Section: Turkey
EU urges Ukraine to accept Russian gas offer
The EU urged Ukraine on April 1 to accept Russia’s offer to extend the current gas deal with Kyiv by another three months, saying it bodes well for an agreement for next winter …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia extends natural gas deal-update
Russia and Ukraine agreed last year on a “winter package” for supplies with a price discount of $100 per thousand cubic metres and advance payments, but that accord expired on Tuesday and has yet to be replaced. …read more Source: World...
Russian police storm Umerov’s house
Police quiz Crimean Tatar Mejlis deputy head Umerov for seven hours and search his house. …read more Source: World...
Russia extends natural gas deal
Russia and Ukraine agreed last year on a “winter package” for supplies with a price discount of $100 per thousand cubic metres and advance payments, but that accord expired on Tuesday and has yet to be replaced. …read more Source: World...
Russian police storm home of prominent Crimean Tatar
Police quiz Mejlis deputy head Umerov for seven hours and search his house …read more Source: Anadolu...
Crimean Tatar TV channel is closed
First independent Crimean Tatar network ATR stops broadcasting after failing to get permission from Russian authorities. …read more Source: World...
Crimea broadcast network goes off air
First independent Crimean Tatar network ATR stops broadcasting after failing to get permission from Russian authorities. …read more Source: Anadolu...
290 US paratroopers to train Ukraine forces
Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov said March 30 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Soros: ready to invest $1 bln in Ukraine if West helps
Soros has previously urged the West to step up aid to Ukraine, outlining steps towards a $50 billion financing package that he said should be viewed as a bulwark against an increasingly aggressive Russia. …read more Source: World...
Russia refuses to restructure Ukraine’s $3bn debt
Russian finance minister says deal with Kiev ‘not done on a commercial basis because of the risks it carries’. …read more Source: World...
