Section: Africa&ME
Putin, Ukraine’s President Discuss Prisoners
Putin, Ukraine’s President Discuss Prisoners …read more Source:...
Putin and Poroshenko discuss possible prisoner swap
The Kremlin says the fate of a Ukrainian pilot jailed in Russia and two Russians tried in Ukraine have been discussed by both leaders. Poroshenko has previously mooted a prisoner swap. …read more Source:...
Ukraine court jails alleged Russian soldiers, paving way for swap
Kiev: A Ukrainian court on Monday sentenced two alleged Russian soldiers to 14 years in prison for fighting in the rebel east, in a ruling that could prelude a swap for pilot Nadiya Savchenko jailed by Russia. The verdict from a panel of three judges read out in court said sergeant Aleksander Aleksandrov and captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev were guilty...
White House: Obama, Putin have ‘intense’ talk about Syria, Ukraine
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Ukraine court sentences Russia soldiers to 14-years in prison
A court in Ukraine has sentenced two Russian soldiers, captured in 2015, to 14 years in prison for crimes, including fighting in the conflict in the country’s troubled east. …read more Source: Iran...
Russian looks to counter US influence
The powerful chief of Russia’s equivalent to the FBI on Monday called for sweeping new rights restrictions, including curbing Internet freedoms and making it illegal to question Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Korrekt: Singer is set to make an impact on the world with music
With two buzzing singles to his credit, the singer is betting on taking his music to the streets and airwaves. Korrekt, a Ukraine based Nigerian singer signed to Indomix Entertainment is no new comer to the music industry. With previous hits like ‘Baby Mama’ still making credible buzz online and on the streets, Korrekt is set to hit...
Syrians in Ukraine celebrate 70th anniversary of Independence Day
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Ukraine marks 30 years after Chernobyl disaster
Thirty years ago, a safety test at a nuclear power plant in the small city of Pripyat, Ukraine, turned into a disaster that the world …read more Source: World...
US Air Force plane intercepted by Russian jet in ‘unsafe’ manner: Pentagon
A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft makes a very-low altitude pass by the USS Donald Cook operating in the Baltic Sea/AFPWASHINGTON, United States, Apr 17 – A US Air Force reconnaissance plane was intercepted by a Russian SU-27 jet in an “unsafe and unprofessional” manner while in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Pentagon said....
