society has been the explosive growth of aggression simultaneously with a refusal to accept reality, burying it under ideological fictions. This phenomenon cannot be easily explained. It is often chalked up to the unprecedented amounts of television propaganda. While official propaganda explains a lot, it does not explain everything. Not every society can be reprogrammed in such a short period of time, and to such extremes. To be effective, propaganda must reflect some subconscious attitudes of the population.
Mikhail Yampolskiy explores why Russia chooses to live in an alternate reality using the concept of resentment

Propaganda is a opinion, and while everyone is entitled to his own opinion , how abject it maybe, NO one is entitled to his own facts, facts especially historic can be be crosschecked , thats why propaganda will never replaceforever facts or truth. Russian trolls can be easily countered cause you only have to mention the facts=truth, they have to come up with one of a 1000's pravdas, and best is to believe just opposite of any russian newssource or troll, saves a lot of time, no need for discussion and if from non rus-media/troll source comes evidence which supports that opposite view, you never can go wrong..

http://www.unian.info/society/1064896-sbu-more-than-2500-people-released-from-militant-captivity.html


https://twitter.com/noclador/status/585731515641962497
BRT: Explanation: Toronto Symphony Orchestra cancelled performance by pianist who tweeted hate-speech about Ukrainians (http://ukrainianpolicy.com/why-valentina-lisitsa-was-fired/)
However, pianist went on RT and according to Theiner, she said she supported Euromaidan, whereupon RT cut her off.
Theiner:
WOW!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ZiFErxRMg&feature=youtu.be&t=8m39s
The moment @ValLisitsa says she supported ‪#‎Euromaidan‬ ‪#‎Russia‬'s RT immediately "loses" her signal
http://www.classical963fm.com/news/tso-saga-over-ukrainian-pianist-lisitsa-takes-a-twist-as-fill-in-pianist-quits-performance/
http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/04/09/agenda-behind-valentina-lisitsas-smears/



http://www.unian.info/politics/1065253-poroshenko-ukraine-poland-agree-to-coordinate-peacekeepers-in-donbas.html

http://uatoday.tv/geopolitics/many-greeks-in-favour-of-prime-minister-s-trip-to-moscow-to-meet-russian-president-putin-420148.html

http://www.unian.info/society/1064918-man-shot-dead-in-hospital-in-odesa-two-wounded.html

http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/interviews-and-profiles/putin-is-scared-of-an-uprising-an-interview-with-ukraines-chief-rabbi-rav-yaakov-dov-bleich/2015/04/08/

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/04/07/who-the-hell-keeps-leaking-kremlin-correspondence/?utm_source=Global+Voices&utm_campaign=940dddabf7-April7_2015_Daily_Digest_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_633e82444a-940dddabf7-290202081


http://autotheme.info/7973-ukrainskie-zhenschiny-deputaty-ezdyat-na-tankah-za-milliony.html

http://www.unian.info/war/1065276-debaltseve-pocket-in-donbas-was-created-by-russian-troops-yashin.html

http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/op-ed/j-michael-waller-ukraines-secret-weapon-385572.html

http://www.unian.info/society/1064890-sbu-detains-10-saboteurs-in-odesa.html

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/09/c_134134785.htm  china- belarus

http://www.unian.info/economics/1064971-imf-ukraine-is-in-currency-swap-talks-with-a-number-of-countries-to-increase-reserves.html

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/04/08/un-paid-russian-air-charters-hundreds-millions-while-putin-invaded-ukraine/

http://www.unian.info/economics/1064949-ukraines-gas-consumption-in-march-down-by-10.html

http://www.unian.info/economics/1065079-yatseniuk-insists-firtash-and-liovochkin-pay-for-use-of-gas-distribution-networks.html

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/ukraine-beats-russia-at-womens-world-chess-championships-in-sochi/518797.html

http://www.unian.info/economics/1065386-putin-allows-gazprom-not-to-fine-ukraine-over-gas-delivery-shortfall.html


http://www.unian.info/politics/1065547-komorowski-no-stable-and-secure-europe-without-ukraine.html

http://news.tut.by/society/443289.html visa belarus

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/298919271.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32229316  iran and houthi?

http://patrioty.org.ua/zapahlo-smazhenim-u-batski-panika-u-bilorusi-pochali-shiriti-listivki-shho-tse-spokonvichno-rosiyski-zemli/  Luchashenko Golden rule applies to everyone

