Section: The Star (Malaysia)
EU to impose more Russia sanctions over Siemens case on Friday – diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will decide on Friday to add more names and companies to its Russia sanctions blacklist over the delivery of Siemens turbines to the Moscow-annexed Crimea, diplomats said. …read more Source: The...
Trump calls Russia sanctions legislation 'significantly flawed'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday called the Russia sanctions legislation he signed into law “significantly flawed” and urged Congress to not use the measure to hinder U.S. efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict with its European allies. …read more Source: The...
U.S. VP Pence says Russia's stance must change before ties improve
TBILISI (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday that relations with Russia would not improve until Moscow changed its stance on Ukraine and withdrew support for “regimes like Iran and Syria and North Korea”. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine finally battens down its leaky cyber hatches after attacks
KIEV (Reuters) – When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password. It wasn’t the only symptom of lax IT security in a country suffering crippling cyber attacks. …read more Source: The...
Saakashvili says lost Ukraine citizenship due to president's fear of opposition
KIEV (Reuters) – Ex-Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili said he would fight Kiev’s decision to strip him of his Ukrainian citizenship, saying it was an attempt to stifle political opposition that betrayed the aims of Ukraine’s 2013-14 pro-European uprising. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president strips one-time ally Saakashvili of citizenship
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stripped one-time ally Mikheil Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship, the migration service said on Wednesday, spelling the likely end of the former Georgian president’s political aspirations in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine denies Trump accusation it attempted to sabotage 2016 election
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian embassy in Washington denied on Tuesday accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump that Ukraine had attempted to sabotage his campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential race. …read more Source: The...
Trump, without evidence, cites Ukraine ties to ex-rival Clinton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in last year’s U.S. election and raised questions, without offering evidence, about Ukrainian support for his Democratic presidential rival. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin – U.S. arms supplies to Ukraine would set back peace efforts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Any U.S. decision to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons would set back peace efforts and escalate tensions, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Belarus sees no solution to Ukraine crisis without another summit
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Belarus sees no solution to the crisis between its neighbours Russia and Ukraine without another regional summit, the country’s Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
