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Ukraines Made-in-USA Finance Minister
Ukraine’s new Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko, a former U.S. State Department officer who was granted Ukrainian citizenship only this week, headed a U.S. government-funded investment project … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World › Putin says West seeks to undermine Russia, Crimea ‘sacred’
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of exploiting the Ukraine crisis to undermine an increasingly confident Russia, and said Crimea was “sacred” to Moscow. In his annual state-of-the-nation address, Putin said Russia was justified in its stance on Ukraine but that Moscow would not sever ties with the… …read...
Ukraine, rebels announce Dec. 9 cease-fire
Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said on Thursday they had agree to halt fire across the eastern war zone on Dec. 9 under the terms of a Kremlin-brokered truce. President Petro Poroshenko said the terms of the new cease-fire were already included in an earlier peace deal agreed with the help of European representatives in […] The post Ukraine,...
Ukraine energy minister claims nuclear plant accident poses “no threat”
An accident at a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya in southeastern Ukraine poses no danger to health or the environment, energy authorities said on Wednesday, an assessment later corroborated by the French nuclear institute IRSN. Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said the accident occurred Nov. 28 in one of the six blocks at Zaporizhzhya,...
With Its Gold “Vaporized” A Furious Ukraine Turns On Its Central Bankers
two weeks ago , following a stunning announcement by the head of Ukraine’s central bank, Valeriya Gontareva, on primetime TV we learned that (virtually) all of Ukraine’s gold was gone, or … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine parliament approves new government
Ukraine’s parliament approved the formation of a new government Tuesday, bringing an end to weeks of behind-the-scenes political wrangling following an October election that ushered in a group of pro-Western parties. The new Cabinet has come together as government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces agreed on a tentative cease-fire...
Ukraine names US national Jaresko as finance minister
Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed US national Natalia Jaresko as finance minister while handing the economy portfolio to Lithuanian investment banker Aivaras Abromavicius in a … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Russia lashes out at NATO over Ukraine conflict
Russia has lashed out at NATO, saying the alliance risked “destabilizing” Europe with military drills linked to a spike in tensions over the Ukraine crisis. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov said Monday the U.S.-led military alliance was “trying to destabilize the world’s most stable region. “Endless military exercises,...
Russian jets pose threat to civilian planes, U.S. envoy says
Russian military aircraft are posing a threat to civilian planes by turning off communications devices and failing to file flight plans, the U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Monday. Russia has stepped up flights near NATO’s borders, the alliance says, coinciding with increased East-West tension over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis....
World › Putin drops gas pipeline to EU; courts Turkey instead
Russia on Monday scrapped the South Stream pipeline project to supply gas to southern Europe without crossing Ukraine, citing EU objections, and instead named Turkey as its preferred partner for an alternative pipeline, with a promise of hefty discounts. The EU, at loggerheads with Moscow over Ukraine, and keen to… …read more Source: Japan...
