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Ukraine still hoping for Russian participation in debt swap: Minister
Ukraine agreed a debt exchange on October 15 with creditors to plug a $15 billion funding gap under a $40 billion bailout program. …read more Source:...
Ban due on direct flights between Russia and Ukraine
Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia will stop on Sunday, as new sanctions initiated by Kiev come into effect, BBC reported. Moscow first called Kiev’s ban on Russian airlines … …read more Source:...
Communism-purging Ukrainians transform famed Lenin statue into Darth Vader
Just in time for the release of the latest “Star Wars” blockbuster, Ukrainians have transformed a statue of Lenin into one of Darth Vader, an oddly prominent figure in local politics. Soviet founder Lenin — long despised by most in nonseparatist parts of Ukraine — fell victim to a law adopted in April that ordered […] The post Communism-purging...
Ukraine’s Donetsk rebels ban MSF, UN agencies
KIEV – Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region said they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and UN agencies, in a move the medical charity described as worrying. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russian military mission in Syria brings history full circle
Russian ground staff members work on a Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet at the Hmeymim air base near Latakia, Syria, in this handout photograph released by Russia’s Defence Ministry October 22, 2015. REUTERS MOSCOW/BISHKEK: Valery Anisimov and his fellow Russian servicemen were smuggled out of the Black Sea hiding below the decks of their ship,...
Ukraine, Russia to ban direct flights
Russia’s transport minister has estimated that the loss in ticket sales to both countries will run to around $110m a year. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Donetsk rebels ban Doctors Without Borders, U.N. agencies
Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region said Friday they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and U.N. agencies, a move the medical charity described as worrying. MSF provides crucial medical care for patients in the area, especially those suffering from diabetes and kidney failure, as well as operating an...
Veto under fire as UN turns 70
NEW YORK: More than 100 countries on Friday challenged Security Council powers to restrict their use of the veto as the United Nations turned 70, with a joint pledge not to oppose resolutions on mass atrocities. The initiative is aimed at avoiding the kind of gridlock that has paralyzed the Security Council on Syria, with Russia and China vetoing...
Kiev urged to press on with reforms
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday urged Ukraine to press on with painful reforms, as Kiev battles to haul the economy out of recession …read more Source: The News...
Russia hold Syria talks with US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
VIENNA (AFP) – Top diplomats from Russia, the US, Saudi Arabia and Turkey held talks in a frosty atmosphere Friday on how to end the Syrian conflict, with the sides sharply at odds on the future of Bashar al-Assad.The Vienna meeting took place three weeks after Moscow thrust itself into the heart of the crisis by launching a bombing...
