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World › Putin makes troop deaths in peacetime operations a ‘state secret’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday banned the release of information about troop deaths in “special operations” during peacetime, as the Kremlin continues to rebuff accusations its soldiers are fighting in Ukraine. Putin signed an amendment adding to what Russia classifies as “state secrets” any...
Franklin Mutual Series CEO Sees Opportunities in European Economy U.S. Telecoms
“There is still a fair bit of skepticism about whether the European economic recovery will last,” says Langerman. “And while Greece and the Ukraine remain … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Russia trying to block flow of arms, intruders by digging ditches along Ukraine border
President Vladimir Putin is facing a new kind of blowback from the war in Ukraine: weapons and intruders flowing out of the conflict zone and into Russia. Accused by the U.S. and its allies of backing the rebels with arms and men, Russia is now digging ditches to halt munitions and smugglers moving east across […] The post Russia trying to block...
Abe eyes visiting Ukraine, attending G-7 summit in Germany in June
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Russia says it has no access to men detained in Ukraine
The Russian Embassy in Ukraine says it has still not been given access to two Russian citizens detained earlier this month on suspicion of fighting alongside separatists in the eastern region of Luhansk. The Russian Embassy said Monday that it filed a formal request on May 19 for its consul to visit the men in […] The post Russia says it has no...
Woman, 65, adds quadruplets to 13 kids
A 65-year-old German woman, who already had 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on Saturday. Annegret Raunigk had three boys, named Dries, Bence and Fjonn, and one girl, Neeta, who were born premature at 26 weeks in a Berlin hospital but have...
Rebel commander reportedly killed in eastern Ukraine
A separatist commander in eastern Ukraine was killed along with several other fighters after their car came under attack Saturday, rebel authorities announced. The defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Lugansk republic confirmed that Alexei Mozgovoi, the commander of a police battalion in the war-torn region, was among the dead and said it was...
Amnesty says torture of war prisoners in Ukraine is rife on both sides
Both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are perpetrating war crimes almost daily, including torturing prisoners and summarily killing them, the Amnesty International rights group said in a report Friday. Amnesty said in a statement that it has heard from former captives of both Ukrainian government and separatist forces who say they faced savage...
EU, ex-Soviet neighbors patch rifts with eye on Russia
Looking over their shoulders at Russia, the European Union and six former Soviet neighbors patched up their differences to renew vows of cooperation in the interests of peace and security at a summit on Friday. Meeting in Riga 18 months after the last Eastern Partnership gathering sparked the Cold War-style tug-of-war over Ukraine, Kiev and […]...
Merkel Ukraine Crisis Makes EU Eastern Partnership More Important
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the crisis in Ukraine makes the European Union’s partnership with six eastern countries “more important than ever.” Merkel was speaking to the German … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
