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Target of nation's outrage, Ukraine central bank chief ploughs on
KIEV (Reuters) – Before she was appointed to head Ukraine’s central bank last June, Valeriia Gontareva was praised as one of the most successful investment bankers in the country. Since then, she has heard little but demands for her downfall. …read more Source: The...
Australia says hunt for missing MH370 jet may be called off soon
Warren Truss CANBERRA: The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia’s deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under way between Australia, China and Malaysia as to whether to call off the hunt within weeks. No trace has been found of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared a year...
Kerry presses Russia's Lavrov on Ukraine ceasefire deal
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday that Moscow and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine must implement a ceasefire or face “consequences” that could further hit Russia’s faltering economy. …read more Source: The...
Pro-Russian rebels train for more fighting despite Ukraine truce
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A ceasefire is broadly holding at last on the front line in eastern Ukraine, but fighters in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk are training for another round of clashes against government troops. …read more Source: The...
Hollande calls for immediate Ukraine ceasefire, heavy weapon withdrawal
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande repeated demands for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and the withdrawal of heavy weapons following a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Girlfriend of slain Russian activist breaks her silence
Boris Nemtsov’s girlfriend has broken her public silence on the murder of the Russian opposition activist, saying she did not see the killer who gunned him down as they strolled across a bridge near the Kremlin. Speaking largely without emotion in deadened monosyllabic fashion, Ukrainian fashion model Anna Duritskaya said she had...
Russia hunts for killers of opposition figure Nemtsov
MOSCOW: Russian investigators scrambled Monday to track down the killers of outspoken opposition figure Boris Nemtsov as fresh details emerged about the most shocking political assassination of Vladimir Putin’s rule. The 55-year-old former deputy prime minister, a longtime Putin critic and renowned anti-corruption crusader, was shot dead...
Kerry says Putin 'misinterprets' U.S. efforts in Ukraine
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin misinterpreted a lot of what Washington was doing and trying to do in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Kerry says he pressed Lavrov on Ukraine ceasefire deal
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday that Moscow and the separatists it was backing in Ukraine must implement a ceasefire or face consequences that could hit Russia’s economy. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany to talk today on Ukraine peace – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will talk by telephone about a peace agreement in Ukraine and a gas dispute between Moscow and Kiev at 10:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday, Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin adviser, said. …read more Source: The...
