Section: Malaysia
Dutch concerned by Ukrainian MH17 suspect’s release
Tsemakh is alleged an air defence specialist for pro-Russian separatists. (AFP pic)THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators expressed concern Thursday they will be unable to question a Ukrainian man over the downing of flight MH17 after a court in Kiev freed him pending trial. The release of Vladimir Tsemakh, an alleged air defence specialist for...
Ukraine court releases MH17 suspect on bail
MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. (Reuters pic)KIEV: A Ukrainian court on Thursday released on bail a man suspected of involvement in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014 that killed 298 people. A judge said that Volodymyr Tsemakh, whom Ukraine’s security...
Selfies from the disaster zone: how TV show changed Chernobyl tourism
CHERNOBYL: The hit TV series “Chernobyl” has attracted a new generation of tourists to the nuclear disaster zone but guides say that many are more interested in taking selfies than learning about the accident.“They do not need information anymore, they just want to take a selfie,“ said Yevgen Goncharenko, an official plant guide, at the site of...
MEPs urge Kiev not to extradite MH17 suspect to Moscow
The Malaysia Airlines passenger plane travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down in 2014 over an area of armed conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. (Reuters pic) THE HAGUE: Forty MEPs urged Ukraine’s president not to hand over a prisoner detained in Kiev to Russia on Wednesday so he can be questioned over...
Putin, Modi to talk economy in Vladivostok
VLADIVOSTOK: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks on boosting investment and trade, with a special emphasis on energy and arms deals.The two will meet on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum, which Russia has hosted in Vladivostok since 2015 to boost partnerships with Asian...
Dutch want to quiz Ukrainian over MH17 crash
Families of the victims of the MH17 crash at a remembrance ceremony at the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators said Tuesday they want a Ukrainian man who is reportedly at the centre of a stalled prisoner swap with Russia to stay in Kiev so he can be questioned over the downing of flight MH17. Former...
Poland criticises Russia’s ‘imperialist tendencies’
Poland President Andrzej Duda urged the leaders of Europe and the world, Nato and EU members to guard against appeasing aggressors. (AFP pic)WARSAW: Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Sunday slammed Russia’s military actions as “imperialist tendencies” at ceremonies in Warsaw marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War...
Zelensky slams Nord Stream 2 as Ukraine seeks US gas
Volodymyr Zelensky opposes the pipeline, fearing it will increase Europe’s reliance on Russian energy supplies which Moscow could then use to exert political pressure. (AFP pic)WARSAW: Ukraine’s president on Saturday slammed the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline set to send Russian gas to Germany as a “threat” to Europe and hailed...
Poland wants sanctions against Russia over Crimea to continue
Duda also said Ukraine should have closer relations with the European Union and the NATO military alliance. (Reuters pic)WARSAW: President Andrzej Duda said on Saturday that Poland saw a need to maintain Western sanctions against Russia over its 2014 annexation of the Crimea region from Ukraine. He also said Ukraine should have closer relations...
Ukraine president picks young lawyer as prime minister
KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday picked untested 35-year-old lawyer Oleksiy Goncharuk as his prime minister, as a new parliament met for the first time.Zelensky, a popular comedian before winning the presidency this year, has promised to bring in fresh faces to clear away an establishment that he says has ruled Ukraine...
