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EU officials see sanctions against Russia over Ukraine continuing
BERLIN (Reuters) – European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Monday said it was important to remain in dialogue with Russia and not dismiss it as a pariah, but also to maintain pressure on Moscow over its actions in eastern Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: The...
Gorbachev says world at ‘dangerous’ point as US-Russia tensions soar
MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned on Monday that the world had reached a “dangerous point” as tensions between Russia and the United States have spiked over the Syria conflict. Relations between Moscow and Washington — already at their lowest since the Cold War over the Ukraine conflict — have soured further in recent days as...
Ukraine military postpones withdrawal from town, cites rebel shelling
STANYTSA LUHANSKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military on Sunday postponed a planned parallel withdrawal with pro-Russian separatists from Stanytsa Luhanska, a town on the eastern frontline, saying rebels had disregarded the agreement by firing artillery at Ukrainian positions. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says catches Russian military intelligence spy red-handed
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said on Sunday it had caught red-handed a Ukrainian working as a spy for Russia’s military intelligence agency, just days after a Ukrainian journalist was arrested on espionage charges in Russia. …read more Source: The...
Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles on NATO doorstep
VILNIUS: Russia is again deploying nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into its Kaliningrad outpost that borders two NATO members, Lithuania said Saturday, warning the move was aimed at pressuring the West into making concessions over Syria and Ukraine. Poland also reacted angrily to Moscow’s move while Lithuania added that it could breach a...
Ruling party wins Georgia vote, opposition alleges fraud
TBILISI: The ruling Georgian Dream party won Georgia’s parliamentary polls, early results showed Sunday, but accusations of vote rigging from the opposition sparked fears of political instability in the Caucasus nation. Georgia’s Western allies are watching closely to see if the strategic nation – praised as a rare example of...
Pro-Western Georgia holds knife-edge parliamentary vote
TBILISI: Georgia votes on Saturday in bitterly contested parliamentary polls that have sparked fears of political instability in the Caucasus nation, with two pro-Western parties tied after a fraught campaign. The knife-edge elections see the ruling Georgian Dream party, led from behind the scenes by billionaire ex-PM Bidzina Ivanishvili,...
U.S. lawmaker wants cyber sanctions on Russia after hacking charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of a U.S. Senate cyber security subcommittee said on Friday he planned to introduce sanctions legislation over “Russia’s cyber criminals” after Washington accused Russia of political cyber attacks ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. …read more Source: The...
US charges six soldiers with selling military equipment overseas
WASHINGTON: Eight people, including six soldiers, have been charged with stealing more than $1 million worth of sensitive US Army equipment and selling the gear on eBay to buyers in Russia, China and other countries, the Justice Department said on Thursday. The soldiers, from Fort Campbell in Tennessee and Kentucky, stole the equipment from the...
Putin to discuss Syria, Ukraine in Paris on Oct. 19 – reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin will visit Paris on Oct. 19 to discuss the situation in Syria and Ukraine with his French counterpart Francois Hollande, Russian news agencies quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
