Section: National News Agency (Lebanon)
Western sanctions 'severely' harming Russia: Putin
NNA – President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Monday in an interview with German daily Bild that Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis are affecting Russia. “Concerning our possibilities o …read more Source: National News...
Russia confirms food embargo on Ukraine: PM
NNA – Russia will introduce a food embargo against Ukraine next month over Kiev39;s trade deal with the EU, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday, extending punitive measures already in place a …read more Source: National News...
Putin says will not abandon Russians in Ukraine to nationalists
NNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would not abandon Russians living in southeast Ukraine to Ukrainian nationalists, RIA news agency quoted him as saying in a documentary due to be bro …read more Source: National News...
Ukraine says breaks up armed insurgent group in Kiev, two killed
NNA – Ukraine39;s security service said on Thursday it had broken up an armed insurgent group that operated out of Kiev and other major Ukrainian cities and that two people had been killed during th …read more Source: National News...
Putin orders government to sue Ukraine if defaults on $3B debt
NNA – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered his government to sue Ukraine if the ex-Soviet republic defaults on its $3 billion debt to Russia. “Go ahead, take it to court,” Putin told Finance …read more Source: National News...
Ukraine bans Russia's airlines from crossing its airspace
NNA – Ukraine on Wednesday (Nov 25) banned all Russian airlines from crossing its airspace, the latest escalation between the two neighbours 19 months into a separatist war in the east of the former …read more Source: National News...
Russia military chief discusses Syria 'coordination' with French counterpart
NNA – Russia39;s chief of general staff held talks with his French counterpart on Thursday on combating the Islamic State group in Syria, in the first such contact since the start of the Ukraine co …read more Source: National News...
Russian humanitarian aid convoy arrives in east Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk
NNA – A new humanitarian aid convoy from Russia has arrived in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Lugansk, the press service of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situation has told Tass. The …read more Source: National News...
Military jet crashes in Ukraine, killing pilot
NNA – A Soviet-designed Su-25 jet aircraft crashed in south-eastern Ukraine on Wednesday during a training exercise, killing its pilot, the Ukrainian military said. The incident took place at ar …read more Source: National News...
Russia's Gazprom resumes gas supplies to Ukraine
NNA – Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom has resumed supplies to Ukraine, Chief Executive Alexei Miller said in a statement on Monday, after deliveries were halted in July over a pricing dispute be …read more Source: National News...
