Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukraine expects Russian gas supplies to resume Monday – minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine expects Russia to resume supplies of gas from Monday after Kiev transferred a pre-payment of $378 million to Gazprom, its energy minister said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
EU to seek more Turkish help in Islamic State fight
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will press Turkey to cooperate more closely in the fight against Islamic State and urge it not to undermine EU sanctions on Russia on a visit this week intended to give new impetus to often fraught EU-Turkish relations. …read more Source: The...
France's Hollande meets Putin on Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a brief stopover at a Moscow airport on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin hopes for new deal on ceasefire in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with French President Francois Hollande on Saturday that he hoped a new agreement on implementing a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine would be reached soon. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine ceasefire deal talks may be held on December 9 – Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday a preliminary agreement had been reached to hold talks in Minsk on Dec. 9 on implementing the steps of a September ceasefire deal with eastern separatists, Interfax reported. …read more Source: The...
France's Hollande tells Putin he wants to discuss Ukraine crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the start of a brief stopover at a Moscow airport that he wanted to discuss the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Gazprom receives prepayment from Ukraine for gas supplies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian natural gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had received a prepayment of $378.22 million from Ukraine for natural gas supplies, paving the way for the first shipments to Kiev since Moscow cut supplies in June. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – The whole of Ukraine will be within reach of the “enemy” if its armed forces lose control of the international airport in the eastern city of Donetsk to separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
EU tells Russia: Keep Balkans out of East-West tensions
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The European Union urged Russia on Friday not to drag the Western Balkans into its deepening rift with the West over Ukraine, reflecting concern that the region risks becoming another point of East-West tension. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine is short of slightly more than 10 percent of required power – minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is short of slightly more than 10 percent of the electrical power it requires, Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said on Friday, as separatist violence in industrial eastern regions has disrupted supplies to power plants. …read more Source: The...
