Section: Africa&ME
Putin decided to annex Crimea before vote
Russian president Vladimir Putin admits he decided to annex Crimea even before a Ukranian referendum on unification. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February...
Russia massing sophisticated weapons in Crimea: NATO
Russia has vastly enhanced its military capabilities in Crimea since annexing the peninsula, turning it into a “power projection platform,” a senior NATO general was reported March 9 as saying. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Putin Recounts How He Gave Orders to ‘Save’ Yanukovych, ‘Return’ Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he ordered security officials in February 2014 to make plans to “save the life” of Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s then-president, and to start planning for Russia’s annexation of Crimea. In a trailer aired Sunday on state television channel Rossiya-1 for an upcoming documentary, Putin...
Putin reveals details of Crimea annexation
Vladimir Putin says he decided to annex Crimea after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February 2014. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in...
Putin reveals details of Crimea annexation for the first time
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after forme …read more Source: The New...
Putin confesses to Crimea plot
Vladimir Putin has admitted for the first time that the plan to annex Crimea was ordered before the referendum …read more Source: World...
German foreign minister sees reduction of violence in east Ukraine
Violence in eastern Ukraine has reduced significantly since a ceasefire deal was agreed in Minsk, Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeie …read more Source: The New...
Mine director arrested over blast in east Ukraine: rebels
A director of a mine in a rebel-held part of east Ukraine has been arrested over a blast that killed 34 miners last week, separatist press service DAN reported on Monday, quoting prosecutors. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin describes secret meeting to take Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea – the Black Sea region that Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March …read more Source: The Daily...
Nemtsov friend says Islamist motive for Moscow killing is nonsensical
A colleague of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition figure shot dead near Moscow’s Red Square, said suggestions he was killed by Islamists were nonsensical and useful for the Kremlin because they deflected accusations that officials were involved.Speculation about an Islamist link strengthened after investigators charged a man from the...
