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Ukrainian foreign minister says no breakthrough in Paris talks
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Thursday he did not believe there had been any significant breakthrough in Paris talks on the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine pilot plans hunger strike over Russia trial delay
DONETSK, Russia: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is on trial over the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn Ukraine, said Thursday she was going on hunger strike and would refuse both food and water. Savchenko announced the move in court, saying it was in protest at a decision to adjourn the proceedings until next week, her lawyers...
Ukrainian pilot announces hunger strike over Russia trial delay
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is on trial over the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn Ukraine, said on Thursday she was going on hunger strike and would refuse both food and water. Savchenko announced the move in court, saying it was in protest at a decision to adjourn the proceedings until next week, one of her lawyers…...
After Ukraine, Kazakhstan wary of ethnic Russians broaching autonomy
KOSTANAY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – In the city of Kostanay in northern Kazakhstan, the ribbon of St George, a black-and-orange symbol of resurgent Russian patriotism that was adopted by separatists in Ukraine, hangs from every second car’s rear-view mirror. …read more Source: The...
Russia subjecting Ukrainian pilot to show trial, lawyer says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A defence lawyer for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, on trial in Russia on charges of complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists, said on Thursday her case was trumped up and she was being subjected to a show trial. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin regrets U.S. decision to extend sanctions on Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia regrets that the United States decided to extend sanctions on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Gloom deepens over Ukraine peace deal before Paris meeting
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) – For months, as progress in implementing the Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine stalled, its architects, Germany and France, held out hope that with time and carefully calibrated pressure on Kiev and Moscow, the agreement could be pushed back on track. …read more Source: The...
Russia seeks 23 years jail for Ukraine pilot
MOSCOW: Russia’s state prosecutor on Wednesday demanded a 23-year prison sentence for Ukrainian pilot and lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko accused of killing two Russian journalists in war-torn Ukraine. “The prosecution requested 23 years,” one of Savchenko’s lawyers, Mark Feigin, said on Twitter. After more than a year in detention, the...
Russia's Lavrov to attend Ukraine meeting in Paris on Thursday – foreign ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will on Thursday attend a meeting in Paris to discuss implementation of the Ukrainian peace deal, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin defends TV blackout of toddler’s grisly death
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Tuesday defended a controversial media blackout on the grisly murder of a toddler allegedly killed and decapitated by her nanny who then paraded the bloodied head on a Moscow street. The death of the girl named Nastya, said by investigators to be just three or four years old, has shocked usually hardened Muscovites. City...
