Section: The Times of India (India)
French Alps avalanche kills 3, leaves 3 others injured
A deadly avalanche hit a high school group skiing in the French Alps today, killing two students and a Ukrainian skier and seriously injuring three others, officials said. …read more Source: The Times of...
Vladimir Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy
A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years. Relations between Russia and the west reached a low after Russian forces annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014. …read more Source:...
US a threat to Russian security, Putin says
A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years. Relations between Russia and the west reached a low after Russian forces annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014. …read more Source:...
China plans new silk road, but trade partners are wary
As tensions in the Mideast and Ukraine rose in recent years, Turkey moved to jointly manufacture a sophisticated missile defence system. The $3.4 billion plan would have given Turkey’s military more firepower and laid the foundation to start exporting missiles. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine MPs approve tit-for-tat Russian trade embargo
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine still committed to good faith debt talks with Russia: Finance ministry
The Ukrainian Finance ministry said on Friday it was still committed to negotiating a good faith restructuring agreement with Russia on a $3 billion Eurobond, as the government imposed a moratorium on its repayment next week. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine declines to pay $3bn debt to Russia: Ukrainian PM
Ukraine announced on Friday it would not make payment on its $3 billion debt to Russia due this weekend, deepening a row with Moscow which said it would take Kiev to court. …read more Source: The Times of...
From Russia with love: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump sing each other’s praises
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US presidential candidate Donald Trump praised each other on Thursday, saying they would welcome an improvement in the now-icy relations between their two nations. Democrat Obama has been critical of Putin and had called for sanctions against Russia after it annexed Crimea. …read more Source: The Times...
US secretary of state John Kerry to meet Putin on Syria, Ukraine issue next week
US secretary of state John Kerry will travel to Moscow next week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on two of the most vexing crises in US-Russian relations: Syria’s civil war and Ukraine’s ongoing instability. …read more Source: The Times of...
Georgia revokes ex-president Saakashvili’s citizenship
Georgia on Friday stripped former leader and reformer Mikheil Saakashvili of his citizenship as he had acquired a Ukrainian passport to serve as governor of the strategic Odessa region. …read more Source: The Times of...
