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Georgians protest against Russia, own government
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been charged with exceeding his authority during his years in office, addressed the crowd from Ukraine’s capital Kiev …read more Source: World...
Canadian prime minister tells Putin to ‘get out of Ukraine’
G20 summit simmers with anger over Russian aggression. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Putin walks out of G20 summit early
Live footage from Australia shows Russian president at airport after he was pressured by Western leaders over Ukraine. …read more Source: AL...
US, Japan and Australia vow to oppose Russian action in Crimea
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
In Ukraine, fight for Jewish heritage flounders
Efforts to uncover ancient cemetery in Lviv repeatedly thwarted. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine to withdraw state services from east
President Petro Poroshenko issues decree withdrawing all public services from rebel-held eastern regions. …read more Source: AL...
Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions
BRISBANE, Australia — Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine. Russia denied any involvement in an escalation of the separatist war in eastern Ukraine, where more than 4,000 people have been kil...
2 kids among 5 dead in east Ukraine: Officials
KIEV: Five civilians, including two children, and three more Ukrainian soldiers have died in the latest fighting in Ukraine, officials said on Saturday. The civilian deaths came in Gorlivka, some 30 kilometres north of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, late Friday, the local council in the rebel-held city said. It added that a further 12 people...
Over 30,000 rally in Tbilisi against government
Tbilisi: Over 30,000 opposition supporters rallied on Saturday in the Georgian capital Tbilisi against the government’s Russia policy and the Kremlin’s backing of separatists in the breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions. Carrying Georgian and Ukrainian flags and placards that read “Stop Putin!”, the protesters gathered on the...
Ukraine to close state offices, bank services in rebel-held east
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued several decrees on Saturday to shut state institutions and banking services in pro-Russian eastern regions, pressing a move to cut links with the rebel-held territory. Ukraine has cut all state funding to separatist parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions after separatists held elections in late...