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065425-sbu-confirms-cases-against-yanukovych-and-judges-of-the-constitutional-court.html

http://lugansk-news.com/russian-army-barracks-located-in-lugansk-ukraine-photos-and-video/

http://www.newsweek.com/2015/04/17/ukraine-plagued-succession-unlikely-suicides-former-ruling-party-320584.html

http://www.unian.info/society/1065296-cabinet-changes-rules-of-stay-for-foreigners-in-ukraine.html

http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/09/24/russian-writer-leonid-kaganovs-take-on-crimea/

http://www.unian.info/war/1065405-ato-headquarters-militants-armed-with-700-tanks-1100-apcs.html


http://www.unian.info/society/1065430-rada-increases-number-of-border-guards-by-3000.html

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065451-pisarenko-eu-disappointed-with-failure-of-reforms-in-ukraine.html

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/09/kremlin-hall-of-mirrors-military-information-psychology

http://www.unian.info/economics/1065542-hungarys-otp-group-has-no-plans-to-leave-ukraine.html

http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/04/09/russian-military-analyst-new-russian-attack-on-ukraine-likely-as-a-frozen-conflict-threatens-putins-goals-and-interests/
Vladimir Putin’s goal in Ukraine remains regime change in Kyiv, something he had hoped his intervention in Crimea and Donbas would force the Ukrainians to do on their own. But that hasn’t happened, and now, the Kremlin leader is likely to launch a broader attack against Ukraine in the near future, according to Pavel Felgengauer.
Putin has an even more compelling reason to move forward, the Russian military analyst says. If he doesn’t, he could face “very serious problems” at home. And “as a result, this could lead to regime change” not in Kyiv but in Moscow itself.


http://www.unian.info/politics/1065357-ukraines-ambassador-un-to-suffer-league-of-nations-fate.html

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065348-sbu-to-report-about-surkovs-role-in-euromaidan-bloodshed-to-public-soon.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32228336 'Summary killings' of Ukraine soldiers in east - Amnesty

http://www.unian.info/war/1065387-militants-fire-banned-weapons-at-ukrainian-army-near-mariupol.html

http://eng.belta.by/all_news/economics/Mayor-Minsk-will-seek-to-double-number-of-Latvian-tourists_i_80843.html

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/fight-over-ukraine-darkens-future-of-russia-us-nuclear-arms-control/518783.html



http://www.unian.info/war/1065399-amnesty-international-new-evidence-of-summary-killings-of-pows-must-spark-urgent-investigations.html

http://www.unian.info/society/1065160-experts-warn-of-growing-threat-of-terrorist-attacks-in-two-regions-of-ukraine.html

http://www.unian.info/society/1065458-sbu-detains-group-of-27-saboteurs-in-odesa.html

http://joinfo.com/world/1001921_Russian-Investigative-Committee-calls-Savchenkos.html

http://www.unian.info/war/1065406-ato-press-office-militants-attack-ukrainian-troops-13-times-overnight.html

http://www.unian.info/economics/1065465-agribusiness-abuses-under-yanukovych-continuing-after-revolution-say-market-players.html

http://www.unian.info/economics/1065301-poland-to-lend-eur-100-mln-to-ukraine-for-energy-reform-improvement-of-border-facilities.html

http://www.unian.info/war/1065083-militants-continuing-to-export-equipment-from-ukraine-to-russia.html#

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065341-ukraine-poland-agree-to-participate-in-combined-military-drills.html




http://news.yahoo.com/fragile-ceasefire-dark-joke-many-east-ukraine-182526835.html
http://www.unian.info/politics/1065340-komorowski-ukraine-should-have-right-to-apply-for-eu-membership.html

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065512-parliament-adopts-law-on-increasing-sbu-numbers-under-martial-law.html

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065239-court-authorizes-detention-of-ex-lawmaker-engaged-in-voting-for-dictatorship-laws.html

https://euobserver.com/energy/128261 greece and hungary sign up for russia pipeline



http://www.unian.info/economics/1065001-ukraine-extends-restrictions-on-steel-pipe-imports-until-september-2016.html

http://www.unian.info/war/1065412-tymchuk-militants-carry-out-limited-offensive-against-ukrainian-army-frontline-positions.html

http://www.unian.info/economics/1065158-ebrd-to-allocate-ukraine-up-to-eur-100-mln-for-energy-efficiency.html

