Section: Africa&ME
Return of Crimea a must for mending ties with Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on the second day of his two-day trip to Japan, region of Crimea must return to Kiev’s sovereignty …read more Source: World...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed although ceasefire
According to Ukraine military source, three Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours …read more Source: World...
Mourners pay respects to murdered Kremlin critic Nemtsov
By Alexander Winning Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued on Tuesday to pay their respects to Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic whose murder last week showed the hazards of speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s aides deny any involvement in killing Nemtsov, who was shot in the back four...
Exclusive: Obama says Iran must halt key nuclear work for at least a decade
Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing a final agreement, US President Barack Obama told Reuters on Monday. Interviewed at the White House, Obama moved to dial back tensions over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Foreigners barred from Nemtsov’s funeral
Several EU politicians and Russia’s opposition leader have been barred from attending the funeral of murdered Russian politician Boris Nemtsov. A Polish politician was denied a visa under existing Russian sanctions while a Latvian MEP was turned back after arriving at a Moscow airport. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was denied permission...
Moscow funeral for slain Kremlin critic Nemtsov
Mourners for slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov prepared to gather for his funeral in Moscow on March 3, as Polish and Latvian officials said they had been barred from entering Russia on the eve of the ceremony in retaliation for EU sanctions over Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Model tells of last hours with Nemtsov
The Ukrainian model who was with Boris Nemtsov recounted her last hours with him – but said she did not see the killer. ||| Moscow – The 23-year-old Ukrainian model who was with slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov tearfully recounted on Monday their last dinner in a chic Red Square restaurant and their walk onto a nearby bridge...
‘Western values are ticket to hell’
Western values are a “ticket to hell,” China’s state media said in the latest example of a rising level of invective targeting critics of the authoritarian government. ||| Beijing – Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some...
News24.com | Ukraine FM casts doubt on Russia ceasefire
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has cast doubt on hopes that a UN-backed truce with pro-Russian rebels will stick, as he called for an expansion of international monitoring. …read more Source:...
Murder in Moscow
By Gwynne Dyer “EVERY time I call (my mother),” said Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov recently, “she gives me a talking-to: ‘When will you stop being rude about Putin? He’ll kill you.’” Now Nemtsov is dead: four bullets in the chest as he was walking home in Moscow with his girlfriend on Friday night. The protest march against...
