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Armenian Dissident Arrives in Baku
Baku / 09.10.16 / Turan: Late in the evening on October 8 the Armenian dissident writer Vahe Avetyan arrived in Baku from Sweden. As he wrote on his page on Facebook, he was not invited and he came as a peacemaker. However, it is not clear how he was allowed on the plane without a visa. Judging by all, he flew through Kiev with the Ukrainian...
Stratfor’s Global Intelligence: Week of Oct. 10, 2016
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas. The Week That WasA Consolation Prize for Peace in ColombiaIn the days...
Football: Immobile rescues Italy as Spain cruise
PARIS (AFP) – Lazio striker Ciro Immobile grabbed an injury-time winner as four-time champions Italy snatched a 3-2 comeback win at Macedonia on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a World Cup qualifying embarrassment.Italy, who had needed a late penalty to salvage a point against Group G rivals Spain on Thursday, were staring at a shock defeat in...
Ukraine military postpones withdrawal from town, cites rebel shelling
STANYTSA LUHANSKA, Ukraine – Ukraine’s military on Sunday postponed a planned parallel withdrawal with pro-Russian separatists from Stanytsa Luhanska, a town on the eastern frontline, saying rebels had disregarded the agreement by firing artillery at… …read more Source:...
Ukraine military postpones withdrawal from town, cites rebel shelling
STANYTSA LUHANSKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military on Sunday postponed a planned parallel withdrawal with pro-Russian separatists from Stanytsa Luhanska, a town on the eastern frontline, saying rebels had disregarded the agreement by firing artillery at Ukrainian positions. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine military postpones withdrawal from town, cites rebel shelling
Ukraine’s military on Sunday postponed a planned parallel withdrawal with pro-Russian separatists from Stanytsa Luhanska, a town on the eastern frontline, saying rebels had disregarded the agreement by firing artillery at Ukrainian positions. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says catches Russian military intelligence spy red-handed
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said on Sunday it had caught red-handed a Ukrainian working as a spy for Russia’s military intelligence agency, just days after a Ukrainian journalist was arrested on espionage charges in Russia. …read more Source: The...
Russia deploys nuclear-capable missiles on NATO doorstep
VILNIUS: Russia is again deploying nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into its Kaliningrad outpost that borders two NATO members, Lithuania said Saturday, warning the move was aimed at pressuring the West into making concessions over Syria and Ukraine. Poland also reacted angrily to Moscow’s move while Lithuania added that it could breach a...
Ukrainian war prisoners languish in limbo on both sides
KIEV: Just three days after Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Lazarenko was taken prisoner in the war in Ukraine’s east, a peace agreement was signed under which the sides agreed to an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange. A year and a half later, his wife still waits desperately for his return. The so-called Minsk Agreement on ending the war between...
Ruling party wins Georgia vote, opposition alleges fraud
TBILISI: The ruling Georgian Dream party won Georgia’s parliamentary polls, early results showed Sunday, but accusations of vote rigging from the opposition sparked fears of political instability in the Caucasus nation. Georgia’s Western allies are watching closely to see if the strategic nation – praised as a rare example of...
