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Russia to recognise Ukraine election results – Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will recognise the results of Ukraine’s parliamentary election, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Monday by RIA news agency. …read more Source: The...
Russia must probe deaths and abductions in Crimea – rights group
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia must investigate the deaths and abductions of activists in Crimea who have opposed Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and ensure the rights of minorities and media are respected, a leading European human rights watchdog said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
OSCE observers give Ukraine election a clean bill of health
KIEV (Reuters) – OSCE election observers gave Sunday’s parliamentary election in Ukraine a clean bill of health on Monday, saying it had offered real choice and largely upheld democratic commitments. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Ukraine vote may help peace, fears 'nationalists' – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday Ukraine’s parliamentary election offered a chance for peace in its east but that a high number of “nationalists” in the chamber could undermine the process, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Explosions heard in Donetsk after Ukraine election – mayor
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, one day after Ukraine held a parliamentary election, the city mayor’s office and officials in Kiev said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine voters embrace West and peace with rebels
Ukraine’s pro-Western and moderately nationalist parties were on course Monday to score a crushing election win that boosted President Petro Poroshenko’s bid to merge his ex-Soviet country with Europe and end a pro-Russian revolt. A partial vote count and exit polls showed overwhelming support for Poroshenko’s drive to break his...
China tycoon reveals foray into space
BEIJING: A mysterious Chinese tycoon who plans to dig a $40 billion canal linking the Caribbean and the Pacific is spreading his reach into space with ambitions for a network of satellites, reports said Monday. Wang Jing, who won a 50-year concession to build and operate the canal from Nicaragua last year, announced that one of his companies...
Ukraine picks moderates over radicals in war-time vote
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliamentary election saw war-weary voters shunt aside pro-Russian and radical nationalists and pick moderates who favour a mix of market economics and eastern European conservative values. The tense day’s clearest victories were scored by the president’s Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the National Front group of...
Ukraine president to start talks on parliamentary coalition on Monday
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he would start talks on forging a coalition in parliament on Monday following an election that exit polls showed was dominated by his own political bloc and other pro-Western forces. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president hails support for peace plan, pro-West course
KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko said Ukrainians had shown they back his plan to end a separatist conflict, democratic reforms and his pro-Western course in a parliamentary election on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
