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Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east
KIEV: Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another three wounded in fresh clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s separatist east, the military said on Monday. Two servicemen were killed by mortar fire near Avdiivka, an industrial hub 10 kilometres north of the rebels’ de-facto capital...
Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
Most of the weapons from Ukraine will be destined for other conflict zones in places such as Iraq, Syria and LibyaU.S. must speed up arms sale to show export reforms are real: PentagonIndia plans expanded missile export drive, with China on its mind …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
The situation in Armenia, first and foremost, has not external political, but internal reasons: Sergey Markedonov on developments in Yerevan, Moscow’s lessons learned and NK conflict
Interview with Sergey Markedonov, Director of the Department for Problems of Ethnic Relations at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis in Moscow, PhD in Historical Sciences, columnist, politician, expert of Russian Council on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Markedonov, “Sasna Tsrer” group in Yerevan continues staying in the police patrol...
“Nubar” Ensemble to represent Armenia at Euroradio and Viljandi Folk Festivals
Armenia will take part in the 37th Euroradio and 24th Viljandi Folk Festivals later this month. From 28 to 31 July, the 37th Euroradio Folk Festival (EFF) will be held in Estonia, in conjunction with the 24th Viljandi Folk Festival, where some 50 artists/bands will perform (Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, South Korea, Latvia,...
Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. …read more Source: Channel...
Trial opens over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov
MOSCOW: A Moscow military court on Monday began an initial closed-door hearing in the trial of the suspects in the shock murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov last year, a lawyer said. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and one of the most prominent critics of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down on the evening of February 27, 2015, as...
Trial opens over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov
KREMLIN: A Moscow military court on Monday began an initial closed-door hearing in the trial of the suspects in the shock murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov last year, a lawyer said. Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and one of the most prominent critics of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down on the evening of February 27, 2015,...
Insight – Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. …read more Source: Channel...
Insight – Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) – On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s Georgian corruption fighter sets his sights higher
ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Mikhail Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, has brought his corruption-fighting record to his job as governor of the Odessa region …read more Source: Taiwan...
