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Aronian out of Chess World Cup in Baku
Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian lost his 1/32 final match and dropped out of the Chess World Cup being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Aronian lost to Alexander Areshchenko of Ukraine in a tiebreak. Armenia’s Gabriel Sargsyan, Hrant Melkumyan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan dropped out of the competition at an earlier stage. …read more Source:...
Ukraine intends to increase foreign exchange reserves to $34 billion in 4 years
Kiev is planning to increase foreign exchange reserves to $34 billion over four years, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeria Gontareva said. …read more Source: Kazakh...
Russia jails two for pro-Ukrainian graffiti
MOSCOW (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced two young men to prison sentences for painting Soviet statues in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and daubing pro-Kiev graffiti.The pair — Kirill Korzhavin and Vladislav Shipovalov — were among four men found guilty of smearing a statue of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin in...
Armenia’s Levon Aronian out of Chess World Cup in Baku
Armenian GM Levon Aronian leaves the Chess World Cup in Baku. Armenia’s leading chess player lost to Alexander Areshchenko of Ukraine in a tiebreak. Other representatives of Armenia Gabriel Sargsyan, Hrant Melkumyan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan had left the competition at an earlier stage. …read more Source: Public Radio of...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Blames Europe’s Refugee Crisis on Western Powers
Since the Syrian Civil War began in 2011 between President Bashar al-Assad’s government and rebels, Russia has played a strategic role in the resolving of the crisis on the world stage . . DAMASCUS – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed Europe’s refugee crisis on Western support for “terrorists”, as people fleeing his...
Ukraine PM urges parliament to vote ‘yes’ to debt deal
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk urged parliament on Wednesday to vote in favour of a government debt restructuring deal, saying not backing it amounted to supporting a default. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine PM urges parliament to vote 'yes' to debt deal
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk urged parliament on Wednesday to vote in favour of a government debt restructuring deal, saying not backing it amounted to supporting a default. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine withdraws from nuclear construction deal with Russia
Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday voted to unilaterally scrap an agreement to jointly build with Russia two reactors at the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in western Ukraine, the parliament’s press service said. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
International monitors: Cease-fire in eastern Ukraine holds
MOSCOW (AP) — International observers in eastern Ukraine say that a cease-fire there has been holding for two weeks now.More than 8,000 people have been …read more Source: Taiwan...
Mongolian MP meets delegation of Ukraine
…read more Source: AKIpress News Agency
