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Vladimir Putin Mulled Putting Nuclear Forces ‘On Alert’ Over Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to put the country’s nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea last year after the fall of a Moscow-backed government in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko Says Truce Not Working, Urges More Russia Sanctions: Report
Ukraine’s president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper … …read more Source:...
Putin: Russia helped Yanukovych flee Ukraine
In a new documentary about Russia’s annexation of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin says Russian forces helped ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych escape to Russia. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukrainian Doctors Visit Pilot in Moscow Jail
Ukrainian doctors have visited pilot Nadiya Savchenko in her Moscow prison for the first time since her capture nine months ago, Ukraine’s government said Saturday. …read more Source:...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Returns from Controversial Crimea Visit
A former Japanese prime minister returned to Tokyo today from a controversial trip to Crimea, made despite opposition from his country’s current government. …read more Source:...
Pope ready to help improve ties between Belarus and EU, Vatican says
Pope Francis is ready to help improve ties between Belarus and the European Union, a senior papal official said on Saturday in the latest sign of a developing thaw in relations between Brussels and Minsk. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, also said discussions were under way for a visit to Vatican City by President...
What happened to Putin? Satirists run riot online
A wave of savage mockery broke over Russian President Vladimir Putin across the Internet on Friday, sparked by days of absence from public view, despite official insistence it was business as usual in the Kremlin. State television footage of Putin working at his residence failed to quell the tide of fantastical theories circulating online that...
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko Confirms ‘De-Escalation’ in Conflict
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko confirmed Friday a “gradual de-escalation” in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, a month after a ceasefire agreement came into effect. …read more Source:...
Russia drops charges against woman accused of treason over Ukraine
Russia has dropped treason charges against an activist accused of phoning the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow last year to warn that Russian solders might be heading to eastern Ukraine, her lawyer said on Friday. Svetlana Davydova was arrested at her home west of Moscow in January on suspicion of making the call after overhearing a soldier’s...
EU unlikely to agree next week to prolong Russia sanctions
European Union leaders are unlikely to reach agreement at their summit next week to prolong economic sanctions on Russia that expire in July, a senior EU official said on Friday. New sanctions on Russia are also off the table for now because EU governments want to give a chance to a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. But some of the EU’s...
