Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine backs off from EU-backed Russia gas deal
War-torn Ukraine has distanced itself from an EU-brokered agreement with Russia that would have restored its gas supplies during winter and helped rebuild trust between the neighbouring foes …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine backs off from EU-backed Russia gas deal
Deal’s interpretations in Moscow and Kiev diverged on almost every point …read more Source: Gulf...
Hungary cuts gas to Ukraine
Hungary shuts natural gas shipments to Ukraine after Russian assurances about its own supplies. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian, Russian presidents to meet
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet face-to-face within two weeks, Kremlin says …read more Source: Anadolu...
Hungary halts gas sale to Ukraine on Russia fears
Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Sept. 26 that Hungary could not risk a halt to Russian gas supplies as it froze deliveries to Ukraine amid threats by Moscow …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine, Russia start work to set up ‘buffer zone’ in east
Senior Ukrainian and Russian military officials have met to mark out a proposed 30km “buffer zone” in eastern Ukraine from which government forces and separatists will move weapons. …read more Source:...
Ukraine closes crossing points on border with Russia
The Ukrainian government has allocated about $7.7 million for new technical equipment to be deployed on the border with Russia to complete the first stage, of what Kiev dubs the Stina (Wall) Project, by September 30 …read more Source: Anadolu...
Malaysia dismayed over Ukraine’s empty MH17 promise
Malaysian transport minister expresses disappointment in Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels for not ensuring safe gateway for investigators to crash site. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia, Ukraine in EU-brokered talks on gas as Moscow warns Brussels on re-exporting gas
Russia and Ukraine are holding European Union-brokered talks on their long-running gas dispute as pressure mounts for a solution to head off a winter supply crisis in Ukraine and beyond …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine prepares to close Russia border
KIEV — President Petro Poroshenko instructed his government on Thursday to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia to help halt its “intervention” in the Westward-leaning former Soviet state’s affairs. A decree published on the presidential website ordered the government...
