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Nemtsov killing triggers Russia warnings
The killing of leading Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov sent an exchange of warnings and charges across Europe. ||| Geneva/ Moscow – The killing of leading Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov sent an exchange of warnings and charges across Europe on Monday as a top Polish legislator was denied an entry visa to attend the...
Model tells of last hours with Nemtsov
The Ukrainian model who was with Boris Nemtsov recounted her last hours with him – but said she did not see the killer. ||| Moscow – The 23-year-old Ukrainian model who was with slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov tearfully recounted on Monday their last dinner in a chic Red Square restaurant and their walk onto a nearby bridge...
‘Western values are ticket to hell’
Western values are a “ticket to hell,” China’s state media said in the latest example of a rising level of invective targeting critics of the authoritarian government. ||| Beijing – Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some...
News24.com | Ukraine FM casts doubt on Russia ceasefire
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has cast doubt on hopes that a UN-backed truce with pro-Russian rebels will stick, as he called for an expansion of international monitoring. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Death toll in eastern Ukraine passes 6 000
The UN human rights office says more than 6 000 people have died in eastern Ukraine since the start of the conflict almost a year ago. …read more Source:...
Lavrov and Kerry discuss Ukraine crisis
The chief diplomats from the US and Russia, John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov, met in Geneva to discuss the Ukraine crisis. ||| Geneva – The chief diplomats from the United States and Russia, John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov, met Monday in Geneva to discuss the Ukraine crisis as the UN said the conflict had taken more than 6 000 lives.Meeting on the...
EU hopes for ‘positive outcome’ in Russia-Ukraine gas talks
The EU said it hoped for a “positive outcome” in talks in Brussels on Monday between the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers aimed at resolving a g …read more Source: The New...
News24.com | Ukraine’s frontlines calm ahead of gas talks
Ukraine’s frontlines have been relatively calm ahead of high-level EU-mediated gas talks between Kiev and Moscow, as journalists mourn the killing by mortar fire of a Ukrainian photographer. …read more Source:...
Kerry, Lavrov meet as Ukraine death toll surpasses 6000
The chief diplomats from the United States and Russia, John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov, met Monday in Geneva to discuss the Ukraine crisis as the UN said …read more Source: The New...
More than 6,000 killed in merciless devastation in Ukraine: UN
More than 6,000 people have been killed since violence erupted in Ukraine last April, the UN rights chief said, decrying a “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure.” …read more Source: The Sunday...
