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Russia threatens to stop gas supplies to Ukraine
Dec24

Russia threatens to stop gas supplies to Ukraine

Moscow: Russia, on Tuesday, threatened Ukraine of halting gas supplies, if it failed to pay Russia $1.65 billion before the end of 2014, as an advance for January deliveries.Under an agreement between the Russian and Ukrainian governments, “there will be no supplies in Jan.. …read more Source: India...

Ukraine abandons nonaligned status
Dec24

Ukraine abandons nonaligned status

Ukraine’s parliament dropped the nation’s nonaligned status on Tuesday, possibly paving the way for a bid to join NATO in defiance of the Kremlin’s wishes. …read more Source: The Times of...

Ukrainian Parliament Angers Moscow by Scrapping Non-Aligned Status
Dec23

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
Dec23

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
Dec23

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:...

Key Russian allies distancing themselves from Putin&#63
Dec23

Key Russian allies distancing themselves from Putin&#63

Kiev: Kazakhstan, one of the principal allies of Russia, on Monday, renewed its military cooperation with Ukraine, to which it also promised vital supplies of coal.This comes after a visit to the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the day before by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenk.. …read more Source: India...

Crisis-Hit Russia’s Top Allies Build Ties with Ukraine
Dec22

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
Dec21

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 vows to retaliate against US, Canadian sanctions
Dec21

Russia vows to retaliate against US, Canadian sanctions

Moscow: Russia vowed to take retaliatory measures against fresh US and Canadian sanctions, calling the moves an evidence that the West lacks interest in settling the Ukraine crisis.”The United States and Canada still cannot put up with the results of free declaration of wi.. …read more Source: India...

Russia Won’t Be Intimidated Over Crimea: Russian President Vladimir Putin
Dec20

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:...