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Switzerland to tighten economic sanctions on Russia
Switzerland’s tightened sanctions will affect five Russian banks, six companies, and 24 other Russian businesses. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine recalls envoy to CIS
Ukrainian President snubs Commonwealth of Independent States for a second time this year. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Fears rise amid Ukraine truce breaches
OSCE representative says there have been more than 2,000 ceasefire breaches since a truce was agreed on September 5. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine says it will not abandon ceasefire
The truce has been violated daily, and increasingly since the rebels held what the West and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said were illegitimate leadership elections on Nov. 2 …read more Source: World...
Russia under pressure as fears mount over east Ukraine conflict
Moscow accused of sending fresh military hardware into eastern Ukraine, which could fuel a return to all-out conflict …read more Source: Gulf...
Obama Calls on Russia to Respect Ukraine Cease-Fire
President Barack Obama has called on Russia to honor a September cease-fire between Kyiv and Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said President Obama delivered the message to Russian Vladimir Putin during informal conversations at a summit this week in Beijing. Rhodes also…...
Ukraine OSCE envoy says ceasefire all but dead
The truce has been violated daily, and increasingly since the rebels held what the West and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said were illegitimate leadership elections on Nov. 2. …read more Source: World...
UN warns of return to full-scale war in Ukraine’s east
A United Nations political officials tells the Security Council that the fragile cease-fire between rebels and the government is under serious strain. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia ‘fuelling’ war in Ukraine
US envoy to the UN says Moscow is the “root of the problem” after NATO confirms entry of Russian weapons into Ukraine. …read more Source: AL...
New Congress Could Push Obama Toward Tougher Action on Ukraine
Published November 12, 2014 The Obama administration says sanctions against those backing separatists in eastern Ukraine are having an impact on the Russian economy, but the coming change of legislative power in Washington may affect U.S. policy toward the government in Kyiv. VOA’s Scott Stearns has more. …read more Source:...
