Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Who are the prisoners exchanged by Moscow and Kiev?
Demonstrators attend a protest demanding the release of Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who was jailed on terrorism charges. (AFP pic)MOSCOW: Russia and Ukraine carried out a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners on Saturday. As a result of five years of bitter conflict, dozens of prisoners have been held by the two ex-Soviet countries. Here...
Netherlands asked Ukraine not to hand over MH17 suspect to Russia
Vladimir Tsemakh is a key figure in the downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 killing all 283 on board. (AFP pic)THE HAGUE: The Netherlands pressed Kiev hard to drop the handover to Russia of a key figure in the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 and regrets it was done, the government said Saturday. The Dutch...
Preparations for Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange underway
Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov was arrested in 2014 and has been serving a 20-year sentence in a Russian Arctic penal colony for planning ‘terrorist attacks’ in Moscow-annexed Crimea. (Reuters pic) MOSCOW: A long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev has begun, Russian state television reported on Saturday,...
Dutch concerned by Ukrainian MH17 suspect’s release
Tsemakh is alleged an air defence specialist for pro-Russian separatists. (AFP pic)THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators expressed concern Thursday they will be unable to question a Ukrainian man over the downing of flight MH17 after a court in Kiev freed him pending trial. The release of Vladimir Tsemakh, an alleged air defence specialist for...
Ukraine court releases MH17 suspect on bail
MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. (Reuters pic)KIEV: A Ukrainian court on Thursday released on bail a man suspected of involvement in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014 that killed 298 people. A judge said that Volodymyr Tsemakh, whom Ukraine’s security...
MEPs urge Kiev not to extradite MH17 suspect to Moscow
The Malaysia Airlines passenger plane travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down in 2014 over an area of armed conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. (Reuters pic) THE HAGUE: Forty MEPs urged Ukraine’s president not to hand over a prisoner detained in Kiev to Russia on Wednesday so he can be questioned over...
Dutch want to quiz Ukrainian over MH17 crash
Families of the victims of the MH17 crash at a remembrance ceremony at the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators said Tuesday they want a Ukrainian man who is reportedly at the centre of a stalled prisoner swap with Russia to stay in Kiev so he can be questioned over the downing of flight MH17. Former...
Poland criticises Russia’s ‘imperialist tendencies’
Poland President Andrzej Duda urged the leaders of Europe and the world, Nato and EU members to guard against appeasing aggressors. (AFP pic)WARSAW: Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Sunday slammed Russia’s military actions as “imperialist tendencies” at ceremonies in Warsaw marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War...
Zelensky slams Nord Stream 2 as Ukraine seeks US gas
Volodymyr Zelensky opposes the pipeline, fearing it will increase Europe’s reliance on Russian energy supplies which Moscow could then use to exert political pressure. (AFP pic)WARSAW: Ukraine’s president on Saturday slammed the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline set to send Russian gas to Germany as a “threat” to Europe and hailed...
Poland wants sanctions against Russia over Crimea to continue
Duda also said Ukraine should have closer relations with the European Union and the NATO military alliance. (Reuters pic)WARSAW: President Andrzej Duda said on Saturday that Poland saw a need to maintain Western sanctions against Russia over its 2014 annexation of the Crimea region from Ukraine. He also said Ukraine should have closer relations...
