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UN’s top court to rule in Ukraine vs Russia case
The UN’s top court will Wednesday rule on a bid by Kiev to halt Russia’s alleged funnelling of money, arms, and personnel into Ukraine’s war-torn east, a key moment in the three-year crisis. Judges at the Hague-based International Court of Justice will hand down a ruling at 1300 GMT on Ukraine’s request for emergency...
Normandy Four States Point Out Importance of Easter Ceasefire in Donbass
(updated 01:24 18.04.2017) MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Leaders of the Normandy Four states held a phone conversation having pointed out importance of full sticking to the Easter ceasefire by parties to the Ukrainian conflict, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday in a statement. “They welcomed the agreement on resuming the Easter ceasefire achieved...
Second lease of life for abused circus bears in Ukraine
Dental treatment by the best vets, open-air accommodation and fresh fish instead of dubious leftovers and abuse – life has The post Second lease of life for abused circus bears in Ukraine appeared first on HeraldLIVE. …read more Source: Herald...
Moldova, Ukraine Plan to Set Up 13 Joint Check Points at Transnistrian Border
TIRASPOL (Sputnik) — Kiev and Chisinau are said to be eyeing five international border entry points and eight points of interstate significance, according to the document. The Moldovan side plans to increase the number of customs officers by 241 employees, bringing the total number to 1,761 staff members. The project of creating joint check posts...
Moscow Launches Criminal Case Over Kiev Abducting Russian Volunteers in Donbass
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A criminal case has been launched into the 2014-2015 abductions by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies of Russian citizens in southeastern Ukraine, the Russian Investigative Committee said Monday. “A criminal case was opened on the basis of the crimes specified by Article 126 of the Russian Criminal Case (abduction),”...
Bloodied Ukraine marks three years of separatist war
by Dmitry ZAKS A bloodied Ukraine marks three years Thursday since it launched a campaign against Russian-backed eastern separatists that now looks like an interminable conflict whose terms are dictated by the Kremlin. …read more Source: Daily...
EU’s Mogherini to make first to visit to Russia
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini will make her first official visit to Russia this month, with relations strained to breaking point by the Ukraine conflict and the war in Syria. She will also visit China and India next week, her office said in a statement on Wednesday. Most attention is likely to focus on …read more Source: The...
EU’s Mogherini to make first to visit to Russia
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini will make her first official visit to Russia this month, with relations strained to breaking point by the Ukraine conflict and the war in Syria. She will also visit China and India next week, her office said in a statement on Wednesday. Most attention is likely to focus on her trip to Moscow on April...
US strike wiped out fifth of Assad air force, Mattis says
The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime’s remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Monday as Washington fired a fresh salvo of warnings at President Bashar al-Assad. The public assessment of Friday’s missile strike and the forceful rhetoric came as G7 ministers met in Italy to send a...
Trump son-in-law met executives of sanctioned Russian bank; will testify
A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia’s incursion into Ukraine disclosed on Monday that its executives had met Jared Kushner. …read more Source: Eyewitness...
