Section: Africa&ME
Russia expands economic sanctions on Ukraine
Moscow: Russia on Tuesday expanded its economic sanctions on Ukraine, adding more than 250 people and businesses to a blacklist first announced at the start of November. According to a decree by Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, 245 individuals and seven companies, mostly in the energy and defence sectors, were sanctioned by Moscow. Relations...
Turkey: Orthodox head rejects Russian church’s claims
Fener Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew rejects claims that he received money from Ukraine for Ukrainian church’s autocephaly …read more Source: Anadolu...
Foreign Policy & Human Rights: South Africa votes at the UN to condemn Myanmar for its abuse of minority Rohingya people
International Relations Minister Sisulu hails this as heralding a “new dawn” in human rights foreign policy – but Pretoria also voted against a resolution condemning Russian human rights violations in Crimea. …read more Source: Daily...
Russia expands sanctions against Ukraine
Russia sanctions 245 Ukrainian individuals and 8 entities …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia expands economic sanctions on Ukraine
Russia Tuesday expanded its economic sanctions on Ukraine, adding more than 250 people and businesses to a blacklist first announced at the start of November. …read more Source: The Daily...
“Why Obasanjo, Babangida, TY Danjuma are against Buhari”
A former Nigerian Ambassador to Ukraine, Ibrahim Kasai, has revealed why retired military Generals like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, and T. Y. Danjuma are against the… …read more Source:...
US looking to add Ukraine to NATO, encircle Russia: Analyst
The US is planning to encircle Russia by adding Ukraine and other former Soviet countries to NATO, an analyst says. …read more Source:...
Russian Fighter Jets Land in Crimea amid Ukraine Tensions
More than a dozen SU-27 and SU-30 fighter jets which Russia is deploying to boost its air force, amid heightened tensions with Ukraine, arrived in Cri …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s leader orders Orthodox Church to change its name
Ukraine’s president Saturday signed a bill that orders the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to change its name to reflect its ties to Moscow. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin says US is raising the risk of nuclear war
President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control treaty and refusing to hold talks about another pact that expires soon.In a news conference that lasted more than three hours, Putin also backed US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops out of...
