Section: Lebanon
Khodorkovsky urges UK to sanction Russian elites
Former oil tycoon and Kremlin foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky Tuesday urged British MPs to punish corrupt Russian officials with assets in Britain, saying broader sanctions on Russia did not work. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU agrees new sanctions against Crimea officials, EU’s presidency says
European Union finance ministers agreed Tuesday on new targeted sanctions against Crimean officials, adding to restrictive measures adopted after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. …read more Source: The Daily...
Lavrov Says Russia More Interested in Resolving Ukraine Crisis Than Others
…read more Source: Al-Manar TV
Georgia’s Saakashvili resigns as governor in Ukraine
Georgia’s pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili announced his resignation Monday from his post as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region out of frustration at allegedly being reined in from fighting corruption. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s leader speaks to ‘fake’ Kyrgyz president
Ukrainian president spoke to what he thought was his Kyrgyz counterpart by phone this week – only to discover that the person on the other end was someone else entirely. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine removes last conscripts from war zone
…read more Source: Al-Manar TV
Ukraine removes last conscripts from war zone
Ukraine said Wednesday it no longer had conscripted soldiers fighting pro-Russian insurgents for the first time since a conflict that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives began in April 2014 …read more Source: The Daily...
Dutch government seeks more time for solution on Ukraine-EU treaty impasse
The Dutch government sought more time Monday to find a way to avoid having to revoke the country’s support for a partnership agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the foreign minister said in a letter to parliament. …read more Source: The Daily...
Children forget native Ukrainian language
Valeriya Turbay says she’s forgetting how to speak Ukraine’s official language as schoolchildren in the bastion of the pro-Russian rebels get fewer lessons after two years of onslaught of Kremlin-inspired instruction. …read more Source: The Daily...
Sudden spike in violence kills four in east Ukraine
Four people died in clashes between government forces and pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s separatist east, officials said Friday, the highest death toll since international peace talks held 10 days ago. …read more Source: The Daily...
