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U.S. accuses Russia of training separatists inside Ukraine
Russian forces still are operating inside Ukraine and have set up training camps for pro-Moscow separatists, despite a cease-fire agreement backed by the Kremlin, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “There is no question that the Russians continue to operate inside of Ukrainian territory,” spokesman Col. Steven Warren said. The United States believed the...
UPDATE2: G-7 foreign ministers hold talks on Ukraine, maritime security
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UPDATE1: G-7 foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine, maritime security
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Chechen commander in Ukraine drawn into Russian intrigue
From a dimly lit room at his base in eastern Ukraine, the commander of a battalion of Chechens fighting Russia-backed rebels looked shaken as TV broadcast news of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s slaying. Adam Osmayev hailed Nemtsov as a “true hero” both for condemning Russia’s war against separatists in Chechnya and for...
Movie men propose Russian fast-food alternative chain
Two of Russia’s best-known movie directors are aiming to create a chain of fast-food restaurants that would be an alternative to Western-style operations such as McDonald’s. The move by Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrei Konchalovsky, who are brothers, comes amid growing animosity toward the West, especially the U.S., over the conflict in...
Default in Ukraine ‘virtual certainty’ SP cuts foreign currency rating to ‘CC’
Ukraine Standard & Poor’s has downgraded Ukraine’s long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating to CC, a notch lower than the previous CCC- level. A default on Ukraine’s … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Japan, ex-Soviet regional forum to hold talks in May on Ukraine aid
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Spain arrests Ukraines ex-finance minister
(MENAFN – The Peninsula) Spanish police on Wednesday detained Ukraine’s former finance minister Yuri Kolobov who is wanted by Kiev for alleged fraud and theft of public funds, a police source … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukrainian soldiers executed by pro-Russia rebels, Amnesty International alleges
Human rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday at least four Ukrainian soldiers had been shot dead in what it described as “execution-style” killings by pro-Russian separatist groups earlier this year. The London-based organization said the torture and killing of captured soldiers was a war crime and urged a full investigation into the...
World › Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko’s gesture as meaningless. The conflict between...
