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Rebuked Putin to cut short G20 summit
BRISBANE: Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to cut short his attendance at a G20 summit in Australia, an official said yesterday, after he faced Western scorn and scepticism over Ukraine despite venturing to paper over Europe’s deepest chill in relations since the Cold War. The abrupt decision threatens to upend the annual...
Ukraine’s Financial Outlook Is Gloomy
KYIV—Ukraine is engulfed in a financial crisis. Without further Western aid, the Kyiv government will run out of money to service its debts. If the situation continues, Ukraine could face possible default on its bonds in four to six months, if Russia demands early repayment on a multibillion-dollar loan it gave Kyiv before the ouster this year of...
West isolates Putin over Ukraine at G20
US, UK and Canadian leaders criticise Russian president over Ukraine, amid reports he will leave Brisbane summit early. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine to close state offices, bank services in east
Ukraine has cut all state funding to separatist parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions after separatists held elections in late October which Poroshenko condemned as illegal …read more Source: World...
Putin to quit G20 summit after rebukes over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to walk out of a G20 summit in Australia, an aide said Saturday …read more Source: Gulf...
Russia won’t allow Ukraine to ‘destroy’ opponents, says Putin
“The most important thing is that one does not have a one-sided view of the problem,” Putin said in a first brief excerpt of ARD interview …read more Source: World...
‘Cold War’ fears over Ukraine overblown, say experts
They say it is very different to when the two nuclear-armed superpowers faced off …read more Source: Gulf...
Russian TV: Photos show MH17 shot down by fighter jet
The photographs, said to be taken by a Western satellite, appear to show a fighter jet firing a missile at a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine where the Malaysian airliner was shot down …read more Source: World...
Russia sees chance of deal at nuclear talks with Iran
A senior Russian diplomat said a deal could be reached this month between world powers and Tehran on curbing Iran’s nuclear programme if there is the will in Washington and Tehran.In Australia for a meeting of the G20 major and developing economies, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters six world powers and Iran had never...
At G20 summit, US and Europe blast Russia over Ukraine
By Alexei Anishchuk and Gernot Helle Western leaders attending a G20 summit blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday for the crisis in Ukraine, threatening further sanctions if Russia did not withdraw troops and weapons from its neighbouring nation. US President Barack Obama said Russian aggression against Ukraine was a threat to the...
