Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Treasury: U.S. slaps more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
The United States, Canada and European Union imposed sweeping sanctions Friday over Russia’s continued actions against Ukraine, including its 2018 attack on Ukrainian ships, annexation of Crimea and activities in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
US, EU slap new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
The United States, together with the European Union and Canada, Friday slapped new sanctions on more than a dozen Russian officials and businesses in response to the country’s “continued aggression in Ukraine.” …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia plans to launch Crimea power stations on March 18 – sources
Russia plans to officially launch two new power stations in Crimea on March 18, five sources familiar with the plans told Reuters on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine detains Israeli accused of running drug network
Ukraine has detained an Israeli man who it says heads a massive global drug trafficking network that markets illegal drugs through the internet, the country’s security service said Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian official arrested over deadly acid attack
A Ukrainian court Friday placed a high-ranking regional official in custody after he was charged with organizing a deadly acid attack on an activist. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin accuses Kyiv of meddling in Orthodox faith
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the government in Kyiv of flagrantly meddling in the life of Orthodoxy in Ukraine where a new national church has broken away from Moscow’s orbit. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine sentences ex-leader Yanukovych in absentia to 13 years for treason
A Ukrainian court Thursday found ex-president Viktor Yanukovych guilty of high treason and sentenced him in absentia to 13 years in prison over attempts to quash a 2014 pro-Western uprising. …read more Source: The Daily...
Death toll from ship blaze near Crimea rises to 14 – TASS
The death toll from a fire on board two ships in the Kerch Strait near Crimea has risen to 14, TASS news agency cited a source in Russia’s emergency services as saying. …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO, Russian ambassadors to meet Friday
NATO and Russian ambassadors will meet in Brussels Friday, the Western military alliance said, with discussions likely to focus on the standoff over Ukraine and on nuclear weapons. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia extends detention of jailed Ukrainian sailors
A court in Moscow Tuesday ordered eight Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia last year off the coast of Crimea to be kept in pre-trial detention until April 24, Russian news agencies reported. …read more Source: The Daily...
