Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine probes Kremlin critic’s murder
Investigators were probing on Friday the murder of a former Russian MP who was gunned down a day earlier in Kiev, prompting fresh tensions between Ukraine and Russia. …read more Source: The Daily...
France’s Le Pen meets Putin, criticises sanctions
Far-right leader says she’s always opposed EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict as ‘counterproductive’ …read more Source: Gulf...
French Elections: Russia does not want to interfere in election
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Moscow on Friday and said his government does not want to interfere in the April 23 election.US authorities have accused the Russian government of using cyberattacks to meddle its presidential election last year.The Kremlin has adamantly denied those...
Le Pen says, if elected, will mull swift lifting of Russia sanctions
French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen said on Friday after meeting President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin she would consider what she had to do to swiftly lift European Union sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis if elected. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian banks
Ukraine’s central bank has imposed sanctions on five Russian state-owned banks operating in the country. …read more Source:...
Woman found dead after ammunition blast in Ukraine
Eastern Kharkiv region, scene of blast, borders areas of conflict between government and Russian-backed separatists …read more Source: World...
In Ukraine: One dead after blasts at arms depot
The fire erupted at the munitions depot in the town of Balakliya in the Kiev-controlled part of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine on Friday said that one person has died as a result of a fire that broke out at an arms depot in the country’s east, sparking explosions and forcing a mass evacuation.Ukrainian authorities have blamed the fire, which...
Putin meets France’s Le Pen in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Marine Le Pen during a visit to Moscow on Friday by the French far-right presidential candidate, Russian state television showed. “We by no means want to influence the current events but we reserve the right to communicate with all representatives of all political forces of the country, as do our partners in...
Woman found dead after ammunition blast in Ukraine
Eastern Kharkiv region, scene of blast, borders areas of conflict between government and Russian-backed separatists …read more Source: Anadolu...
Marine Le Pen: French presidential candidate urges cooperation with Russia against ‘terrorism’
She is among the European politicians who have called for closer ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen called for a rapprochement with Russia in the fight against terrorism during a meeting with Russian lawmakers in Moscow on Friday.”I am in favour of developing...
