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Gazprom asks Ukraine to prepay for November gas supplies
Gazprom has sent Ukraine a bill to prepay for two billion cubic metres of November gas supplies at a price of $378 per 1,000 cubic metres …read more Source: World...
Ukraine isolates rebel territory with passport rule
KIEV: Ukraine announced passport controls around pro-Russian separatist territories on Thursday, as heavy artillery fire erupted in rebel-held Donetsk and Russia accused its neighbour of “crudely” violating the ceasefire. Ukraine’s border guards service said anyone crossing in or out of rebel areas will now have to present a passport....
Putin discusses “deterioration” in east Ukraine with security chiefs
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine creates de facto border around rebel zone
KIEV: Ukraine yesterday announced passport controls around areas held by pro- Russian separatists in the latest step toward what resembles the breakup of the ex-Soviet republic, as heavy artillery fire erupted in Donetsk. Ukraine’s border guards service said anyone crossing in or out of rebel areas will have to present a passport....
Kremlin says US probe of Putin ally is attack on president
By Alexei Anishchuk The Kremlin accused the United States on Thursday of firing a broadside against President Vladimir Putin by opening a money-laundering investigation into a member of his inner circle. The probe into Gennady Timchenko, a co-founder of the Gunvor trading house who is also under sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine, is likely to...
Russia Nixes More ‘Geneva Format’ Talks on Ukraine
Moscow says it would be counterproductive to return to talks on settling the conflict in east Ukraine in a “Geneva format,… …read more Source:...
MH17 Investigators Seek Local Help at Ukraine Crash Site
AMSTERDAM—Investigators looking into the July crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine said on Thursday they would probably hire local contractors to collect wreckage still beyond their reach because of a continuing pro-Russian insurrection. The crash of flight MH17 as it flew over the conflict zone stirred angry mutual accusation...
Moscow says Kiev ‘crudely violated’ ceasefire
Accusations come amid introduction of new passport controls around separatist-held areas and eruption of artillery fire. …read more Source: AL...
Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama
From marauding jihadists in Iraq to pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and beheadings of Americans in Syria, a world in crisis has fanned perceptions of an overwhelmed US president and contributed to a Republican sweep of US midterm elections. But the slide of public confidence in President Barack Obama and the takeover of US Congress by...
NATO Stages Military Drill in Lithuania
LITHUANIA—More than 2,500 NATO troops are taking part in exercises on two training grounds in Lithuania. Nine countries have sent soldiers to train as part of Exercise Iron Sword, Czech Republic, Estonia, the U.S., U.K., Canada, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary and Germany. Originally the exercise was to have involved only Lithuanian troops but was...
