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Putin says detention of Russian news agency head in Ukraine 'unprecedented'
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the detention of a local director of Russia’s state news agency RIA in Ukraine was “unprecedented”. …read more Source: The...
Putin says diplomats to mull multinational peacekeepers for east Ukraine
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that German and Russian diplomats would look again at options for using a multinational peacekeeping contingent in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin, France's Macron to discuss Iran in St Petersburg – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss Iran, Syria and Ukraine when Macron visits St Petersburg on May 24-25, the Kremlin said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Poland breaks up pro-Russian group seeking to fuel tension with Ukraine
The ABW considers hybrid activities against Poland a grave offense. (Reuters pic) WARSAW: Poland has detained a Russian woman who was part of a pro-Russian group that sought to whip up tension between Poland and Ukraine and will expel her soon, the national agency for internal security ABW said on Thursday. Four other people involved in what the...
Ukraine leader enacts new sanctions against Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to enact the recently adopted decision to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities, according to information published on the presidential website on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Fearing attack, Russian-backed rebels dig trenches in Ukraine
YASYNUVATA, Ukraine: In the mid-day heat, a dozen volunteers are spading dry soil in the pro-Russian separatist east of Ukraine, digging a new line of trenches aimed at keeping out Kiev’s tanks. “We are preparing reserve positions in the event of a possible offensive by Kiev,” says Oleg, a 49-year-old unemployed man. The...
Russian bikers, Crimeans cross 'Putin's bridge' in inaugural drive
KERCH (Reuters) – Leather-clad bikers with Russian national flags joined motorists driving for the first time across a newly-opened bridge linking Crimea with Russia on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia demands Kiev free arrested RIA Novosti journalist
MOSCOW: Moscow called Wednesday for a Russian journalist detained in Ukraine for treason to be freed, condemning Kiev authorities for what it said was a repressive policy against the media. “Russia will do everything to ensure its citizen is freed, and to prevent other journalists finding themselves in similar situations, whether they are...
Ukraine raids Kiev offices of Russian state media
Ukraine’s state security service searched the Kiev offices of RIA Novosti and RT. (AFP pic) KIEV: Ukraine’s state security service searched the Kiev offices of Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency and TV channel RT on Tuesday after detaining one journalist near his home, officials said. “Investigative actions are...
Putin opens new bridge to Crimea, provoking Ukraine, Western ire
Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) giving a speech during the opening ceremony of the road-and-rail Crimean Bridge over the Kerch Strait.(AFP pic) KERCH: President Vladimir Putin drew condemnation from the US, Europe and Ukraine on Tuesday after he opened a new bridge linking mainland Russia and Moscow-annexed Crimea by driving a truck...
