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Germany's Steinmeier fears sanctions could destabilise Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed concern on Friday that EU sanctions against Moscow for its actions in Ukraine could destabilise Russia and warned against “turning the screw” any further. …read more Source: The...
Rebels say new Ukraine peace talks will not take place on Sunday – IFX
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian separatist leader said a new round of peace talks aimed at easing the conflict between the Kiev government and rebels will not take place on Sunday as had been hoped, news agency Interfax reported on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine allows firms to import electricity due to power crisis – PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government, mired in a power crisis due to a shortage of thermal coal, will allow all companies to import electricity from abroad, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
In talks, IMF, Ukraine fail to reach pact on next bailout tranche
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said Friday it had productive discussions with officials in Ukraine this week, but failed to reach an agreement that would pave the way for Kiev to receive its next bailout tranche next month. …read more Source: The...
Belarus's Lukashenko, Ukraine's Poroshenko to meet in Kiev on Sunday
MINSK/KIEV (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko will meet on Sunday, Belarus’s official news agency Belta reported. …read more Source: The...
Putin says Russia's military doctrine 'remains purely defensive'
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia’s military doctrine “remained purely defensive” despite what he said was NATO’s increased activity in east Ukraine and nearby Russia’s borders. …read more Source: The...
Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed despite truce – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev’s military said on Friday five Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and seven wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, a larger than normal death toll compared with recent weeks. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Lavrov criticises Ukraine statement on neutral status
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticised on Friday a statement by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on ending Ukraine’s neutral status as confrontational rhetoric favoured by what Russia calls Kiev’s ‘party of war’. …read more Source: The...
EU needs long-term Russia strategy lasting ‘years’
BRUSSELS: New EU president Donald Tusk said Thursday the bloc needs a strategy on Russia lasting years, not just weeks or months, to cope with the problems raised by its intervention in Ukraine. “We need a long perspective strategy… plans for years. We need to be realistic, we have to treat this as a long-term game,” Tusk said...
Hollande: Ukraine peace talks to resume Sunday, or Monday
BRUSSELS: Peace talks between Ukraine’s leaders and Kremlin-backed rebels could take place Sunday or Monday in the Belarussian capital Minsk in the presence of Russian and OSCE envoys, French President Francois Hollande (pix) said. These talks will “happen on Sunday or Monday,” Hollande said after an EU summit on Thursday,...
