Section: South China Morning Post (China)
German Chancellor urges Russian president to use influence over Ukraine rebels
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during a telephone call with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, stressed Moscow’s “responsibility” to act as a moderating influence over the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Luxury yacht firms fear sanctions on Russia will spoil their party
The million-dollar question at this year’s Monaco Yacht Show: are the Russians coming? …read more Source: South China Morning...
Petro Poroshenko says worst is over in Ukrainian conflict
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said yesterday that the worst was over in the conflict with separatists in the country’s east, and that he must focus on domestic reforms to allow for a European Union membership bid in 2020. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Vladimir Putin to attend Group of 20 summit in Brisbane despite opposition
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend a Group of 20 summit in the Australian city of Brisbane, Interfax news agency said yesterday, despite calls for the hosts to prevent him attending because of Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Families of German MH17 victims to sue Ukraine president over downed flight
Relatives of German victims of downed flight MH17 plan to sue Ukraine and its president for criminal negligence for not closing the country’s airspace, a lawyer said on Sunday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Kiev, pro-Russia rebels sign deal creating Ukraine buffer zone
The government in Kiev and pro-Russian separatists on Saturday signed a deal creating a demilitarised zone in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine after fresh talks aimed at ending a brutal five-month war. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Aid but no weapons: what Ukraine’s leader got from US President Obama
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is heading home from the US with a US$53 million package of additional economic and military aid from Washington. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russia is a ‘threat to global democracy’, Ukrainian president tells US Congress
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the US Congress that Russia was a threat to global democracy, as officials in Kiev said Russia had deployed about 5,000 soldiers in eastern Ukraine to back separatist rebels. …read more Source: South China Morning...
US leads military drills in Ukraine while fighting continues in east
US-led military exercises involving 15 countries were set to begin in Ukraine yesterday, as fighting rumbled on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in violation of a ceasefire. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin wants to ‘eliminate’ my country, Ukraine’s PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk says
Tensions over Ukraine festered after Kiev accused the Kremlin of seeking to “eliminate” the pro-Western former Soviet nation while Moscow charged Washington with orchestrating the crisis. …read more Source: South China Morning...
