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Sex workers march in Ukraine demanding legalisation
Sex workers demonstrate in front of Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev on March 3, 2017. AFP Photo KIEV: Dozens of sex workers and human rights campaigners gathered in Kiev on Friday demanding the legalisation of prostitution in Ukraine. Some 50 activists holding red umbrellas and wearing red plastic helmets staged the first-ever march through...
Separatist leader severs trade ties with Ukraine over rail blockade
KIEV (Reuters) – The main pro-Russian separatist leader in Ukraine said on Friday he would cut economic ties between rebel territory and the rest of the country, following through on an ultimatum to end trade if the government did not halt a rail blockade. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine investigates tax chief over possible $75 million graft – lawyer
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of Ukraine’s tax and customs service, Roman Nasirov, is being investigated over the suspected embezzlement of around 2 billion hryvnias (60 million pounds), his lawyer said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Trump’s ‘bromance’ with Russia’s Putin appears to be cooling
WASHINGTON: With his administration on the defensive over investigations into alleged Russian meddling in last year’s election, US President Donald Trump is no longer tweeting praise for his Kremlin counterpart. Less than five weeks after he took office, the chances of a spring thaw in relations between Washington and Moscow – once buoyed...
Trump’s attorney general, under fire, removes himself from campaign probes
WASHINGTON: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions withdrew on Thursday from any probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election after it emerged he had had contacts with Russian officials while involved with President Donald Trump’s campaign. But Sessions, a long-time US senator before becoming the country’s top law...
Germany's Gabriel sees no scope for easing Russian sanctions
VILNIUS (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday there had hardly been any progress in implementing the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, which meant no lifting of sanctions against Russia was in sight. …read more Source: The...
Firms seized in rebel-held east Ukraine as blockade tension mounts
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A leading telecoms firm and a humanitarian group owned by Ukraine’s richest man said on Wednesday they had been forced to stop operating in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists as their offices had been seized by armed men. …read more Source: The...
Russia looks for positive signals in Trump’s speech to Congress
MOSCOW: Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Tueday that relations with the United States were at their lowest ebb since the Cold War, but hoped they could improve under US President Donald Trump. Russia will analyse Trump’s debut address to Congress later on Tuesday for signs of any change in the US stance, Sergei Ryabkov told...
UN slams North Korea over ‘provocative’ sanctions evasion
The UN Security Council agreed on “the importance of full compliance” with sanctions resolutions directed at North Korea. – AFP Photo UNITED NATIONS: Backed by China, the UN Security Council on Monday unanimously condemned North Korea for its “irresponsible and provocative” attempts to evade sanctions. The council agreed during a closed-door...
UN slams North Korea over ‘provocative’ sanctions evasion
NEW YORK: Backed by China, the UN Security Council on Monday unanimously condemned North Korea for its “irresponsible and provocative” attempts to evade sanctions. The council agreed during a closed-door meeting on “the importance of full compliance” with sanctions resolutions, said Ukrainian Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko, the council president....
