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Ukraine erases communist reminders as it tries to ditch past
A hulking steel statue of a victorious female warrior bearing aloft sword and shield looms in dour majesty over the Ukrainian capital. The Motherland Monument’s shield bears the communist hammer-and-sickle, but maybe not for much longer. Ukraine’s leaders are eager to be seen as reinventing the nation. And erasing all visible...
Sanctions Loosen As Assets Of Yanukovych Allies Elude Ukraines Grasp
KYIV — For a year after the demise of his boss, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s deputy chief of staff was barred from the European Union, part of the punishment for the ousted leader … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
NATO worried by ‘wide-ranging’ Russia Crimea buildup
NATO on Wednesday expressed alarm over a “wide-ranging” military buildup by Russia in Crimea, as well as talk that Moscow could even install nuclear weapons on the annexed Black Sea peninsula. A statement issued during two days of talks by the military alliance’s top diplomats in the Turkish resort of Antalya said, “we do not […] The post...
Russians quit army over Ukraine
Some Russian soldiers are quitting the army because of the conflict in Ukraine, several soldiers and human rights activists have told Reuters. Their accounts call into question the Kremlin’s continued assertions that no Russian soldiers have been sent to Ukraine, and that any Russians fighting alongside rebels there are volunteers. Evidence...
Merkel Denounces Violations Of Ukraine Truce
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said a cease-fire agreement was still being violated in eastern Ukraine on a regular basis. Speaking ahead of talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Sanctions on Russia to be eased if Ukraine cease-fire met: Kerry
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Kerry, Putin pledge to cooperate to bolster Ukraine peace accord
The U.S. and Russia said they’ll work together to shore up a Ukrainian peace deal that’s come under increasing strain amid violations of a cease-fire in effect since February. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that, while differences exist between Russia and the U.S. over...
Merkels Remark On Criminal Annexation Omitted In Russian Translation
Since the Ukraine crisis erupted last year, Western leaders have consistently accused the Kremlin of manipulating media coverage, fudging facts, or concocting outright fabrications to deny its role … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Hundreds of Russian soldiers killed in east Ukraine, opposition says
Moscow spent more than 53 billion rubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers have been killed there, a report by Russian opposition activists said Tuesday. The report was the last project of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who used open source information and interviews with...
Kerry pays first Russia visit since Ukraine crisis erupted, rift over Syria started
Secretary of State John Kerry departed Monday for Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin, on his first visit to the country since relations between Washington and Moscow plummeted to post-Cold War lows amid disagreements over Ukraine and Syria. The State Department said Kerry would meet Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday at...