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-suspect-says-ex-kgbs-litvinenko-might-have-accidentally-killed-himself/518803.html



http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/documentary-jailed-ukrainian-filmmaker-gets-786826


http://joinfo.com/world/1001916_LPR-militants-start-conducting-large-scale.html

http://www.unian.info/politics/1064991-rada-ratifies-agreement-on-ukrainian-state-border-with-belarus-poland.html

http://www.unian.info/politics/1065137-azarov-tsarev-and-oleinik-finance-actions-to-destabilize-situation-in-ukraine.html

http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/04/09/dnr-adopts-a-law-against-meetings-and-rallies/


http://www.rferl.org/A/26946495.html

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/08/us-military-tactics-falling-behind-those-of-adversaries-pentagon-official-warns?CMP=share_btn_fb

http://inforesist.org/rada-priznala-voinov-oun-i-upa-borcami-za-nezavisimost-ukrainy/


http://uatoday.tv/politics/globalpost-russia-would-attack-russians-to-justify-war-in-ukraine-ex-putin-aide-alleges-420272.html

https://konserwatywnie.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/gazprom-is-the-biggest-loser-of-the-war-in-ukraine-commentary-for-new-eastern-europe/

http://www.gofundme.com/ukrainianaidfund?pc=fb_u_g

http://man-with-dogs.livejournal.com/807232.html Documents about execution of little children in USSR (russian)


http://www.interpretermag.com/what-does-the-fascist-conference-in-st-petersburg-tell-us-about-contemporary-russia/
http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/04/09/crimean-tatar-leaders-ngos-meet-in-turkey-pledge-to-seek-justice-for-repression/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32216738 yarosh rise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/04/08/russian-media-fabricated-story-about-a-child-getting-killed-by-ukrainian-shelling-the-bbc-says/?tid=sm_tw


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/russia-nervously-eyes-the-us-iran-deal-2015-04-07?dist=beforebell
Russia’s influence in the Middle East is fading rapidly at the same time Europe is starting to wriggle out of Russia’s energy grip. And as Russia’s options are narrowing, U.S. options are multiplying in both the Middle East and Europe. This is an uncomfortable situation for Putin, to be sure. But a narrow set of options for Russia in its near abroad does not make those options any less concerning for the United States as the standoff between Washington and Moscow continues

http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/259386.html nadya takes small food

http://larrigrimm.livejournal.com/16905.html

http://rbth.co.uk/business/2015/04/08/world_bank_warns_of_looming_two-year_recession_in_russia_45071.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

http://joinfo.com/world/1001912_For-the-first-time-in-history-Polish-president-to.html

http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/04/russia-improves-its-surface-air-missiles-us-looks-counter/109684/

http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1428583933 Oleksandr Kolchenko, Crimean civic activist and recognized political prisoner, has lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights over the Russian citizenship which Moscow is foisting on him.


http://joinfo.com/world/1001919_Ukraine-to-start-cooperating-with-NATO-in.html

http://www.wsj.com/article_email/putin-and-the-dissident-1428448558-lMyQjAxMTE1MzA0ODAwNjg1Wj

http://joinfo.com/world/1001915_Putin-loses-friends-President-of-Montenegro.html

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/04/09/russias-round-2-a-new-conflict-in-eastern-europe

http://fakeoff.org/war/voennye-prestupleniya-sovetskikh-partizan-v-belorussii-pribaltike-i-finlyandii

Sentsov told the court on Wednesday that he feared neither the threats nor the sentence since “the bloody runt’s rule in your country will end sooner.”
http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1428534781


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/07/money-crisis-in-crimea-how-sanctions-against-russia-have-made-cash-king

15 months after Tetyana Chornovol, then a EuroMaidan activist and well-known journalist, was savagely beaten and left for dead on the side of the road, two of the men arrested appear to have been convicted of the attack, but released from custody.
http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1428445617



http://divannaya-sotnya.com.ua/boykotrushka/18-radi-povysheniya-po-sluzhbe-putin-delal-minety-vysshemu-rukovodstvu-v-molodye-gody-foto.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-06/soviet-era-survival-kicks-in-for-ukrainians-in-rebel-wasteland

