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Russia can hurt pro-EU ex-allies
The EU’s signing of trade accords with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia on Friday is a major setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the tug-of-war over Moscow’s post-Soviet sphere of influence is far from over, analysts say. The association agreements have been met with barely concealed hostility in Russia, which will use every...
EU, Ukraine ink trade pact; cease-fire extended by 72 hours
The European Union signed a historic free trade pact with Ukraine on Friday and warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday. Shortly after returning to Kiev from Brussels where he signed the pact, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko […] The post...
World › Ukraine signs historic EU pact, snubbing Russia
Over Russia’s objections, Ukraine’s new president on Friday signed a free-trade deal binding his country more closely to Western Europe, sealing the very agreement that triggered the bloodshed and political convulsions of the past seven months. Russia, meanwhile, fended off for the time being a new, more crippling round of…...
Russia warns of ‘serious consequences’ following Ukraine’s EU deal
Russia on Friday warned of “serious consequences” after ex-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova signed key association agreements with the European Union over Kremlin objections. “The consequences of the signing by Ukraine and Moldova will certainly be serious,” Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told the Interfax news agency....
Four OSCE hostages free in Ukraine
Rebels in southeastern Ukraine early on Friday released four of the eight international observers they captured over a month ago, in an apparent goodwill gesture that could help pave the way to a resolution of the conflict that has so far claimed hundreds of lives. Pro-Russia separatists held eight observers from the Vienna-based Organization for...
Ukraine to sign EU trade deal
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is set to sign a sweeping new trade deal with the EU in Brussels on Friday, giving Ukraine’s economy and society a massive shove toward Europe. It will lower trade tariffs and in theory open Ukraine to Europe’s market of 506 million people — if Ukraine can comply with the many […] The...
World › West to Putin: Prove commitment to Ukraine peace
The Kremlin on Wednesday renounced the right to send troops into Ukraine and voiced support for a peace plan, but the West said Russia must do much more to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine if it wants to avoid a new, more crippling round of sanctions. A cease-fire, already… …read more Source: Japan...
Pro-Russian rebels agree to abide by cease-fire in Ukraine
Pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine agreed Monday to respect a cease-fire declared by the Ukrainian president, raising hopes for an end to months of fighting that have killed hundreds and ravaged the country’s industrial heartland. The announcement came as the Russian and U.S. presidents traded demands over the conflict. Russian...
Ukraine fighting continues despite cease-fire
Fighting flared Sunday between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported, further straining a unilateral cease-fire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kiev to talk to the rebels. Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, at separate ceremonies marking the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s...
World › Putin calls for compromise in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly expressed support Sunday for Ukraine’s declaration of a cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and called on both sides to negotiate a compromise. Putin said such a compromise must guarantee the rights of the Russian-speaking residents of eastern Ukraine, who must feel like...
