Section: World Bulletin (Turkey)
Russia militarizing Crimea
Recent drills have seen large-scale deployment of military equipment, weapons to peninsula …read more Source: World...
Ukraine bans transit of trucks from Russia
Ukrainian government says its decision was taken because Russia has ‘violated the WTO’s rules and procedures and bilateral intergovernmental agreements’ …read more Source: World...
Crimean Tatars face new Russian crackdown
Crimea has been swept by a fresh wave of home raids and arrests against Crimean Tatars …read more Source: World...
Russia using Syria to distract from Ukraine
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says his country backs elections to restore peace in eastern Donbass region …read more Source: World...
IMF chief warns Ukraine over rescue program
‘Without a substantial new effort to invigorate governance reforms and fight corruption, it is hard to see how the IMF-supported program can continue and be successful,’ Christine Lagarde says …read more Source: World...
Merkel tells Putin to ‘use influence’ on Ukraine separatists
German chancellor wants to see Putin act ‘in order to obtain further progress towards a comprehensive political solution’ …read more Source: World...
Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine to launch joint brigade in 2017
‘We see this brigade as a driving force that will improve our army,’ Ukrainian defense minister says …read more Source: World...
Europe’s top rights body sends team to Crimea
‘The mission will be conducted with full independence and will not deal with any issue related to the territorial status of Crimea,’ Council of Europe Secretary General says …read more Source: World...
Russian GDP fell 3.7 percent in 2015
Russia, whose economy has already been pushed into recession by low oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine, has been rocked by the fresh fall in oil prices and officials have come under increasing pressure to react …read more Source: World...
Ukraine sticks Russia with massive gas bill
Eastern European country demands $3.5 billion from Russian Gazprom for abusing the ‘monopoly status’ it enjoys on gas transits …read more Source: World...
