Section: Africa&ME
Rebels urge UN to send peacekeepers into east Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine called on Tuesday (25/11/2014) for an emergency UN Security Council session that could authorise sending international peacekeepers into the war zone. The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said in a statement it was seeking “the intervention of a peacekeeping force that...
Huge Moscow mall opens as recession looms
The opening in Moscow of Europe’s biggest shopping mall comes at an inopportune moment for investors backing the project. ||| Bloomberg MoscowTHE opening in Moscow of Europe’s biggest shopping mall comes at an inopportune moment for investors backing the project.The Aviapark mall opens its doors on Friday, just as Russia is headed...
Sanctions, cheaper oil cost Russia
Lower oil prices and Western financial sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis would cost Russia around $130 billion (R1 trillion) to $140bn a year – equivalent to about 7 percent of its economy – Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said yesterday. ||| Reuters MoscowLOWER oil prices and Western financial sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis...
Merits of Giving Ukraine Lethal Aid Debated
Published November 25, 2014 US Vice President Joe Biden has condemned what he calls Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine, but stopped short …read more Source:...
3 soldiers killed in east Ukraine
KIEV: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 24 wounded in fighting between government forces and Kremlin-backed rebels in the war-torn east over the past day, the military said on Monday. Government positions at strategic flashpoints around the conflict zone came under attack 56 times, the military said. The mayor’s office in the...
Dutch complete MH17 wreckage recovery from site
Amsterdam: Dutch experts on Sunday completed the recovery of wreckage from the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine and have sent it to a government-controlled city en route for the Netherlands “(Transport of) the recovered wreckage from flight MH17 is under way towards Kharkiv,” by train, the Dutch Safety Board...
Russian airlines face deeper losses
Russian airlines are facing a drop in passenger numbers because of the Ukraine crisis, prompting some analysts to expect fleet reductions. …read more Source:...
Putin Strengthens Ties with Georgia Breakaway Region
SOCHI, RUSSIA—President Vladimir Putin signed a “strategic partnership” agreement with Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia on Monday, angering Tbilisi, which said Moscow was looking to annex the territory. Russia and Georgia fought a war in 2008 over Abkhazia and a twin region of South Ossetia, provoking the worst crisis between Moscow...
Russia Suspends Coal Supplies to Ukraine
KYIV—Ukraine’s energy minister said on Monday Russia had suspended coal supplies to Ukraine, a blow to domestic energy suppliers who are struggling with a severe lack of raw fuel for power plants due to a separatist conflict in the industrial east. On November 12 Prodan said Ukraine would have to rely on Russian coal to get through the...
Russia puts losses at R1.5 trillion
Lower oil prices and Western sanctions will cost Russia around $130-140 billion (R1.5 trillion) a year. ||| Moscow – Lower oil prices and Western financial sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis will cost Russia around $130-140 billion (R1.5 trillion) a year – equivalent to around 7 percent of its economy – Finance Minister...
