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Putin says gas transit to Europe via Ukraine still problematic
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian natural gas transit through Ukraine to Europe is still problematic and alternative supply routes, such as the planned South Stream pipeline, should be used to solve the issue, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview. …read more Source: The...
Putin warns U.S. spat over Ukraine threatens global stability
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin warned Washington that a spat between nuclear powers over the Ukraine crisis could threaten global stability and said in remarks published on Wednesday that Russia would not be “blackmailed” by sanctions. …read more Source: The...
Putin to meet Ukraine, EU leaders in Milan on Friday – Italy PM's office
ROME (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France, Britain and Italy along with European Union officials on Friday during an EU-Asia summit in Milan, the Italian prime minister’s office said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Poroshenko to discuss gas deal, peace moves in Italy
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko will look for ways to settle a dispute over natural gas supplies and end months of conflict in east Ukraine at talks in Italy this week. …read more Source: The...
Merkel says Milan talks with Putin would include gas, ceasefire
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that planned talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at this week’s EU-Asia summit in Milan would include a range of issues related to Ukraine from the gas dispute to the ceasefire agreement. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Poroshenko meeting could include leaders of Germany, France
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Milan later this week could take place with the leaders of France and Germany, a Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Poroshenko discuss measures to restore peace to east Ukraine – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, have discussed possible measures to restore peace to east Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a statement late on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine acts against corruption, protests mar election run-up
KIEV: Ukraine approved sweeping laws on Tuesday to stamp out corruption and curb Soviet-era state surveillance of political life ahead of a parliamentary election its pro-Western leaders hope will push the country towards the European mainstream. But violent clashes between police and protesters in the first real anti-government demonstration in...
U.S.'s Kerry – separatist referendums in Ukraine won't be recognised
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that neither the United States nor the international community would recognise any separatist referendums in eastern Ukraine, although his Russian counterpart disagreed. …read more Source: The...
Moscow and Beijing ‘natural allies’ Putin tells China
Russian President Vladimir Putin (pic) on Tuesday praised growing economic ties with “natural ally” Beijing as he hosted Chinese premier Li Keqiang for high-profile talks. Li’s three-day visit to Russia comes as the Kremlin is locked in a battle of wills with the West over Ukraine and is seeking to ramp up cooperation with Asia...
