Section: NDTV (India)
Ukrainian Parliament Angers Moscow by Scrapping Non-Aligned Status
The Ukrainian Parliament today renounced Ukraine’s “non-aligned” status with the aim of eventually joining NATO, angering Moscow which views the Western alliance’s eastward expansion as a threat to it… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Step Toward NATO ‘Absolutely Conterproductive’: Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that Ukraine’s adoption of a bill to drop its non-aligned status was “absolutely counterproductive”. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Parliament Takes Historic Step Toward NATO Membership
Ukraine’s parliament took a historic step toward NATO membership on Tuesday by overwhelmingly voting to revoke the nation’s neutral status, which it adopted under Russian pressure in 2010. …read more Source:...
Crisis-Hit Russia’s Top Allies Build Ties with Ukraine
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev followed his Belarussian counterpart to Ukraine today as Moscow’s old allies built bridges to Europe while Russia’s financial crisis and diplomatic isolation grew… …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin ‘No Chess Master’ : US President Barack Obama
US President Barack Obama hit back at foreign policy critics in an interview today, brushing off claims he had been naively outmaneuvered by Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Russia Won’t Be Intimidated Over Crimea: Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russia will not be intimidated over its actions in Ukraine and Crimea, President Vladimir Putin said today as his Foreign Ministry warned that it was preparing to retaliate against fresh Western sanct… …read more Source:...
Russia Dismisses New US Sanctions As Useless
Russia, today, dismissed new US sanctions as useless and said it was poised to wait as long as it takes for the US to recognize its historic right to the Crimean peninsula. …read more Source:...
Barack Obama Orders US Trade Ban on Crimea Over Russia ‘Occupation’
US President Barack Obama imposed a sweeping trade ban on Russia-annexed Crimea on Friday with an executive order prohibiting US exports of goods or services to the contested peninsula and barring Cri… …read more Source:...
Barack Obama Says No New Sanctions for Russia Over Ukraine
US President Barack Obama said Thursday he was not about to impose new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but nevertheless signed a law giving him the authority to do so. …read more Source:...
Petro Poroshenko Asks Parliament to Drop Ukraine’s Neutral Status
Ukraine’s president submitted to parliament Thursday legislation enabling the ex-Soviet republic to one day join NATO and make sure the Western military alliance protects it from future Russian threat… …read more Source:...
