Section: theSun (Malaysia)
Putin opens new bridge to Crimea, provoking Ukraine, Western ire
KERCH: President Vladimir Putin drew condemnation from the US, Europe and Ukraine on Tuesday after he opened a new bridge linking mainland Russia and Moscow-annexed Crimea by driving a truck across it to the peninsula. Putin dressed in jeans and a casual jacket was shown by Russian state television behind the wheel of a construction truck to...
Ukraine raids Kiev offices of Russian state media
KIEV: Ukraine’s security service raided the Kiev offices of Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency on Tuesday, detaining one journalist who was accused of treason. The searches took place with relations between Moscow and Kiev already extremely strained over Russia’s 2014 seizure of Crimea and accusations that it fuelled a...
First China-made aircraft carrier starts sea trials: State media (Updated)
BEIJING: China’s first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier started sea trials Sunday, state media said, a landmark in Beijing’s ambitious plans to modernise its navy as the Asian giant presses its claims in disputed regional waters. The carrier, known only as Type 001A, set out for the trials from a port in northeastern China...
First China-made aircraft carrier starts sea trials: state media
BEIJING: China’s first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier started sea trials Sunday, state media said, a landmark in Beijing’s ambitious plans to modernise its navy as the Asian giant presses its claims in disputed regional waters. The carrier, known only as Type 001A, set out for the trials from a port in northeastern China...
EU, rights activists express outrage over police brutality, arrests in Russia
MOSCOW: Foreign governments and rights activists on Sunday expressed outrage over mass arrests in Russia and the brutality with which protests were broken up on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration. The European Union slammed “police brutality and mass arrests” after nearly 1,600 protesters including opposition leader Alexei...
Putin 4.0 to launch amid crackdown on opposition
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin will on Monday be inaugurated for his fourth Kremlin term under the shadow of hugely strained ties with the West and a crackdown on the opposition, with Alexei Navalny and hundreds more detained at the weekend. Opposition leader Navalny was held along with nearly 1,600 of his supporters on Saturday during nationwide rallies...
Poland looks east to plug manpower gap
WARSAW: From behind the wheel of his new Mercedes, a Polish entrepreneur eyes the bus in front of him. It features an ad from an employment agency boasting “Builders, welders: workers from Ukraine and Bangladesh”. Speaking of the Warsaw logistics company he manages, the entrepreneur tells AFP: “Right now we mostly take on...
Ukraine says Chernobyl remains an ‘open wound’ 32 years on
KIEV: Ukraine on Thursday marked 32 years since Chernobyl, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, saying it would “remain an open wound in the hearts of millions”. The accident spread radioactive fallout across Europe in 1986, particularly contaminating Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. “Chernobyl will always remain an open wound...
Ukraine says Chernobyl remains an ‘open wound’ 32 years on
KIEV: Ukraine on Thursday marked 32 years since Chernobyl, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, saying it would “remain an open wound in the hearts of millions”. The accident spread radioactive fallout across Europe in 1986, particularly contaminating Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. “Chernobyl will always remain an open wound...
Chinese carrier leads live fire drill in East China Sea
BEIJING: China’s sole aircraft carrier has led a flotilla of naval vessels in a “live combat drill” in the East China Sea, state media reported Tuesday, the latest show of force by Beijing’s burgeoning navy. The official Xinhua news agency said the vessels “took part in anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare...
