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Lack of coal may bring Ukraine to its knees this winter
Hydroelectric and nuclear power plants are running flat out to help cover the shortfall but the country’s old electricity grid and infrastructure to do not guarantee reliable supply. …read more Source: World...
Annexation of Crimea unjustified: Chancellor Merkel
…read more Source: Anadolu...
NATO ‘very concerned’ by Russian military build-up in Crimea
NATO’s top military commander warned Nov. 26 that Russia’s “militarisation” of the annexed Crimea region could be used by Moscow to exert control across the whole Black Sea region. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Nato commander flied in to Ukraine as fighting rumbles on
Russia is strongly opposed to the expansion of Western institutions …read more Source: Gulf...
Latvia sees security threat in Russian deal with Abkhazia
Like Georgia, Latvia is a former Soviet republic that is wary of Moscow, and its government has taken a tough line over Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine condemns Russia-‘Abkhazia’ deal
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry says Ukraine does not recognize alliance between Russia and self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia. …read more Source: World...
Critics: UN Resolution on Nazism Too Restrictive on Rights
UNITED NATIONS—As Russia continues to deny military involvement in Ukraine, it appeared to be fighting an image war last week at the United Nations – in what has become an annual exercise in condemning Nazism and racism. For about a decade, the U.N. General Assembly committee that deals with human rights has voted each year …...
Ukraine condemns Russia-‘Abkhazia’ deal
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry says Ukraine does not recognize alliance between Russia and self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Sanctions, oil prices cost Russian economy $140 billion a year
Lower oil prices and Western financial sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis will cost Russia around $130-140 billion a year — equivalent to around 7 per cent of its economy — Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday. …read more Source: Al...
France halts warship delivery to Russia
PARIS: France suspended the planned delivery of a warship to Russia on Tuesday, after months of growing speculation about what would be the biggest arms sale ever by a Nato country to the Kremlin. The French president’s office announced the suspension “until further notice” after growing pressure from allies to suspend the sale because of...
