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Top Turkish official visits Russia to talk Syria, Iraq and Ukraine
Senior Turkish diplomat Feridun Sinirlioğlu is visiting Moscow for talks with Russian officials on a number of issues, including Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Belarus President Offers Support to Ukraine
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Kyiv Sunday to offer his support as Ukraine struggles with its pro-Russian separatist insurgency and to try to revive stalled peace talks. At a meeting, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko told Lukashenko, “I would like to especially thank you for an absolutely clear position...
Belarus leader looks to revive Ukraine peace talks
KIEV: The authoritarian leader of Belarus visits Kiev on Sunday hoping to revive stalled Ukrainian peace talks he has been hosting in order to calm Europe’s volatile eastern edge. But a high-ranking Ukrainian official said Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko will be just as keen to use the trip to build bridges to Europe that ease...
Obama: Putin Has Not Outmaneuvered the West
U.S. President Barack Obama says Russia’s economic troubles show Russian President Vladimir Putin has not managed to outmaneuver him or the United States. In an interview televised Sunday in the United States, Obama rejected the notion Putin was a “chessmaster” who outmaneuvered the United States and its Western allies in the...
Czech Jews protest invitation of Putin to Holocaust memorial
Russia government and media have accused the Ukrainian government of anti-Semitism while Ukrainian Jewish leaders have accused Putin of fomenting racism to justify his interventions in their country. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
No export restrictions from Russia on Egypt
Russian wheat export restrictions will not be applied to Egypt(AFP photo) By Menna Samir Egypt is not among the countries that Russia will restrict the exports of wheat to, said Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafy in a ministry statement Sunday. Russia recently took a decision to restrict the exportation of wheat to some...
Analysis – New leadership seeks to rebuild EU self-confidence
Short, snappy and focussed on two priorities – reviving sagging investment in Europe and standing firm towardsRussia, the first European Union summit under new leadership was a demonstrative break with the past.Donald Tusk, the former Polish prime minister who took over the chairmanship of the 28-nation European Council this month, put his...
Pro-Palestine parliaments – hopes and dangers
By John V Whitbeck THE EUROPEAN Parliament, after a late compromise in pursuit of consensus, passed on December 17, by a vote of 498 to 88 with 111 abstentions, a resolution stating that it “supports in principle recognition of Palestinian statehood and the two-state solution and believes these should go hand in hand with the development of peace...
Putin says Russia won’t be intimidated over Crimea
Putin has remained defiant in the face of these setbacks, repeatedly defending Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine …read more Source: World...
US imposes new Russia sanctions
KIEV, Dec 20, (AFP): The United States imposed sanctions Friday on Russian-controlled Crimea as Ukraine announced the loss of five soldiers ahead of peace talks meant to end a war against Russian-backed insurgents. President Barack Oba… …read more Source: Arab...
