Section: United Arab Emirates
Mattis blasts Russia’s ‘brazen contempt’ toward Ukraine
KIEV: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday blasted Moscow following the Russian navy’s “brazen” violation of a waterway treaty with Kiev and the seizure of three Ukrainian vessels. Speaking of a 2003 agreement governing the Kerch Strait between the Azov Sea and Black Sea, Mattis said Moscow had shown “brazen...
Merkel, Putin agree to four-way talks on Kerch Strait
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Saturday to hold further talks about events in the Kerch Strait at the advisor level between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany, her spokesman said. Russia is resisting international calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships that its border patrols fired on and...
Bulgaria prepares to transport Russian gas to central Europe
Bulgaria will go ahead with plans to spend €1.4bn ($1.59bn) to build a new gas link to Turkey to transport Russian gas from the TurkStream pipeline to Europe, bypassing Ukraine to the south.Bulgarian lawmakers gave the green light to the state gas company Bulgartransgaz to launch tenders to build a new 484km gas link that will carry mainly...
Wary Ukraine restricts entry of Russian males
Ukraine is restricting the entry of Russian men aged 16 to 60 on the fear that Russia could form “units of private armies”, said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko late on Thursday.The measure is to “prevent Russians from implementing in Ukraine the operations that they planned in 2014”, Poroshenko said on Twitter, referring to the outbreak of...
Ukraine-Russia tensions refuse to ebb
Kiev: Ukraine on Friday barred Russian men aged 16-60 from entry as tensions mounted between the two countries over Moscow’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships last week. The move came after Kiev imposed martial law in border regions this week in response to the Russian seizure of the ships and 24 sailors off Moscow-annexed Crimea. The...
Tensions rise as Ukraine keeps out Russian men
The incident was the most dangerous in years between the ex-Soviet neighbours. …read more Source: Khaleej...
Trump cancels meeting with Putin at G20
US President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina, registering his disapproval of Russia’s treatment of Ukraine and casting new uncertainty over US-Russian ties. Trump said he pulled out due to tensions over Russian forces opening fire on Ukrainian navy boats and then seizing them...
Avs top Penguins despite Crosby’s natural hat trick
US President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina, registering his disapproval of Russia’s treatment of Ukraine and casting new uncertainty over US-Russian ties. Trump said he pulled out due to tensions over Russian forces opening fire on Ukrainian navy boats and then seizing them...
Ukrainian leader seeks Nato help
BERLIN/MOSCOW: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday of wanting to annex his entire country and called for Nato to deploy warships to a sea shared by the two nations. Poroshenko’s comments to German media were part of a concerted push by Kiev to gain Western support for more sanctions against...
Putin defiant despite Trump threat
MOSCOW/KIEV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko signed an act imposing martial law in border regions on Wednesday as mounting tensions over Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian ships saw US President Donald Trump threaten to cancel talks with Vladimir Putin. Poroshenko’s spokesman confirmed he had signed the act, which introduces...
