Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Exclusive: Gazprom to offer more gas at spot prices via Nord Stream II – sources
MOSCOW/MILAN (Reuters) – Russian energy producer Gazprom is preparing to offer to sell more natural gas to Europe at spot prices to ensure European companies’ support for a planned pipeline bypassing Ukraine, industry sources say. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine defends not closing airspace where MH17 shot down
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Ukraine on Tuesday defended its decision not to close airspace in the east of the country where a Malaysian passenger plane was shot down, saying it was unaware that anti-aircraft weapons were being used in the area and that planes could be under threat. …read more Source: The...
Russia will consider it a default if Ukraine fails to pay off Eurobond in December
MOSCOW (Reuters) – If Ukraine fails to pay off a $3 billion Eurobond in December Russia will consider this a default, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin says IMF should lend Ukraine $3 billion to repay Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund should lend Ukraine $3 billion (2 billion pound) to pay off its debt to Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Dutch investigation into MH17 crash 'biased' – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Dutch investigation into the downing of a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine last year is biased, Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin says there is no alternative to Ukraine peace deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday there was no alternative to the Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM accuses Russian forces of shooting down flight MH17
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Tuesday he had no doubt Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces because “drunken separatists” could not have operated the missile. …read more Source: The...
Flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine by Russian-built missile, report concludes
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board said on Tuesday in its final report on the July 2014 crash that killed all 298 aboard. …read more Source: The...
Inquiry finds MH17 shot down by Russian missile: Dutch paper
THE HAGUE: International investigators have concluded that doomed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a Dutch daily said Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Dutch Safety Board set to say MH17 downed by Russian-made missile, but not point finger
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it. …read more Source: The...
