Section: Africa&ME
Putin warns Ukraine must stop shelling in E.Ukraine
Putin tells Hollande and Merkel over the phone, Ukrainian forces must stop shelling in East Ukraine …read more Source: World...
Russia blames anti-Russian “lobby” for extension of EU sanctions
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday expressed disappointment at the extension by the EU of biting sanctions, blaming the move on an anti-Russian “lobby”. …read more Source: Iran...
NATO head says alliance to more than double size of rapid response force
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said June 22 the alliance will approve plans this week to more than double the size of its rapid response force, having already created a special spearhead unit in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
EU Keeps Up Pressure on Russia by Extending Economic Sanctions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia until Jan. 31 on Monday, keeping up pressure on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
EU keeps up pressure on Russia by extending economic sanctions
By Adrian Croft European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia until Jan. 31 on Monday, keeping up pressure on Moscow to help resolve the Ukraine conflict. Russia described the move as a triumph for the “Russophobe” lobby in the EU and signalled it would respond by extending a ban on Western food imports, imposed in...
EU extends Russia sanctions to 2016
EU foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday to extend sanctions against Russia until Jan. 31, 2016, in an attempt to make Moscow abide by the cease-fire agreement signed in February. On February12, Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany signed a cease-fire, also called the Minsk agreement, over the crisis in Ukraine. Meanwhile,...
EU extends Russia sanctions for six months
The EU extends sanctions on Russia to mount pressure on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
EU extends Russia sanctions to 2016
EU foreign ministers agree on Monday to extend sanctions against Russia until 2016 over Ukraine crisis …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine makes $75 mln Russian debt payment
Even as it is trying to restructure its sovereign debt, Kiev makes an interest payment to Russia on $3 billion Eurobond …read more Source: World...
Pentagon chief: US won’t let Russia ‘drag us back to the past’
The United States and its allies won’t let Russia “drag us back to the past”, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in an address in Berlin on Monday, as he accused Moscow of trying to re-create a Soviet-era sphere of influence. Russia’s intervention in Ukraine has put NATO allies in eastern Europe on edge and triggered a...
