Section: South Africa
US Sanctions Donetsk, Lugansk People’s Republics Banks
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States sanctioned three banks that operate in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), the US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a press release on Tuesday. “Central Republic Bank is the central bank of the so-called ‘DPR’ and is...
Trump calls US student’s death a ‘total disgrace’
Washington — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the death of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier after his lengthy detention in North Korea was a “total disgrace,” and said if the college student had been returned home to the U.S. earlier, “I think the result would have been a lot different.” Trump said he had spoken with...
Kiev Court Extends Arrest of Russian Serviceman Abducted Near Crimea
KIEV (Sputnik) – In November 2016, the Russian Defense Ministry said Staff Sgt. Alexander Baranov and Warrant Officer Maxim Odintsov were kidnapped and whisked across the border to the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine with an apparent goal to press criminal charges against them. The Security Service of Ukraine said later that the detained Russian...
EU Publishes Decision on Extending Anti-Crimea Sanctions by 1 Year
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Monday, the Council of the European Union made a decision to extend the sanctions in a number of spheres, such as imports of products, investment, tourism services, transport, telecommunications among others, until June 23, 2018. According to the EU legislation, the decision comes into force after its publication in the...
Ukrainian Speaker Claims US May Deploy Military Reserves to Assist Country
KIEV (Sputnik) – On June 12-16, Parubii visited the United States. During the visit, the official called for a bilateral US-Ukrainian accord on security and for the provision of lethal weapons to Kiev. “It [the agreement] implies carrying out special operations, implementation of joint scientific and technical developments and deployment on the...
Ukraine leader Poroshenko to meet Trump
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday for talks on security, political and economic issues, Poroshenko’s office said. “It is very important that my meeting, as the Ukrainian president, in the White House will be earlier than (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s meeting,” it...
EU Punishes Crimeans for Democratic Choice by Extending Sanctions – Russian MP
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Monday, EU foreign ministers announced that the restrictive measures against Crimea would be extended until June 23, 2018. “The issue is, in fact, very telling. Since it is forbidden to import what the Crimeans produce, the peninsula is cut off investments, technologies and tourists. In other words, everything that concerns...
People in Odessa Commemorate 2014 Massacre Every Month, Call for Justice
RICHMOND (Sputnik) — The people of the Ukrainian city of Odessa come together every month to commemorate those who were killed in the deadly fire in the city’s Trade Unions House, and urge the investigation to bring those responsible to justice, activist from Odessa Alexander Prigarin told Sputnik on Sunday. “Every month we hold memorial...
eNCA | Ukrainian reporter-blogger feared captured by rebels
Stanyslav Aseyev, a freelance contributor to US-funded Radio Free Europe, has been missing since 2 June. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Migrants: The Time Bomb That Could Tear Poland Apart
In an interview with Sputnik, Polish politician and journalist Konrad Rekas said that Talaga’s opinion is fully shared by Vice Premier Jaroslaw Gowin. “The problem is that Poles are wary of an uncontrolled influx of refugees from Ukraine. Jaroslaw Gowin said that Poland would be better off hiring Ukrainian migrants than those from the...
