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Russia suspends nuclear agreement, ends uranium research pact with United States
Russia has further curtailed its cooperation with the United States on nuclear energy by suspending a research agreement and terminating another on uranium conversion, two days after the Kremlin shelved a plutonium pact with Washington. The Russian government said Wednesday that as a countermeasure to the U.S. sanctions imposed on it over events...
Putin suspends 2010 agreement to clean up weapons-grade plutonium with U.S.
President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium, signaling he is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria. Starting in the last years of the Cold War, Russia and the United States signed a series […] The post...
World › Ukraine marks Babi Yar massacre’s 75th anniversary
Ukraine on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II. Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, is where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within 48 hours in 1941 when the city was under… …read more Source: Japan...
Ukraine marks infamous Babi Yar massacre of 34,000 Jews on 75th anniversary
Ukraine on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II. Babi Yar, a ravine in Kiev, is where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within 48 hours in 1941 when the city was under Nazi occupation. The killing was carried out by SS […] The post Ukraine marks infamous Babi Yar...
MH17 crash inquiry backs suspicions of Russian link: U.S.
The United States welcomed Wednesday the preliminary results of a criminal inquiry into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine, saying it supported Washington’s suspicions of Russian involvement. The United States was quick to blame Russian-backed separatists after the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down in July 2014 with the loss of all...
Dutch probe concludes Malaysian MH17 flight was downed by launcher from Russia
Dutch-led criminal investigators said Wednesday they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down by a Buk missile moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia. Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Central Crime Investigation department of the Dutch National Police, said communications intercepts showed that pro-Moscow rebels had called for...
World › World leaders rage against neighbors on 2nd day of U.N. debate
World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N. General Assembly to rage against their neighbors and presenting a picture of a chaotic world consumed by intractable conflicts. A few paces from the General Assembly hall, the United States and Russia bitterly… …read more...
Japan urges Ukraine to fully implement cease-fire accord
NEW YORK – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday to fully im… …read more Source: Kyodo...
U.S. calls Russian elections in Crimea illegitimate
The United States on Friday said Russian parliamentary elections planned for Crimea are illegitimate. “The United States does not recognize the legitimacy, and will not recognize the outcome, of the Russian Duma elections planned for Russian-occupied Crimea on September 18th,” said State Department spokesman John Kirby in a statement. Two and a...
Malaysia, Ukraine Eye Closer Defense Ties
The two countries will set up a joint commission to expand military-technical cooperation. …read more Source: The...
