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Kerry, Lavrov open tough talks on Ukraine, Nemtsov
GENEVA: US Secretary of State John Kerry began tough talks in Geneva Monday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov due to focus on the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Kerry was also expected to press Lavrov to ensure that Moscow carries out a credible investigation into the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. The two men...
Ukraine says Russia continues to violate winter gas agreement
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state energy firm Naftogaz said Russia’s Gazprom is violating the terms of an EU-backed winter gas supply agreement, ahead of talks on Monday in Brussels on the issue. …read more Source: The...
Lavrov calls Nemtsov murder 'heinous crime'; urges moves by Ukraine
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the main U.N. human rights forum on Monday that the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was a “heinous crime” and that President Vladimir Putin was leading an investigation to bring perpetrators to justice. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's military says one Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday one Ukrainian serviceman had been killed and four wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, underscoring the fragility of a two-week-old ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The...
Peace talks continue as Ukraine death toll reportedly passes 6,000
US Secretary of State John Kerry began tough talks in Geneva on Monday with his Russian counterpart to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says the death toll has soared beyond 6,000 people in less than a year. The meeting with Sergei Lavrov in an upscale Geneva hotel came less than a week after Kerry accused Moscow of lying to his face…...
More than 6,000 killed in ‘merciless devastation’ in Ukraine
GENEVA: More than 6,000 people have been killed since violence erupted in Ukraine last April, the UN rights chief said Monday, decrying a “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure.” …read more Source: New Straits...
Moscow denounces ‘abominable’ Charlie Hebdo cartoon
MOSCOW: The head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee Alexei Pushkov on Sunday denounced a cartoon published in the latest issue of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on the truce in Ukraine as “abominable”. The drawing, entitled ‘Ceasefire: boredom sets in in Donetsk’, depicts the inhabitants...
Moscow denounces “abominable” Charlie Hebdo cartoon
The head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee Alexei Pushkov yesterday denounced a cartoon published in the latest issue of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on the truce in Ukraine as “abominable”. The drawing, entitled ‘Ceasefire: boredom sets in in Donetsk’, depicts the inhabitants of...
Moscow denounces ‘abominable’ Charlie Hebdo cartoon
MOSCOW: The head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee Alexei Pushkov on Sunday denounced a cartoon published in the latest issue of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on the truce in Ukraine as “abominable”. The drawing, entitled ‘Ceasefire: boredom sets in in Donetsk’, depicts the inhabitants of...
Detained Ukrainian lawmaker released from custody in Moscow
Alexei Goncharenko (C), deputy of Ukrainian parliament, wears a t-shirt depicting Boris Nemtsov reading in Ukrainian “Heroes never die”, in Moscow on March 1, 2015 -© AFP MOSCOW: A Ukrainian lawmaker said Sunday he was detained by Russian police ahead of a Moscow march to honour opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down near the...
