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Mar 24, 2014

NATO Commander Warns of Russian Threat to Separatist Moldova Region

By Washington Post and Reuters

U.S. and Ukrainian officials warned Sunday that Russia may be poised to expand its territorial conquest into eastern Ukraine and beyond, with a senior NATO official saying that Moscow might even order its troops to cross Ukraine to reach Moldova.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, Feb. 17, 2011

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Mar 24, 2014

NATO Commander Concerned About Russian Military Buildup Near Ukraine

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, voiced concern about Moscow using a tactic of snap military exercises to prepare its forces for possible rapid incursions into a neighboring state, as it had done in the case of Ukraine’s Crimea region.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama, Feb. 26, 2012

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Mar 21, 2014

Putin Interprets the West’s Gradualism as a Sign of Weakness

By Editors of the Wall Street Journal

Maybe President Obama is catching on to Vladimir Putin. The Russian President keeps ignoring Mr. Obama’s pleas to stop carving up Ukraine, and at last on Thursday the U.S. President responded by imposing some sanctions worth the name.

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Secretary of State John Kerry and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, March 5, 2014

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Mar 21, 2014

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister: The World Must Reject Russia’s ‘Anschluss’ in Crimea

By Andrii Deshchytsia, Washington Post

So, the unthinkable happened: Within a couple of weeks, Vladimir Putin pulled off his blitzkrieg. Russia’s “anschluss” of Crimea heralds a new international reality.

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Vice President Joe Biden and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, March 18, 2014

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Mar 19, 2014

Russian Aggression Puts NATO in Spotlight

By STEVEN ERLANGER, New York Times

Russia’s annexation of Crimea has suddenly revived the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s central role as a counterweight to Moscow, and with it questions about the alliance’s options and ability to act.

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Russian guided missile cruiser Moskva

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Mar 19, 2014

Russian Navy ‘Rebalances’ to the Mediterranean

By Thomas R. Fedyszyn, U.S. Naval Institute

As the U.S. military “rebalances” to the Asia-Pacific theater, the Russian Navy is pivoting back into the same European waters it became very familiar with during the Cold War.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, March 19, 2014

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Mar 19, 2014

Secretary General: NATO Allies Stand with Ukraine

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[R]ecent events in Ukraine have shown that we cannot take that security and stability for granted. And that we need to stand up for our values.

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Vice President Joe Biden and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, March 18, 2014

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Mar 19, 2014

US Suggests Baltics War Games in Response to Russian ‘Land Grab’

By Roberta Rampton, Reuters

The United States is considering sending troops for war games in the Baltic states bordering Russia, Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday in an effort to reassure NATO allies alarmed at the Kremlin’s intervention in Ukraine.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Oct. 22, 2013

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Mar 19, 2014

Where’s NATO’s Strong Response to Russia’s Invasion of Crimea?

By Kurt Volker, Foreign Policy

As Russia completes its invasion and eventual annexation of Crimea — and possibly threatens more Ukrainian territory — one can be forgiven for asking, “Where’s NATO?”

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Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg

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Mar 18, 2014

Italian Paper Reports Norway’s Stoltenberg Favored to be Next Secretary General of NATO

By The Local (Norway)

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg [@jensstoltenberg] is the clear favourite to become the next Secretary General of NATO when Denmark’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen steps down in September

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