Around The World [10.15.14]

Russia


I am confident that from now on President Vladimir Putin will focus his efforts towards building an economically strong Russia.

• Russian troops withdraw from Ukrainian border as Kerry, Lavrov meet in Paris (DW)

"US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Paris. The two discussed the withdrawal of troops from the Ukrainian border and the sharing of intelligence on "Islamic State."

Kerry said that Russian troops were withdrawing from Ukraine – a necessary initiative to have Western sanctions lifted."

• John Kerry Facepalms Next To Russian Foreign Minister, Hints At New 'Reset' (Business Insider)

John Kerry and Lavrov

Ukraine

• Putin, Poroshenko to discuss gas deal, peace moves in Italy (Reuters)

"Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko will look for ways to settle a dispute over natural gas supplies and end months of conflict in east Ukraine at talks in Italy this week."

• ‘High expectations’: Putin, Poroshenko to talk gas, Ukraine crisis in Italy (RT)

"Poroshenko stressed that "the whole world has high expectations" of the meeting between the two leaders."

• Ukraine sees fewer Russian troops in conflict zone (Deseret)

President Putin & Poroshenko

"Military officials in Ukraine say there's been a reduction in the number of Russian soldiers at the heart of the fighting between government troops and separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine."



 
Central And South America

• The alleged leader of a Mexican criminal band that prosecutors accuse of colluding with police in the disappearance of 43 college students was killed on Tuesday during a shootout with security forces (WSJ)

 

India

• Tracking India’s Bureaucrats Becomes a Digital Dashboard Venture (New York Times) 

 

Europe

• Nobel Prize in Economic Science Awarded to Jean Tirole. Frenchman Wins for Analysis of Market Power and Regulation (Wall Street Journal) 
• Germany, France Tap Economists for Advice to Avoid ‘Lost Decade’ (Wall Street Journal) 

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