Section: Africa&ME
Turkey criticizes imprisonment of a Crimean Tatar leader
Turkey has criticized a court decision issued for the imprisonment of a prominent Crimean Tatar leader by the court of a de facto administration in Crimea, stressing that the verdict constitutes more suffering for Turkey’s kinsmen. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey Signs Deal To Buy Russian S-400 Missile Systems
Russian S-400 Triumph medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems riding through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow. Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFPTurkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence systems in its first major weapons purchase from Moscow, Turkish newspapers on Tuesday quoted...
Crimea court jails Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz over rally
Judges in the Russian-controlled Crimea have sentenced Tatar representative Akhtem Chiygoz to eight years in a labor camp for “organizing a mass riot.” Chiygoz had worked for a Tatar assembly which Moscow later outlawed. …read more Source:...
Crimea court jails Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz over rally
Judges in the Russian-controlled Crimea have sentenced Tatar representative Akhtem Chiygoz to eight years in a labor camp for “organizing a mass riot.” Chiygoz had worked for a Tatar assembly which Moscow later outlawed. …read more Source:...
Crimean Tatar leader jailed for stirring anti-Russia protests
SIMFEROPOL – A court in Crimea handed down a prison sentence of eight years on Monday to a Crimean Tatar leader, Ahtem Chiygoz, found guilty of stirring up mass disorder, his lawyer told Reuters. , In 2014, Chiygoz led crowds of Crimean Tatars in street protests against Russia’s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine. The disorder...
Crimean Tatar leader jailed for stirring anti-Russia protests
A court in Crimea handed down a prison sentence of eight years Monday to a Crimean Tatar leader, Ahtem Chiygoz, found guilty of stirring up mass disorder, his lawyer told Reuters. …read more Source: The Daily...
WATCH: Saakashvili Breaks Through Ukrainian Border With Help of Supporters
KIEV (Sputnik) — Slobodyan said Saakashvili “illegally crossed the border” as he and his supporters did not pass through security checks. “The crowd… broke through the Shegini checkpoint… in fact, one could say, invaded the territory of Poland, took Mikheil Saakashvili, started a fight with the border guards and dragged Saakashvili into the...
Ukraine Hands Over New Resolution on Peacekeepers in Donbass to Security Council
KIEV (Sputnik) — The Deputy Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration Kostiantyn Yelisieiev told Inter, a Ukrainian TV channel, that an updated version of a proposed resolution was handed over to the UN Security Council several days ago at the behest of Ukrainian President Poroshenko. The official also called Poroshenko’s upcoming...
EuroBasket 2017: Slovenia, Germany advance to quarters
Germany upset France, Slovenia dominate Ukraine to advance to quarter-finals in EuroBasket …read more Source: Anadolu...
Former Odessa Region Governor Saakashvili Says Heading to Ukraine
KIEV (Sputnik) – On July 26, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko revoked Saakashvili’s Ukrainian citizenship when it was discovered that he had violated a national law there by providing incorrect information on his citizenship application. Saakashvili was in the United States at the time when Poroshenko made his decision, and said he...
