Section: The Malaysian Insider (Malaysia)
Russia, Greece to discuss EU sanctions, economy in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plan to discuss economic ties and the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow when they meet for talks next week, a Kremlin spokesman said today. Russia wants the EU to lift the sanctions imposed over Moscow’s role in the turmoil in Ukraine and hopes to get...
West’s ties with Russia frozen after year of Ukraine conflict
Relations between the West and Russia remain at their lowest ebb since the Cold War on the first anniversary of the start of the eastern Ukraine conflict, but all bridges have not yet been burned, analysts say. Washington and Brussels have imposed sanctions as part of a sea change in ties with Moscow, while a defiant Vladimir Putin has…...
Dutch seek BUK missile witnesses in MH17 crash probe
Dutch and international experts probing the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine appealed Monday for witnesses who saw the transport or firing of a BUK surface-to-air missile around the time of the disaster. “Investigators are looking at all scenarios. One of these scenarios is that the plane was shot down at 4.20pm local time on July...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch
Ukraine on Wednesday dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor. The unexpected shake-up came as the beleaguered authorities, already struggling to combat pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, tried to make good...
Son of former Ukraine president dies on Siberian lake
A son of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has drowned after a mini-van he was driving plunged through ice on a Siberian lake, an aide to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. Authorities in Russia, where Yanukovich has lived with most of his family since protests against his pro-Moscow policies forced him from office...
Former allies to snub Russia’s WWII commemorations
Seventy years ago they crushed Nazi Germany together but raging tensions over Ukraine mean Russia’s former World War II allies in the West will snub the Kremlin’s showcase victory anniversary celebrations. As top Western leaders give President Vladimir Putin’s Red Square parade on May 9 the cold shoulder, the guest list of those...
Russian sanctions to stay until ceasefire achieved
The European Union must keep up pressure on Russia through sanctions until a Ukraine ceasefire agreement has been fully implemented, European Council President Donale Tusk said on Thursday. “One of the best ways of supporting Ukraine will be through upholding the sanctions pressure on Russia until we witness a full implementation of the...
Fears Greece’s economic plight becoming ‘dangerous’
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will plead with European counterparts at a summit in Brussels on Thursday for cash to keep his country afloat and in the euro as officials warned that the situation was becoming “dangerous”. European Union leaders will also debate whether to extend economic sanctions against Russia over the...
Klitschko keen to KO Putin over Ukraine actions
World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has lashed out at Russian president Vladimir Putin, saying that his actions in eastern Ukraine could set off a third World War. The 38-year-old Ukrainian made the remarks in a recent interview with L’Equipe sports daily, published on Tuesday, as he prepared for a title defence against...
Ukraine begs for further Russian sanctions
Ukraine’s president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday. Attacks have become less frequent since the latest ceasefire came into force in mid-February, but both sides accuse each other of…...
