Section: The Malaysian Insider (Malaysia)
No Ukraine-Russia gas deal but talks to continue
EU-brokered talks to solve a gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, which threatens to hit parts of Europe this winter, broke up in Brussels without agreement but should resume later Thursday, sources said. The talks, which opened in Brussels on Wednesday, seek to resolve a dispute that has become increasingly fraught since Russia cut…...
Decades-old Soviet engines powered exploded US rocket
The Orbital Sciences rocket that exploded after launch was powered by a pair of rocket engines that were made during the Soviet era and refurbished, experts said Wednesday. The Ukrainian-designed AJ-26 engines date back to the 1960s and 1970s, and Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California has a stockpile that it refurbishes for Orbital…...
Ukraine tensions spike as Russia backs rebel vote
Moscow and Kiev are set to crunch hold talks over a gas dispute Wednesday, a day after Russia ratcheted up tensions by saying it will recognise separatist polls in east Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Izvestia newspaper on Tuesday that the rebel elections, due to take place this weekend, should “go ahead as...
Heavy shelling near rebel-held Ukraine city after poll
Heavy shelling erupted Monday near the separatist held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, ending a relatively calm period during the weekend parliamentary election. Several dozen Grad multiple rockets could be heard firing early in the morning from the area of Putilovsky, a neighbourhood near the city’s ruined airport, AFP...
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...
In eastern Ukraine, most voters dream only of peace
Voters in eastern Ukraine had one thing on their mind as they voted in today’s parliamentary election: an end to months of conflict between pro-Russian separatists and government forces. “Peace is the only thing people want here,” said a 57-year-old woman, who gave her name only as Yelena, after voting in Volnovakha, in...
On eve of poll, Ukraine leader seeks support for pro-Europe course
President Petro Poroshenko called on Ukrainians today to elect a majority tomorrow that would see through a pro-Europe, reform agenda and break with the Soviet past. Poroshenko, who is expecting a big win for his political bloc in the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of the Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich, said he saw...
Poroshenko party short of majority in Ukraine vote
The last major poll published today ahead of Ukraine’s parliamentary election showed President Petro Poroshenko’s party seizing up to a third of seats but reliant on help from nationalist parties to form a ruling coalition. The Kiev-based Foundation for Democratic Initiatives said just over 30% of respondents who had made up their...
Ukraine seals winter gas price deal with Russia
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko confirmed Saturday that an agreement has been reached with Russia on a provisional price for gas deliveries during the coming winter months. Poroshenko said the deal was agreed at talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Milan on Friday, and he hoped it would end the gas dispute between the...
MH17 discussion with Putin ‘constructive’, says Aussie FM
Russian President Vladimir Putin was cooperative and constructive when asked for his help in allowing investigators access to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Saturday. Bishop met the Russian leader on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting, just days after Australian Prime Minister Tony...
