Section: Lebanon
Ukrainian activist faces corruption probe as reforms row festers
A young activist who became prominent in Ukraine’s 2014 uprising and was later appointed to work on a major project to reform the corruption-plagued customs of Odessa is herself being investigated for corruption …read more Source: The Daily...
Hero pilot Savchenko launches Ukraine opposition movement
NNA – A popular Ukrainian female combat pilot who served time in a Russian prison gave President Petro Poroshenko a new headache Tuesday by launching her own opposition movement. “This is meant to .. …read more Source: National News...
Putin says new gas pipeline will boost annexed Crimea’s economy
Russia Tuesday activated a pipeline carrying Russian gas to Crimea with President Vladimir Putin hailing it as a step that would power economic growth on a peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014 …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine insurgents release two women thanks to Savchenko
Ukraine’s pro-Moscow insurgents Tuesday released two women they had held captive thanks to the intervention of Nadya Savchenko — a Kiev-born female combat pilot who spent nearly two years in a Russian jail …read more Source: The Daily...
Zionist entity postpones Ukraine PM visit after UN vote
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Fragile new Ukraine truce holds for third day
A new indefinite truce in Ukraine held by a thread for a third day Monday as both pro-Russian insurgents and Kiev reported clashes near a prized railroad hub but no deaths. …read more Source: The Daily...
OSCE warns of ‘massive upsurge in violence’ in Ukraine
A top monitor for the conflict in Ukraine warned Thursday that a “massive upsurge in violence” has pushed fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian rebels to levels not seen in months. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin: Russia Sanctions Harm Fight against Terrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin said sanctions against Moscow are harming cooperation in the battle against terrorism. “All these restrictions in the economic and political spheres drive apart states, and prevent us from joining forces in combating a common evil – terrorism,” said the Russian President during a meeting with Russia’s top...
Russia criticizes Dutch over US tanks, Crimean treasure
Russia criticized the Netherlands Wednesday for allowing the United States to begin stocking tanks there, and for a court ruling that ordered Crimean treasures on loan to a Dutch museum to be returned to Ukraine rather than Russia. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia says new US sanctions are hostile acts, promises response
New U.S. sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict are hostile acts by the outgoing Obama administration and Russia will expand its sanctions lists against the United States in response, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS news agency. …read more Source: The Daily...
