Section: China
Putin grants Russian citizenship to ‘Under Siege’ film actor Steven Seagal
Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Russian citizenship to action film actor Steven Seagal. The 64-year-old Seagal has been a regular visitor to Russia in recent years and has accompanied Putin to several martial arts events, as well as vocally defending the Russian leader’s policies. US film star and pal of Vladimir Putin Steven...
Picasso paintings, Rolex watches, antiques and fine wines: Ukraine lawmakers come clean over assets
A luxury watch collection, millions of dollars in cash and a Picasso painting are just several items listed on Ukraine officials’ income and asset declarations, shocking a country vowing to curb corruption. They do not trust banks, euro or hryvnia, nor rubles Anders Aslund of the US-based Atlantic Council Officials are required under a new...
Spotlight: Ukraine emerges from economic crisis
The Ukrainian government led by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman appears to have taken control of the economic crisis, which had threatened to send the country’s economy into free fall. …read more Source: <a href=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/01/c_135797621.htm target=_blank title="Spotlight: Ukraine emerges from...
Could Moldova’s first presidential poll in 20 years push it back into Russia’s orbit?
Ex-Soviet Moldova went to the polls Sunday in its first popular presidential election since the 1990s, seen as a tug-of-war between supporters of closer relations with Russia and those seeking EU integration. The crisis-hit country of 3.5 million wedged between Ukraine and Romania is the poorest in Europe and has struggled with a string of...
Normandy format group agrees on roadmap to peace solution in eastern Ukraine
According to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the leaders of the so-called Normandy format group comprising Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France agreed on a new roadmap for peace solution in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday night, German media Focus Online reported. …read more Source: China...
Normandy format group agrees on roadmap in Ukraine
According to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the leaders of the so-called Normandy format group comprising Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France agreed on a new roadmap for peace solution in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday night, German media Focus Online reported. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Ukraine welcomes WB’s 500 mln USD loan for gas purchase
Ukraine welcomed the World Bank’s (WB)decision to lend the country 500 million U.S. dollars to purchase natural gas, said Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk late Tuesday. …read more Source: <a href=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/19/c_135766743.htm target=_blank title="Ukraine welcomes WB’s 500 mln USD loan...
Russia threatens ‘symmetrical’ response to US sanctions
Moscow will make a “symmetrical” response if Washington decides to impose new sanctions on Russia, a senior Russian diplomat said on Monday amid escalating tensions between the two powers over the Syria settlement. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Germany’s Angela Merkel ready to confront Russia over Syrian war
Angela Merkel wants to get other European Union member countries to agree to step up sanctions against Russia because of its role in the war in Syria, a German newspaper cited sources close to the German chancellor as saying. The issue of sanctions is due to be discussed at an EU summit on Thursday and Friday. Both the EU and the US have already...
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says world at ‘dangerous’ point as US-Russia tensions soar
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that the world had reached a “dangerous point” as tensions between Russia and the United States have spiked over the Syria conflict. Relations between Moscow and Washington – already at their lowest since the cold war over the Ukraine conflict – have soured further in recent days as the United...
