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Russia expands economic sanctions on Ukraine
Moscow: Russia on Tuesday expanded its economic sanctions on Ukraine, adding more than 250 people and businesses to a blacklist first announced at the start of November. According to a decree by Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, 245 individuals and seven companies, mostly in the energy and defence sectors, were sanctioned by Moscow. Relations...
Turkey: Orthodox head rejects Russian church’s claims
Fener Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew rejects claims that he received money from Ukraine for Ukrainian church’s autocephaly …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia expands sanctions against Ukraine
Russia sanctions 245 Ukrainian individuals and 8 entities …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia expands economic sanctions on Ukraine
Russia Tuesday expanded its economic sanctions on Ukraine, adding more than 250 people and businesses to a blacklist first announced at the start of November. …read more Source: The Daily...
US looking to add Ukraine to NATO, encircle Russia: Analyst
The US is planning to encircle Russia by adding Ukraine and other former Soviet countries to NATO, an analyst says. …read more Source:...
Russian Fighter Jets Land in Crimea amid Ukraine Tensions
More than a dozen SU-27 and SU-30 fighter jets which Russia is deploying to boost its air force, amid heightened tensions with Ukraine, arrived in Cri …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s leader orders Orthodox Church to change its name
Ukraine’s president Saturday signed a bill that orders the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to change its name to reflect its ties to Moscow. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin says US is raising the risk of nuclear war
President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control treaty and refusing to hold talks about another pact that expires soon.In a news conference that lasted more than three hours, Putin also backed US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops out of...
Ukraine may force church to add ‘Russian’ to its name
KIEV: Ukrainian MPs passed a law on Thursday that could force the Moscow-backed church in Ukraine to add “Russian” to its name, aimed at curbing the influence of priests whom the authorities call a threat to national security. Ukraine on Saturday created a new Orthodox church independent from Moscow, which leaders have lobbied for since the fall...
QTargets exhibition pulls crowd with peace messages
The recently inaugurated exhibition will continue until January 10 next year.QTargets art exhibition is a platform, created by Ukrainian artist couple – Andrii and Nadiia Chernovil, for the talented people of all ages and backgrounds to show their skills by illustrating special peace messages on target papers.The project, curated by Nadiia who is...
