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US slams Russia’s ‘blatant disregard’ for justice in Ukraine pilot case
The United States on Tuesday slammed what it called Moscow’s “blatant disregard for the principles of justice” after a court sentenced a female Ukrainian military pilot to 22 years in prison over the killing of two journalists …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev, Moscow get into ugly spat over Brussels attacks
The head of Ukraine’s state security services said Tuesday he could not rule out Moscow’s involvement in the deadly Brussels blasts, prompting the Russian prime minister to call him a “moron” …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine reporter’s body buried 16 years after beheading
The remains of a Ukrainian pro-opposition reporter who came to symbolize the fight for free speech were laid to rest Tuesday nearly 16 years after his mysterious kidnapping and beheading …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s finance minister launches bid to lead technocrat government
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko threw her hat into the ring Tuesday to head a technocrat government of people uncompromised by “a political past” after weeks of speculation over whether she would try to replace Arseny Yatseniuk …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian court sentences Ukraine's Savchenko to 22 years in jail
NNA – A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in jail after finding her guilty of involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists during the separati …read more Source: National News...
Ukraine to call up 10,000 soldiers in new mobilisation drive
Ukraine’s military will call up some 10,000 men and seek volunteers to replace some of the 45,000 soldiers who are due to return home after more than a year on the front lines in the separatist east, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian court finds Ukraine pilot Savchenko guilty over journalist killings
A court in southern Russia on Monday found Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko guilty of murder over the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn east Ukraine, at a trial condemned by Kiev and the West as a political sham. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine pilot verdict set to drive fresh wedge between Russia and Ukraine
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko awaits the verdict in her controversial trial over the murder of two Russian journalists with few doubting she will be found guilty in a ruling that will fuel the feud between Kiev and Moscow …read more Source: The Daily...
Risk of nuclear war in Europe growing warns Russian ex-minister
The East-West standoff over the Ukraine crisis has brought the threat of nuclear war in Europe closer than at any time since the 1980s, a former Russian foreign minister warned Saturday …read more Source: The Daily...
Nigeria jails 14 foreigners for oil smuggling
A Nigerian court on Friday jailed 14 foreign sailors from Russia, Ukraine, Philippine and Japan between two and five years for unlawful dealing in petroleum products in the country. …read more Source: The Daily...
