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Separatists vote in eastern Ukraine poll
The separatists’ election of a leader and people’s council is the latest twist in a face-off between Russia and the West …read more Source: Business...
EU blasts Russia over Ukraine separatist vote
EU foreign policy chiefs blasted Moscow’s recognition of separatist elections in Ukraine on Monday (03/11/2014), saying the polls, which sought to put a legal veneer on the bloody pro-Russian rebellion, violated a peace agreement. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the elections went “against the letter and spirit” of an...
Vote violates Minsk agreements – Poroshenko
Pro-Russian rebels have elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine – a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce”. ||| Donetsk, Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce”.Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander...
Germany calls on Rissia to respect ‘unity’ of Ukraine after vote
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on Russia Monday to respect “the unity of Ukraine” in the wake of elections held by pro-Russian …read more Source: The New...
Russia backs Ukraine rebel vote
Russia endorsed a crushing victory for Ukraine’s pro-Moscow rebel leadership after controversial polls on Sunday that the EU slammed. …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatists vote in controversial election
Separatists in eastern Ukraine voted Sunday in controversial, Russian-backed leadership elections that Kiev and the West have refused to recognise and which threatened to deepen an international crisis over the conflict. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Ukraine separatists vote in controversial election
Separatists in eastern Ukraine are voting in controversial, Russian-backed leadership elections that Kiev and the West have refused to recognise. …read more Source:...
Eastern Ukraine starts voting
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine began voting in controversial elections, as heavy fighting continues. …read more Source:...
Russia will resume gas transfer when Ukraine pays up
Russia will resume shipping natural gas to Ukraine after Kiev pays off its first debt installment for past supplies of gas next week, officials said Friday (31/10/2014). Alexei Miller, chief of Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant, made the statement hours after Russia, Ukraine and the European Union thrashed out a $4.6...
Ukraine says EU to be guarantor in any Russia gas deal
Ukraine and the European Union have agreed that the EU’s executive arm will serve as guarantor in any agreement for Russia to supply Ukraine with gas, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Thursday (30/10/2014). Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, meanwhile, said Moscow and Kiev could sign a gas deal later in the day if all...
