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Obama, Putin in ‘frank, businesslike’ phone chat, skip over Ukraine, Syria rifts but stern on Pyongyang
President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin joined Wednesday in calling for a tough global response to North Korea’s recent nuclear test, even as they remained at odds over Ukraine and Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a wide-ranging phone call, Obama and Putin appeared to speak past one another about the situation in...
World › Obama, Putin call for tough response to North Korea
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin joined Wednesday in calling for a tough global response to North Korea’s recent nuclear test, even as they remained at odds over Ukraine and Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a wide-ranging phone call, Obama and Putin appeared to speak past one… …read more Source: Japan...
Search on for possible missing skiers after avalanche kills three in off-limits area in French Alps
A deadly avalanche hit a high school group skiing in the French Alps on Wednesday, killing two students and a Ukrainian skier and seriously injuring three others, officials said. French President Francois Hollande said mountain emergency services with sniffer dogs and a helicopter were engaged in a rescue operation at the Deux Alpes ski resort,...
From Ukraine to Kazakhstan, Avoiding Russia
Ukraine is going to try shipping via Georgia and Azerbaijan instead. …read more Source: The...
Russia nationalises major bank in Crimea
Russia has nationalised a major commercial bank operating in Crimea, which had been sanctioned by the West for funding the peninsula’s integration into Russia after Moscow’s annexation in … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
U.S. analysts suspect Russia hackers behind Ukraine power outage
U.S. cyberintelligence firm iSight Partners said on Thursday it has determined that a Russian hacking group known as Sandworm caused last month’s unprecedented power outage in Ukraine. “We believe that Sandworm was responsible,” iSight’s director of espionage analysis, John Hultquist, said. The conclusion was based on analysis of...
Trade Between Kazakhstan and Ukraine Just Got More Difficult
Russia says all Kazakhstan-bound Ukrainian cargo travelling via Russia must go through Belarus first. …read more Source: The...
Dutch to study citizen journalism probe into MH17 downing over Ukraine in 2014
Dutch prosecutors said Sunday they will “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. The claims are made by a British-based group of “citizen investigative journalists” called Bellingcat, which...
Ukraine approves budget to unlock Western aid
The Ukrainian parliament on Friday adopted a budget for next year with a deficit of 3.7 percent of GDP, crucial for unlocking much needed aid from the IMF and Western countries. The 2016 budget was passed after an acrimonious all-night debate and was finally approved by 263 lawmakers, about 40 more than the minimum required. […] The post Ukraine...
Putin admits Russian military in Ukraine but denies ‘regular troops’ present
President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that Russia has no regular troops in eastern Ukraine but admitted that some people have been carrying out military tasks there. Putin’s comments during his annual news conference raised eyebrows after months of bluntly denying U.S. and NATO charges that Moscow had any direct presence or role in...
