Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
Russia bans salt imports from Artyomsol
Moscow’s consumer rights watchdog has imposed a temporary ban on salt imports from a state Ukrainian producer. ||| Moscow – Russia’s consumer rights watchdog said on Monday it had imposed a temporary ban on salt imports from a state Ukrainian producer, citing a violation of legislation. Rospotrebnadzor said it had banned salt...
Billionaires and the scent of Johnnie Walker Blue
There’s an alternative universe at the World Economic Forum, where panel discussions are swapped for private meetings with bankers, and the scent of scotch wafts through the air beginning in the early afternoon. ||| THERE’S an alternative universe at the World Economic Forum, where panel discussions are swapped for private meetings...
Russia needs R455bn for bank crisis
Russia may have to spend more than $40 billion (R455bn) this year to avert a banking crisis, as the growing likelihood of a sharp recession threatens to pile extra costs on a sector suffering from Western sanctions over Ukraine and a plunge in the rouble. ||| Russia may have to spend more than $40 billion (R455bn) this year to avert a banking...
‘De-escalation is priority in Ukraine’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was key for the Kiev government. ||| Kiev – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was the priority for the Kiev government, which stands by a September peace deal signed in Minsk....
Obama: US looks to rein in Russia
US President Barack Obama said that Russian support was behind the latest ceasefire breakdown in Ukraine. ||| New Delhi – US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Russian support was behind the latest ceasefire breakdown in Ukraine and said the United States would consider all additional options short of military action to rein-in...
Poroshenko: De-escalation is priority in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was key for the Kiev government. ||| Kiev – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday de-escalating the conflict with pro-Russian rebels was the priority for the Kiev government, which stands by a September peace deal signed in Minsk....
Ten killed in Mariupol shelling
A crowded open-air market in Ukraine’s coastal city of Mariupol came under rocket fire, killing at least 10 people, police said. ||| Kiev, Ukraine – A crowded open-air market in Ukraine’s strategically important coastal city of Mariupol came under rocket fire on Saturday morning, killing at least 10 people, regional police...
Ukraine bus shelling kills 13
Thirteen civilians died when shells hit a trolleybus in Donetsk hours after peace talks in Berlin called for a ceasefire. ||| Kiev – Thirteen civilians died when shells hit a trolleybus on Thursday in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk as clashes forced Kiev to abandon its dogged defence of the city’s airport in one of the...
‘Agreement reached’ in Ukraine crisis
Pro-Russian fighters and Kiev’s forces have reportedly reached an agreement on establishing security zones. ||| Berlin – Diplomatic progress was made during four-way talks on the Ukraine crisis and an agreement was reached on establishing security zones between pro-Russian fighters and Kiev’s forces, German Foreign Minister...
US believes it is number one – Russia
Russia hit back at President Barack Obama’s speech, saying it showed the US believes it is “number one”. ||| Moscow – Russia hit back on Wednesday at US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, saying it showed the United States believes it is “number one” and seeks world domination. Obama said...