In winter of 2015 Russian troops were "liberating" Ukrainian town Uglegorsk (near Debaltsevo) from Ukrainian troops and Ukrainian citizens. Now it is hard to find any people there, it is totally destroyed and looks like a ghost town. After destroying the town and killing many residents Russian "liberators" are not coming to restore it. (VIDEO)
http://vlada.io/vlada_blog/ot-kogo-osvobodili-uglegorsk-video/




https://www.stratfor.com/sample/analysis/through-slovakia-russia-loses-power-over-ukraine?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=official&utm_campaign=link
Sample Article: Through Slovakia, Russia Loses Power Over Ukraine

Through Slovakia, Russia Loses Power Over Ukraine


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks April 4 at the World War II memorial in Bratislava during a ceremony celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Red Army's liberation of Bratislava from the Nazis.(SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/Getty Images)
Summary

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov paid an official visit to Slovakia from April 3 to April 4. In the past year, Slovakia has become increasingly important in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine over Ukraine's strategic alignment with the West. One of Russia's key levers over the Ukrainian government has been the threat of limiting or cutting off natural gas supplies. Kiev has countered this threat by obtaining reverse flows of natural gas, essentially rerouting natural gas from European markets back into Ukraine through pipelines that ordinarily flow in the opposite direction. Most of these reverse flows have come from Slovakia. Lavrov's recent trip is part of Moscow's effort to persuade Slovakia's leadership to curb these flows and to oppose the continuation of EU sanctions on Russia. Moscow's options to boost its influence in Bratislava, however, are increasingly limited.

Analysis

Located in Europe's borderlands, Slovakia is a small, mountainous country that was historically subsumed by successive Central European kingdoms and empires. Today, it borders two highly strategic countries: Ukraine and Poland. Though Slovakia is a member of both NATO and the European Union, as well as the eurozone, the country's geography has prevented it from following the West unwaveringly. Instead, like many of its neighbors, Bratislava has had to pursue a strategy of balancing between Russia and the European Union. Following the onset of the crisis in Ukraine, however, Slovakia's Western allies have pushed for the country to take on a greater role in NATO's plans to boost its presence along the alliance's eastern borders — an effort that it hopes will promote Ukraine's reorientation away from Russia.

But because of its unique geopolitics, along with neighbors such as Hungary, Slovakia has opposed EU plans to impose significant economic sanctions on Russia. Though Slovakia's government ultimately voted in favor of these sanctions, Prime Minister Robert Fico has since publicly raised concerns that the sanctions are both ineffective and harmful to relations with Russia. Slovakia also opted out of U.S. plans to strengthen defense cooperation in the region through Operation Atlantic Resolve.

Moscow's influence in Slovakia is rooted in Russian energy exports and investment in the country. Bilateral trade is relatively modest; in 2013, only 4 percent of Slovakia's exports went to Russia and 10 percent of Slovakia's imports came from Russia. Nevertheless, in 2012 Russia's Sberbank entered Slovakia's market. By 2013, the bank held about 2.9 percent market share, although some reports in February 2014 hinted that it might leave the country. Regardless, in June 2014, Sberbank announced that it had reached a deal to lend $1.18 billion to Slovakia's top power firm, Slovenske Elektrarne. Under the terms of the agreement, Slovenske Elektrarne will spend some of these funds on nuclear fuel from Russia's Rosatom. For Russia, this loan serves a dual purpose: It enhances the role of a Russian bank in Slovakia's economy and reinforces the country's nuclear energy ties to Russia, thus increasing Moscow's leverage.

Slovakia, however, still has a much stronger negotiating position than its neighbors, such as Hungary. Slovakia is a major transit hub for Russian natural gas and oil on its way to key European markets. And unlike transit states such as Ukraine, Slovakia has access to European spot markets, meaning it can buy natural gas from countries such as Germany at a market rate. Slovakia is currently under a 20-year oil and natural gas contract with Gazprom, signed in 2008. The prices under this framework are modified every three years. Slovakia's access to energy markets in Western and Northwestern Europe have boosted its ability to negotiate more favorable prices. Moreover, a Slovakia-Hungary interconnector is scheduled to come online soon, putting Slovakia in an even more advantageous position. And as Slovakia's leverage is increasing, Russia's is declining with economic troubles constraining Moscow's ability to offer Slovakia new financial incentives.


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