Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Russia holding Crimean Tatar activist in psychiatric ward
International rights groups and Ukrainian officials protested Friday against the incarceration in a psychiatric hospital of a prominent Crimean Tatar activist charged with extremism in the Russian-annexed peninsula …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia launches large snap military drills
Russia on Thursday launched large-scale snap military drills, putting its troops on full combat readiness in districts bordering Ukraine and the Baltic states, the defense minister said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko strikes martial tone on independence day
Troubled Ukraine put on a show of its military strength on independence day Wednesday and President Petro Poroshenko said the country had to rely on its own might rather than international guarantees. …read more Source: The Daily...
Kerry to meet Russian counterpart Lavrov in Geneva Friday
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva Friday for talks on the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, his spokesman said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Kremlin says Putin, Merkel, Hollande to meet to discuss Ukraine at G20 on Sept. 4-5
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France have agreed to meet to discuss the situation in Ukraine on Sept. 4-5 in China on the sidelines of the G20 summit, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Hollande voices ‘concern’ to Putin over Ukraine tension: presidency
French President Francois Hollande expressed his “concern” over a spike in tension in Ukraine, in a telephone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, his office said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
‘Putin-mask’ protester seeks asylum in Ukraine
A Russian man who was repeatedly arrested for donning masks of President Vladimir Putin in anti-Kremlin pickets has crossed into Ukraine and is seeking political asylum …read more Source: The Daily...
US, Ukraine urge end to soaring tensions with Russia
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko in a phone call urged a speedy resolution to the conflict with pro-Russian separatists amid a spike in tensions with Moscow, the White House said late Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin arrives in Crimea after Ukraine incursion claims: agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday arrived in annexed Crimea, Russian news agencies reported, days after he accused Kiev of attempting an armed incursion into the peninsula …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine details payments allegedly earmarked for Trump aide
Once-secret accounting documents of Ukraine’s pro-Kremlin party were released Friday, purporting to show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Donald Trump’s campaign chairman …read more Source: The Daily...
