Section: South Africa Today (South Africa)
Crimea Has Overcome Kiev’s Energy Blockade – Russian Lawmaker
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) – Russia’s Crimean peninsula has completely recovered from the energy blockade, Mikhail Sheremet told Sputnik Wednesday. “We overcame this difficult period, and now we are with honor going through the second anniversary of the so-called energy blockade, which was organized by Kiev as part of its subversive activities,”...
Belarus Security Service Detained Ukrainian Journalist for Network Elaboration
MINSK (Sputnik) — Belarus’ State Security Committee (KGB) has detained in Minsk a citizen of Ukraine, Pavlo Sharoyko, on charges of creating an agent network in Belarus, KGB spokesman Dmitry Pobyarzhin said Monday. “On October 25, the KGB… detained a staff member of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate Pavlo...
American Journalist Paul Khlebnikov’s Murder Suspect Detained in Kiev
A man who is accused of involvement in the murder of the Russian Forbes’ version editor-in-chief has been detained in Kiev, the Russian Interior Ministry said Monday. “Magomed Dukuzov, born in 1978, had been put on the international wanted list at the request of Russian law enforcement agencies. On November 17, he was detained in Kiev. He...
American Journalist Paul Khlebnikov’s Murder Suspect Detained in Kiev
A man who is accused of involvement in the murder of the Russian Forbes’ version editor-in-chief has been detained in Kiev, the Russian Interior Ministry said Monday. “Magomed Dukuzov, born in 1978, had been put on the international wanted list at the request of Russian law enforcement agencies. On November 17, he was detained in Kiev. He...
UNGA Resolution Accusing Moscow is Kiev’s Attempt to Push Own Agenda – Analyst
Sputnik: What is behind the latest Ukrainian efforts in terms of their political agenda? What is Kiev trying to put forward with this one? Xavier Moreau: You know, in my opinion, there is no importance of this resolution because as we know only the Security Council of the United Nations can have an influence on what happens not only in Ukraine,...
UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution Condemning Crimea Human Rights Violations
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — The resolution was approved by 71 member states, including Canada, the United States and the EU. Twenty-five countries, including Russia, China, Iran, India and Syria, voted against the measure, while 77 delegations, mainly from Latin America and Africa, abstained from the vote. “[The resolution] condemns violations,...
Ex-Odessa Governor’s Supporters Stage Rally in Ukrainian Capital (PHOTO, VIDEO)
KIEV (Sputnik) — Some 400 protesters marched downtown through Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the central square of Kiev, according to local police. The demonstrators called for the adoption of laws on the anti-corruption court and the impeachment of the president, as a Sputnik correspondent reported from the scene. Former regional governor in Ukranian...
US to Discuss With Russia Sending Peacekeepers to East Ukraine – Reports
The US proposal will be put forth in the coming days in response to Russia’s initiative to deploy peacekeepers to the line of contact between rebels and Ukrainian troops, Western officials told the Wall Street Journal. Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed this measure, which aims to protect OSCE observers along the separation line....
White House Denies Approving of Supply Lethal Weapons to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US administration on Thursday denied media reports that claimed it had approved “in principle” sending lethal weapons to Ukraine. “No, this is wrong,” the White House national security official Michael Anton has told Sputnik. The Wall Street Journal’s article came out a day after Congress unveiled a new US defense...
US State Department Refrains to Сomment on Ukraine’s Source Menacing Reporters
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, the US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert has expressed her commitment to protect the rights of reporters across the world. She noted that the United States would continue to exercise freedom of speech and advocate for it on the international arena. When asked whether the United States would...
