Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Germany’s Merkel to make rare Russia visit for Putin talks
Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks on May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, for the first bilateral visit since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014 …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian state-owned banks
Ukraine Tuesday slapped sanctions on Russian state-owned banks in the country, ratcheting up tensions with Moscow amid a bitter trade war with Kremlin-backed rebels in the east …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine suspends all cargo traffic with separatist-held territory
Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council approved Wednesday the suspension of all cargo traffic with separatist-held territory, the council’s Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said …read more Source: The Daily...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 16 wounded in fresh fighting
Ukraine’s army reported Saturday two soldiers killed in clashes with Russian-backed rebels, in a new uptick in violence across eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin tells German FM he wants better ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the visiting German foreign minister that he would like to improve ties between the two countries that were soured by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia denies Kiev’s ‘terrorism’ claims at UN court
Russia hit back Tuesday at claims it is “sponsoring terrorism” in war-torn eastern Ukraine, dismissing as “neither factual nor legal” Kiev’s contention that it is breaking its treaties by supporting pro-Moscow rebels. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘terrorism’ in top UN court
Ukraine urged the U.N.’s top court on Monday to help bring stability to its war-torn east, seeking to convince judges that Russia is “sponsoring terrorism” in Kiev’s conflict with separatist pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The Daily...
British foreign minister to visit Russia to discuss differences
Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson will go to Moscow in the coming weeks to discuss the differences between the two countries over Syria and Ukraine, the Foreign Office said Saturday, in the first such visit for five years …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia, NATO hold first high-level military talks since freeze
Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defense ministry in Moscow said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine investigates tax chief over possible $75 mln graft: lawyer
The head of Ukraine’s tax and customs service, Roman Nasirov, is being investigated over the suspected embezzlement of around 2 billion hryvnias ($75 million), his lawyer said Friday …read more Source: The Daily...
