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Kiev opens politically-charged trial of Russian troops
KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday began hearing a case against two Russian soldiers it claims will prove Moscow’s direct involvement the conflict in the war-torn former Soviet state. Troops captured the two men, both of whom were wounded, in May and interrogated them, broadcasting their alleged confessions in which they said they were active members...
Russia establishes seaborne lifeline for Syrian allies
LONDON (Reuters) – The Alexandr Tkachenko, an ageing ferry with a canary-yellow hull, usually carries people across the Kerch Strait, a bustling sea route and the only connection between Russia and Crimea, the peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The...
Harper defends air strikes targeting IS group
OTTAWA: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an election debate defended Canadian air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, while his political rivals called for a pullback. The New Democrats, if elected, would end the military mission, while the Liberals said they would withdraw Canadian war planes, but continue...
Putin heads for UN showdown with Obama over Syria
Barack Obama UNITED NATIONS, United States: Russian President Vladimir Putin squared up for a titanic clash Monday with his US rival Barack Obama at the United Nations as the Kremlin leader pushes for a new coalition against the Islamic State. Putin and Obama are due to make competing speeches before the UN General Assembly in New York, and will...
Putin heads for UN showdown with Obama
UNITED NATIONS: Russian President Vladimir Putin squared up for a titanic clash today with his US rival Barack Obama at the United Nations as the Kremlin leader pushes for a new coalition against the Islamic State (IS). Putin and Obama are due to make competing speeches before the UN General Assembly in New York, and will come face-to-face for...
Russian ambassador backtracks on Poland’s ‘co-responsibility’ for WWII
WARSAW: Russia’s ambassador to Poland on Monday backtracked on controversial weekend comments suggesting Warsaw was partly to blame for World War II that sparked outcry. “I regret having been imprecise … which led to erroneous interpretations regarding co-responsibility during World War II,” Sergei Andreev said Monday as...
Russia to consider restrictions against Ukrainian airlines
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given an order to the transportation ministry to consider retaliatory restrictive measures against Ukraine for banning Russian flights, the government spokeswoman Natalia Timakova said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Putin says Russia has no plans to deploy combat troops in Syria
MOSCOW: Russia has no plans for now to deploy combat troops in Syria, President Vladimir Putin (pix) said on Sunday, addressing US concerns about a Russian military build-up. In an interview with US television networks recorded ahead of a meeting with US President Barack Obama, Putin said the aim of Russia’s military presence in Syria was...
Dutch website says it will trigger referendum on EU-Ukraine ties
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch website said on Sunday it had garnered enough signatures to force the Netherlands to hold a non-binding referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, in a move meant to signal popular dissatisfaction with Dutch European policy. …read more Source: The...
‘Poland partly to blame for WWII’
WARSAW: The Russian ambassador to Poland has alleged that Warsaw was partly to blame for World War II, prompting a storm of protest in the country which claims to be its greatest victim. Sergei Andreev accused Poland – which lost the highest proportion of its population in the conflict – of “blocking the creation of an anti-Nazi...
