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IMF to visit Kiev for bailout talks
An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Kiev from December 9 to 18 regarding a $17 billion (R193 billion) bailout. ||| Kiev – An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Kiev from December 9 to 18 for talks with the new government regarding a $17 billion (R193 billion) bailout programme, the IMF’s Ukraine...
Hollande meets Putin on Ukraine crisis
French President Francois Hollande met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis. ||| Moscow – French President Francois Hollande met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a brief stopover at a Moscow airport on Saturday. Putin looked nervous as he greeted Hollande, who was on his way...
News24.com | Soldiers dying as Ukraine creeps towards truce
Ukraine has lost another six soldiers in the past day amid fresh reports of intense fighting for control of a flashpoint eastern airport despite tentative steps towards a comprehensive truce. …read more Source:...
EU’s Russian sanctions should be proportional, Italy warns
The European Union isn’t a “sanctions geyser” and its restrictions imposed on Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis should be “proportional and reversible,” Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday (05/12/2014). “The EU is not a sanctions geyser, sanctions are an instrument to a political solution,” he said during a...
Soldiers still dying as Ukraine creeps towards ceasefire
Ukraine said Friday it had lost another six soldiers in the past day as reports continued of intense battles for control of a flashpoint eastern airpo …read more Source: The New...
Uefa ban Crimean clubs from Russian competitions
UEFA has barred football clubs in the disputed Crimea region from playing in competitions organized by the Russian Football Union. …read more Source: The Sunday...
France ‘must fulfill obligations’ over warship delivery: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday (05/12/2014) warned France its reputation was on the line over the delivery of a controversial warship to Russia, which has been delayed due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. “I am a little fed up with this question. It is not our problem anymore, it is a problem of France’s reputation....
Ukraine set for Dec 9 truce
Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said on Thursday they had agreed to halt fire on December 9 under the terms of a truce. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels agree truce
Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed to a ceasefire across the eastern war zone. …read more Source:...
News24.com | West wants to undermine Russia – Putin
President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of exploiting the Ukraine crisis to undermine an increasingly confident Russia, and said Crimea was “sacred” to Moscow. …read more Source:...
