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Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead near Kremlin
MOSCOW: A Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of President Vladmir Putin, Boris Nemtsov, was shot dead by an unidentified attacker who fired multiple rounds at the politician as he was walking in central Moscow late Friday The murder of the 55-year-old politician, who has been an outspoken critic of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine,...
Ukraine leader says troop deaths ‘serious breach’ of truce
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared the killing of three government troops by pro-Moscow rebels a “serious breach of the ceasefire”, during a telephone call yesterday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her office said. “The firing by separatists on Ukrainian troops who were withdrawing constitutes a serious breach...
Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s involvement in the war in Ukraine, was shot dead steps from the Kremlin in central Moscow late on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead near Kremlin
A Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of President Vladmir Putin, Boris Nemtsov, was shot dead by an unidentified attacker who fired multiple rounds at the politician as he was walking in central Moscow late yesterday. The murder of the 55-year-old politician, who has been an outspoken critic of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine,...
U.S., Europe seen unlikely to widen Russia sanctions if truce holds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union are unlikely to widen economic sanctions on Russia if a tentative cease-fire emerging in eastern Ukraine takes hold, Western diplomats said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead: official
MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladmir Putin, was shot dead in central Moscow late Friday ahead of a major opposition rally this weekend, investigators and police said. “In central Moscow, a man with documents in the name of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was killed,” an interior ministry spokesman told...
Ukraine's Poroshenko raises issue of peacekeepers with Germany's Merkel: statement
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, raised the issue of deploying a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia complains to Lithuania about its arms supply to Ukraine
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it had formally complained to Lithuania that the Baltic country’s supply of weapons to Ukraine violated its international arms trade commitments. …read more Source: The...
Bulgaria to back new sanctions if Ukraine truce crumbles
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria will support a new round of sanctions against Moscow if pro-Russian separatists are found to have breached a peace deal agreed for eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov told Reuters on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Deaths shake Ukraine truce; Poroshenko wary of Russian threat
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Friday reported the first deaths in three days in east Ukraine and President Petro Poroshenko said Russia would pose a “military threat” even if a ceasefire holds. …read more Source: The...
