Section: Malaysia
Putin defiant over economy, Ukraine in annual phone-in
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin tried to reassure Russians over the ailing economy and said Washington wanted “vassals” rather than allies in his annual phone-in on Thursday, but offered no new financial remedies and gave no ground over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Dutch shift focus in MH17 crash to investigating culprits
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Thursday that, with nearly all of the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 identified, efforts had shifted to finding those responsible for shooting the plane down as it crossed Ukraine last July. …read more Source: The...
Russia cannot divide Europe over Ukraine, says German minister
VILNIUS (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday Russia could not succeed in breaking European Union unity on sanctions over Ukraine by using strategies such as offering to remove trade embargoes against individual EU member states. …read more Source: The...
Putin dismisses France’s non-delivery of warships
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that France’s refusal to deliver two Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Moscow over the Ukraine crisis would not affect its defence capabilities. “Of course not delivering the ships according to a valid contract is a bad sign, but from the point of view of supporting our...
Putin admits Russia forcibly imposed Soviet model on E. Europe
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday admitted that the Soviet Union had sought to forcibly impose the Soviet model on Eastern Europe after World War II. “After WWII we tried to impose our model of development on many Eastern European countries and did it by force,” Putin said during his annual phone-in with Russians....
Thieves score €5m in jewels in Paris smash-and-grab
PARIS: French police were on Thursday hunting a trio of thieves who made off with a handbag containing €5 million worth of Chanel jewels in a smash-and-grab on the highway between Paris and Charles De Gaulle airport. A Taiwanese art collector was travelling in a taxi Wednesday afternoon through a long tunnel notorious for robbery attacks on...
Russia-Japan relations over disputed islands unchanged after Crimea – Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s relations with Japan over disputed Pacific Islands have not changed following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russian military not in Ukraine – Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russian military forces were not in Ukraine, denying allegations by Ukraine and Western countries that Moscow is providing troops and support for pro-Russian rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian journalist killed by masked gunmen in Kiev – interior ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina was shot dead by two masked gunmen in Kiev on Thursday, the interior ministry said in an online statement. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin says Kiev abandons people of eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Kiev was cutting off the Donbass area of eastern Ukraine by excluding its citizens from the national financial system. …read more Source: The...
