Section: Turkey
Ukraine peace talks may be held in Minsk on Dec. 24 and 26
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the dates were discussed in a phone conversation between French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: World...
Top Turkish official visits Russia to talk Syria, Iraq and Ukraine
Senior Turkish diplomat Feridun Sinirlioğlu is visiting Moscow for talks with Russian officials on a number of issues, including Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Putin says Russia won’t be intimidated over Crimea
Putin has remained defiant in the face of these setbacks, repeatedly defending Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine …read more Source: World...
Russia calls new sanctions on Crimea ‘collective punishment’
The Russian Foreign Ministry says new Western sanctions against Ukraine’s Crimea region are a “collective punishment” on residents who voted last March to join Russia …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Canada announces new sanctions against Russia
New sanctions aimed at putting pressure on Russia’s economy over Ukraine crisis, come on the heels of US and EU sanctions …read more Source: World...
EU leaders prepare for long confrontation with Russia
Meeting on a day when Putin mounted a wordy defence of policies on Ukraine and the economy, the leaders of the 28 EU states conferred on how to handle their giant eastern neighbour longer term …read more Source: World...
Rebels say new Ukraine peace talks will not take place on Sunday
Ukranian separatist leader says talks will not go ahead on Sunday and a date is yet to be set. …read more Source: World...
Western companies scramble to cope with Russian rouble drop
Carmakers have scaled back business as collapsing oil prices and sanctions over Ukraine push Russia into recession …read more Source: World...
Belarus’s Lukashenko, Ukraine’s Poroshenko to meet in Kiev
Lukashenko and Poroshenko will meet on Sunday, in Kiev; Belarus’s official news agency Belta reported …read more Source: World...
German cars excluded from Crimea sanctions list
Sanctions not intended to weaken Russian economy ‘but to effectuate a change in relations,’ says German foreign ministry spokeswoman …read more Source: Anadolu...
