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Ukraine creditors must restructure, no benefit to hold out – Finance Minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s debt burden cannot be restructured by just extending the maturity of its bonds, and creditors are unlikely to benefit if they “hold out” to maximise payments, Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
No signs Russia might leave WTO, director general says
RIGA (Reuters) – Russia shows no signs of wanting to leave the World Trade Organization, WTO chief Roberto Azevedo said on Tuesday, despite tensions with the West over the Ukraine crisis and disputes with other member states. …read more Source: The...
Poland sees sharp rise in Ukrainian immigrants amid conflict
WARSAW (Reuters) – The number of Ukrainians trying to move to neighbouring Poland has more than doubled this year, authorities said on Tuesday, as Ukraine released data showing how badly fighting in its east was battering its economy. …read more Source: The...
One Ukrainian soldier killed in rebel attacks in past 24 hours: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and eight were wounded in attacks by Russian-backed separatist rebels in the east of Ukraine in the past 24 hours despite an agreed ceasefire, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Son of ousted Ukraine leader said to have drowned in car accident
KIEV: The 33-year-old son of toppled ex-Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has died, his former party said Monday, after his car apparently fell through ice on Russia’s Lake Baikal. The Party of Regions’ official website announced the “tragic death of our colleague and former MP…Victor Yanukovych Jr” alongside a...
Son of ousted Ukraine leader said to have drowned in car accident
Victor Yanukovych Jr served as a deputy in Ukraine’s Rada from 2006 but had been living in Russia since his father lost power following pro-European protests -© AFP/File KIEV: The 33-year-old son of toppled ex-Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has died, his former party said Monday, after his car apparently fell through ice on...
No military solution to Ukraine conflict – Germany's Steinmeier
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – The crisis in Ukraine does not and cannot have a military solution and the involved parties must avoid any steps that could led to a new escalation of the situation, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Son of former Ukraine president dies on Siberian lake
A son of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has drowned after a mini-van he was driving plunged through ice on a Siberian lake, an aide to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. Authorities in Russia, where Yanukovich has lived with most of his family since protests against his pro-Moscow policies forced him from office...
Ukraine to stop buying Russian gas from April 1 – energy minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to stop buying Russian gas from April 1, Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said in a briefing on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Son of Ukraine's ousted leader drowns – interior minister's aide
KIEV (Reuters) – A son of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has drowned after a minivan he was driving plunged through ice on a Siberian lake, an aide to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. …read more Source: The...
