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The Power Vertical is a blog and podcast for Russia wonks and Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore. It covers emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today.

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Mar 28, 2014

Ukraine Fears a Larger Russian Invasion, Top Security Official Says

By James Rupert

National Security Secretary in Kyiv Asks for a ‘Visible Presence’ of US, NATO Forces in Region Ukraine’s government is battling a Russian campaign of subversion in southern and eastern Ukraine that aims to let Moscow launch a Crimea-style takeover of as much as a third of the country, Ukraine’s top national security official said today. […]

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Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby, March 27, 2014

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Mar 27, 2014

Pentagon Sees Russia Reinforcing Units on Border with Ukraine

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

Russia continues to reinforce units along the eastern and southern Ukraine border, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said during a news conference today.

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Mar 27, 2014

Parubiy: Russia’s Attempts to Subvert Ukraine Are Failing

By Atlantic Council

The Guardian quotes Andriy Parubiy’s remarks from his live webcast conversation with Atlantic Council Executive VP Damon Wilson:

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Mar 27, 2014

Parubiy: 100,000 Russian Troops Near Border

By Atlantic Council

Agence France Presse covers Andriy Parubiy’s remarks from his live webcast conversation with Atlantic Council Executive VP Damon Wilson:

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Latvian soldier participating in Saber Strike 2013 exercise

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Mar 27, 2014

Baltic Republics Pledge More Defense Spending as Ukraine Crisis Continues

By Lithuania, Latvia, and Financial Times

From Office of the President of Lithuania:  Membership in NATO and the European Union is our indisputable strength – which was confirmed by life itself.

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Mar 27, 2014

Brzezinski: Western Powers Weigh Responses To Russia

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski joins the Diane Rehm Show to discuss Western powers’ response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Listen here.

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Mar 27, 2014

Pavel: “We’re a Shooting Incident Away from Civil War” in Ukraine

By Barry Pavel

The Los Angeles Times quotes VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on NATO’s readiness for conflict in Ukraine:

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Mar 27, 2014

Wilson: “Putin Just Declared War on the European Order”

By Damon Wilson

The New York Times quotes Executive VP Damon Wilson on President Obama’s renwed focus on Europe and NATO:

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Barack Obama

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Mar 26, 2014

NATO Challenged to Agree on Nature of Threat from Russia

By Economist

Almost nobody connected with NATO believes that the crisis created by Russia’s appropriation of Crimea will quickly fade.

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Soldier and tank near border with Russia

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Mar 26, 2014

Russia’s Window of Opportunity in Ukraine

By Pavel Felgenhauer, Foreign Policy

Russian forces have been concentrated for possible offensive action on the borders of Ukraine, in vast numbers and in a high state of readiness, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

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