Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Ukraine launches probe after Putin and Berlusconi allegedly quaff US$100,000 bottle of centuries-old wine
Ukraine has launched a criminal probe into wine-tasting by Russian President Vladimir Putin and ex-Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi after they allegedly quaffed a US$100,000 bottle of centuries-old wine in Crimea, prosecutors said. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Winery boss facing charges for giving Crimean wine to Berlusconi and Putin
Ukrainian prosecutors were reportedly preparing charges against the director of a winery in Russian-occupied Crimea for uncorking a 240-year-old bottle for Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine points finger at ultra-nationalists after deadly Kiev clash
A member of Ukraine’s National Guard was killed and scores of people were injured in clashes between police and nationalist protesters in Kiev as lawmakers gave initial backing to a contested bill boosting autonomy in the country’s breakaway regions. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Scores of police injured by grenade at Ukraine protest after controversial vote grants more autonomy to east
At least 90 people, mainly police, were wounded in fierce clashes outside the Ukrainian parliament as lawmakers gave initial backing to deeply controversial reforms granting more autonomy to pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Action-man Putin dons pantsuit to explore Crimea shipwreck in mini-submarine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has burnished his action man image by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: South China Morning...
LISTEN: ‘Comically bad CIA impersonators’ plot MH17 crash. Russians believe it – do you?
A Russian newspaper posted an audiotape on its website that purports to reveal two US spies plotting to bring down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine last year. One hitch: The conversations are so stilted and oddly worded that they have been widely dismissed by nat …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17 investigators find fragments ‘probably from Russian-made missile’ at Ukraine crash site
Investigators probing the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine said they had found fragments “probably” from a Russian-made surface-to-air missile at the crash site. …read more Source: South China Morning...
MH17 investigators find ‘possible’ Russian-made BUK missile fragments near Ukraine crash site
Investigators probing the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said they had identified possible Russian-made BUK missile fragments from eastern Ukraine, where the plane crashed. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 Russian artists – including France’s Gerard Depardieu
Ukraine has named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu. …read more Source: South China Morning...
France agrees to ‘fully reimburse’ Russia, ending spat over collapse of warships’ sale
France said it had agreed a compensation deal with Russia for failing to deliver two Mistral warships due to the Ukraine crisis, drawing to a close a months-long diplomatic and commercial spat. …read more Source: South China Morning...
