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      EU-Ukraine trade deal comes into force, angers Moscow
      Jan01

      EU-Ukraine trade deal comes into force, angers Moscow

      Ukraine’s free-trade deal with the EU comes into effect on Friday, coinciding with the start of Moscow’s food embargo against Kiev that will force the impoverished former Soviet republic to revisit its economic model. The free-trade accord is part of the broader EU Association Agreement – signed at the end of June 2014 – and stands at...

      EU-Ukraine trade deal comes into force, angers Moscow
      Jan01

      EU-Ukraine trade deal comes into force, angers Moscow

      KIEV – Ukraine’s free-trade deal with the EU comes into effect Friday, coinciding with the start of Moscow’s food embargo against Kiev that will force the impoverished former Soviet republic to revisit its economic model. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Crimea loses quarter of power, pylon blown up
      Jan01

      Crimea loses quarter of power, pylon blown up

      Moscow/Kiev, December 31 Crimea has lost at least one quarter of its power after Ukraine halted supplies, officials in the contested peninsula said today, a situation Ukrainian police blamed on unidentified saboteurs blowing up an electricity pylon. Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in March last year, has suffered repeated power cuts...

      Crimea loses power as Ukraine line cut
      Jan01

      Crimea loses power as Ukraine line cut

      CRIMEA BBC Electricity supplies to Crimea from southern Ukraine have been cut weeks after power lines were sabotaged apparently by anti-Russian ac …read more Source: The Frontier...

      Power cuts in Crimea after new blast on Ukraine power line
      Jan01

      Power cuts in Crimea after new blast on Ukraine power line

      An explosion on Crimea’s main electricity line from Ukraine has left parts of the peninsula annexed by Russia in the dark, authorities said Thursday, weeks after power lines were sabotaged by anti-Russian activists. …read more Source: Channel...

      Russian blogger jailed for 5 years for pro-Ukraine posts
      Dec31

      Russian blogger jailed for 5 years for pro-Ukraine posts

      nbsp Last Updated On 31 December2015 Aboutnbsp57 minutes ago …read more Source: The Frontier...

      Russian blogger jailed for 5 years for pro-Ukraine posts
      Dec31

      Russian blogger jailed for 5 years for pro-Ukraine posts

      MOSCOW (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a blogger to five years in a Siberian penal colony for inciting hatred and extremism by posting videos online criticising pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, in a verdict condemned by rights activists.The court in Tomsk, western Siberia, also banned Vadim Tyumentsev, 35, from using the...

      Power cuts in Crimea after new blast on Ukraine power line
      Dec31

      Power cuts in Crimea after new blast on Ukraine power line

      KIEV (AFP) – An explosion on Crimeas main electricity line from Ukraine has left parts of the peninsula annexed by Russia in the dark, authorities said Thursday, weeks after power lines were sabotaged by anti-Russian activists.The only functional high-voltage wires providing electricity to Crimea was damaged after a nearby pylon fell...

      Ukraine to probe suspected Russian cyber attack on grid
      Dec31

      Ukraine to probe suspected Russian cyber attack on grid

      Ukraine will investigate a suspected cyber attack on its power grid, the energy ministry said on Thursday, an incident the country’s secret service has blamed on Russia. …read more Source: Channel...

      Ukraine to probe suspected Russian cyber attack on grid
      Dec31

      Ukraine to probe suspected Russian cyber attack on grid

      Ukraine will investigate a suspected cyber attack on its power grid, the energy ministry said on Thursday, an incident the country’s secret service has blamed on Russia. …read more Source: GMA News...