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Merkel Tells Putin Europe Won’t Recognize E. Ukraine Vote
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday’s planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognized by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman said on Friday. Merkel and Putin held a joint telephone conversation with French President Francois...
Ukraine, Russia Work Out Gas Deal
Russia say gas supplies to Ukraine could resume as early as next week after Ukraine pays the first installment on its debt. Alexei Miller, the chief of Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom said Friday a multi-billion-dollar deal worked out by Russia, Ukraine and the European Union … …read more Source:...
Merkel Not Acutely Worried About Russian Violations of Airspace
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she was not very concerned about sorties by Russian strategic bombers over the Atlantic and Black Sea and by its fighters over the Baltic which NATO said it had tracked on Wednesday. In the last few months, there had been a lot of activity in terms of Russian army exercises, said Merkel at a...
Ukraine, Russia Extend Gas Deal Talks After Impasse
Trilateral talks in Brussels to restart the delivery of Russian gas to Ukraine will continue on Thursday after the parties failed to reach an agreement on the first day of negotiations. Despite frayed ties between Moscow and the West, envoys from Russia, the EU and Ukraine met Wednesday to settle a natural gas dispute that threatens...
EU: 50-50 Chance Ukraine-Russia Gas Talks Will Succeed
Russia, the European Union and Ukraine have resumed talks aimed at ending a Russian natural gas supply cut as winter approaches. Ukraine’s energy minister, Yuri Prodan, is meeting his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak in Brussels for negotiations mediated by European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger. Oettinger said there is a...
Russian Assembly Seeks Normal Ties With Ukraine Parliament
MOSCOW—Russia’s lower house of parliament is ready to cooperate with the new assembly in Ukraine, its chairman said on Wednesday, although it will be dominated by pro-Western forces. Parties who want to move Kyiv further away from Moscow’s orbit towards mainstream Europe will lead the Verkhovna Rada after an election on Sunday, held...
Malaysia PM Vows to Bring MH17 Culprits to Justice
DUBAI—Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday vowed to bring to justice the perpetrators of the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17, but said he feared fighting in Ukraine might block access to the crash site. In an interview with Reuters in Dubai, Razak also said he hoped to see results… …read more Source:...
Russia to Recognize ‘People’s Republic’ Election Results
Russia announced Tuesday it will recognize the results of upcoming elections in two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the voting scheduled for November 2 would be important for the “legitimization of power” in the unrecognized “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk. While...
US Ambassador Hails Ukraine’s Election as Watershed Event
Published October 28, 2014 The United States has hailed Ukraine’s parliamentary election as an important step in the country’s development. Exit polls and partial counts from the Sunday vote show an overwhelming support for pro-Western parties, giving President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to steer the country away from Russia and...
Rights Group: Russia Must Probe Deaths, Abductions in Crimea
MOSCOW—Russia must investigate the deaths and abductions of activists in Crimea who have opposed Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula… …read more Source:...
