Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine parliament appoints pro-EU Groysman as prime minister
The fast-rising new premier is a Poroshenko protégé who only two years ago served as mayor of the small western Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia …read more Source: Gulf...
Crimean Tatar leader slams Russia’s suspension of Mejlis
Move to suspend Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People ‘declaration of war,’ Crimean Tatar leader Kirimoglu says …read more Source: World...
Tatar leader slams Russia’s suspension of Crimea Mejlis
Move to suspend Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People ‘declaration of war,’ Tatar leader Kirimoglu says …read more Source: Anadolu...
Opponents of Russian annexation persecuted in Crimea: Europe rights body
* Council of Europe won access to Black Sea region in January * Says repression targets Tatars, other critics of new order By Gabriela Baczynska Europe’s leading human rights organization said on Thursday that Crimea’s indigenous Muslim Tatars and other opponents of the region’s annexation by Russia face persecution including...
Putin says shares Russians’ pain over economic hardship
By Andrew Osborn and Alexander Winning President Vladimir Putin assured ordinary Russians on Thursday that he was trying to relieve the hardships inflicted on them by the slowing economy and the financial knock-on effects of Russia’s stand-off with the West. Putin used a televised phone-in, an annual event when he fields questions from...
Ukraine’s new PM revealed
Parliament chairman Volodymyr Groysman becomes country’s youngest premier …read more Source: Anadolu...
EU says new Ukraine PM ‘crucial,’ calls for reforms
The European Union said on Thursday that Ukraine’s parliamentary approval of Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister was “crucial” and urged speeding up reforms …read more Source: The Daily...
Worried about Russia’s economy? Call Putin
President Vladimir Putin grants Russians the chance to question him in his annual call-in show today. ||| Moscow – President Vladimir Putin grants Russians the chance to question him in his annual call-in show on Thursday, providing an opportunity to shore up his support as the country’s longest economic downturn in two decades pushes...
Ukraine parliament approves first ever Jewish Prime Minister
Volodymr Groysman is also the youngest person to have the job. …read more Source: Arutz...
Russia’s Putin says Western sanctions to remain in near future
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he does not see Western sanctions on Russia being lifted in the near future …read more Source: The Daily...
