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to the Times, "The law, which Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet passed last week, is a response to a di

oon after the president signs the bill into law, which could be as early as Thursday afternoon." According to the Times, "The law, which Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet passed last week, is a response to a disjointed virus response by state governments, which previously had the ultimate say in carrying out r

iplomat said on Monday that Russia has massed some 100,000 troops near the border." The AP (4/22, Isachenkov) reports that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu "ordered troops back to their permanent bases following massive drills...but said that they should leave their weapons behind in western Russia for

dent Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talk in

a from invading Ukraine? Here's what to know. :;From left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talk in Minsk, Belants, on Feb. 11, 2015. (Mykola Lazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP) From

uthern Military District were loading equipment onto rail cars to return to base after completing military exercises, in line with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's report to Putin on Monday that some drills were ending and others would end soon." And, they reported, "[q]uestions remain about Moscow's intenti

reezes and visa bans on March 17, and may widen that list to include close Putin associates at a summit in Brussels today and tomorrow. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Russia's biggest EU trading partner, said it's too early to start economic retaliation. "We will make very clear that in the case of f

to start economic retaliation. "We will make very clear that in the case of further escalation we will be ready to introduce economic sanctions," Merkel told reporters before the EU summit. Sanctions require the agreement of all EU governments, a consensus-building process that can't match Putin's s

ng military movements carry "dangerous risks of escalation." U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke by phone today with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to clarify Russia's intentions for its troops amassed along the border with Ukraine, Rear Admiral John Kirby, Hagel's spokesman, said at a news co

reezes and visa bans on March 17, and may widen that list to include close Putin associates at a summit in Brussels today and tomorrow. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Russia's biggest EU trading partner, said it's too early to start economic retaliation. "We will make very clear that in the case of f

to start economic retaliation. "We will make very clear that in the case of further escalation we will be ready to introduce economic sanctions," Merkel told reporters before the EU summit. Sanctions require the agreement of all EU governments, a consensus-building process that can't match Putin's s

ng military movements carry "dangerous risks of escalation." U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke by phone today with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to clarify Russia's intentions for its troops amassed along the border with Ukraine, Rear Admiral John Kirby, Hagel's spokesman, said at a news co