Section: Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey)
Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells West
Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insists, saying he is still committed to a Ukraine peace deal after a fresh flare-up in the country’s east …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Poroshenko warns of ‘colossal threat’ of new Ukraine fighting
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned June 4 of the “colossal threat” of a resumption of major clashes in eastern Ukraine where at least 24 people have died in renewed fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russian FM dimisses ‘absurdity’ of EU anger over entry bans
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed the “absurdity” of EU complaints over a travel ban imposed by Moscow on 89 Europeans over the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Georgia threatens to strip ex-leader Saakashvili’s citizenship
Georgia has threatened to revoke pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili’s citizenship after he was granted a Ukrainian passport and appointed as governor of the strategic Odessa region. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
NATO flexes muscles in Baltics, Poland
US-led NATO drills began June 1 in the Baltic states and Poland, a move intended to reassure Russia’s nervous neighbours amid tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
IMF lowers Ukraine’s 2015 growth projection to minus nine percent
The IMF said May 31 it has lowered its growth forecast for Ukraine’s war battered economy to minus nine percent, due in large part to “the unresolved conflict in the East.” …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Putin classifies information on deaths of Russian troops on special missions
President Vladimir Putin on May 28 declared all deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations to be classified as a state secret, a move that comes as Moscow stands accused of sending soldiers to fight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russian divers report ancient ship find near Crimea
A group of Russian divers said May 27 they had found Byzantine-era ship wreckage in the Black Sea off Crimea that included a trove of 10th century pottery. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine reports fresh casualties in east, OSCE sees violence spreading
One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and eight wounded in fresh separatist attacks, the military said in Kyiv on May 21, as the OSCE security watchdog warned of a “worrisome” spread of violence in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russian return to G7 ‘unimaginable’ for now: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said May 21 a return of Russia to the Group of Seven major industrialised democracies was “unimaginable” as long as it flouts international law in Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
