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      Russia’s Lavrov says EU’s Tusk upping tension over Ukraine
      Mar10

      Russia’s Lavrov says EU’s Tusk upping tension over Ukraine

      Tuesday, March 10 , 2015 - 15:28 (EET) Section: The New Age (South Africa)

      Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused European Council President Donald Tusk and Brussels bureaucrats on Tuesday of stirring up tensions betw …read more Source: The New...

      Ukraine’s military says eastern rebels using truce to amass arms
      Mar10

      Ukraine’s military says eastern rebels using truce to amass arms

      Tuesday, March 10 , 2015 - 14:27 (EET) Section: The New Age (South Africa)

      Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday pro-Russian rebels were amassing heavy weapons in depots around separatist-held Donetsk city despite a ceasefire …read more Source: The New...

      UK minister warns of Russia threat
      Mar10

      UK minister warns of Russia threat

      Tuesday, March 10 , 2015 - 8:58 (EET) Section: iafrica (South Africa)

      Russian actions in Ukraine are undermining the security of nations in Eastern Europe, British foreign minister Philip Hammond is to warn in a speech on Tuesday. …read more Source:...

      Putin says plan to take Crimea hatched before referendum
      Mar10

      Putin says plan to take Crimea hatched before referendum

      Tuesday, March 10 , 2015 - 7:58 (EET) Section: Business Day (South Africa)

      Latest account at odds with official version that Russian annexation decision came after March 2014 plebiscite when Crimean residents voted to become part of the Russian Federation …read more Source: Business...

      Putin Admits Pre-Referendum Takeover Plot
      Mar10

      Putin Admits Pre-Referendum Takeover Plot

      Tuesday, March 10 , 2015 - 4:28 (EET) Section: Channels Television (Nigeria)

      Russian President, Vladmir Putin, has admitted that he ordered the takeover of Crimea, weeks before the peninsula had a self-determination referendum. Mr Putin had ordered that the returning of Crimea to Russia should begin, during an all-night meeting on February 22, 2014, after former Ukrainian President, Victor Yanukovych, was ousted. This new...

      Nemtsov: Islamist motive ‘nonsensical’
      Mar09

      Nemtsov: Islamist motive ‘nonsensical’

      Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 19:58 (EET) Section: Independent Online (South Africa)

      A colleague of Boris Nemtsov said that suggestions he was killed by Islamists were nonsensical. ||| Moscow – A colleague of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition figure shot dead near Moscow’s Red Square, said suggestions he was killed by Islamists were nonsensical and useful for the Kremlin because they deflected accusations that...

      Putin decided to annex Crimea before vote
      Mar09

      Putin decided to annex Crimea before vote

      Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 18:12 (EET) Section: Independent Online (South Africa)

      Russian president Vladimir Putin admits he decided to annex Crimea even before a Ukranian referendum on unification. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February...

      Putin reveals details of Crimea annexation
      Mar09

      Putin reveals details of Crimea annexation

      Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 17:42 (EET) Section: Independent Online (South Africa)

      Vladimir Putin says he decided to annex Crimea after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February 2014. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in...

      Putin reveals details of Crimea annexation for the first time
      Mar09

      Putin reveals details of Crimea annexation for the first time

      Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 16:43 (EET) Section: The New Age (South Africa)

      Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after forme …read more Source: The New...

      German foreign minister sees reduction of violence in east Ukraine
      Mar09

      German foreign minister sees reduction of violence in east Ukraine

      Monday, March 9 , 2015 - 14:58 (EET) Section: The New Age (South Africa)

      Violence in eastern Ukraine has reduced significantly since a ceasefire deal was agreed in Minsk, Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeie …read more Source: The New...