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Russian veto expected as Security Council votes on MH17
UNITED NATIONS: Russia on Wednesday is expected to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution to set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia names US foundation first ‘undesirable’ foreign group
MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors Tuesday declared the US Congress-funded National Endowment for Democracy the first “undesirable” foreign group under a controversial new law to ban overseas organisations deemed a threat. The move is part of what critics say is a Kremlin drive against civil society, fuelled by growing anti-Western rhetoric over the...
Ukraine bans Putin buddy Depardieu for five years
KIEV – Ukraine said Tuesday it had blacklisted French film star and newly minted Russian national Gerard Depardieu in apparent retribution for reportedly refusing to recognise the independence of the former Soviet state. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainian Military Pilot Faces Unfair Trial in Russia: Lawyers
Lawyers for a Ukrainian military pilot held in Russia on charges of murdering two Russian journalists in east Ukraine said on Tuesday they could prove she was already captive when they died in shellin… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian military pilot faces unfair trial in Russia – lawyers
KIEV (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Ukrainian military pilot held in Russia on charges of murdering two Russian journalists in east Ukraine said on Tuesday they could prove she was already captive when they died in shelling, but doubted a court would heed their arguments. …read more Source: The...
Russia names US foundation first ‘undesirable’ foreign group
Russian prosecutors accuse the US Congress-funded National Endowment for Democracy of organising “political demonstrations aimed at influencing decisions taken by state institutions,” such as this opposition rally in Moscow on March 5, 2012 -AFP MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors on Tuesday declared the US Congress-funded National Endowment for...
NATO proclaims ‘strong solidarity’ with Turkey against Islamic State
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, talks during a North Atlantic Council Meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday July 28, 2015. For just the fifth time in its 66-year history, NATO ambassadors met in emergency session Tuesday to gauge the threat the Islamic State extremist group poses to Turkey, and the debated actions...
Ukrainian military pilot held by Russia has alibi – lawyers
Lawyers for a Ukrainian military pilot held in Russia on charges of murdering two Russian journalists in east Ukraine said on Tuesday they could prove she was already captive when they died in shelling, but doubted a court would heed their arguments. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian military pilot held by Russia has alibi – lawyers
KIEV (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Ukrainian military pilot held in Russia on charges of murdering two Russian journalists in east Ukraine said on Tuesday they could prove she was already captive when they died in shelling, but doubted a court would heed their arguments. …read more Source: The...
Sweden Shipwreck hunters Ocean X Diver, Claim of Russian Submarine Wreck in Its Waters
Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad, of the Swedish navy, said on Sunday: “It could be a submarine or a smaller submarine. STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s military reported Tuesday it is examining video that shipwreck hunters Ocean X diver, say shows the remains of a Russian submarine off the Scandinavian country’s coast. The alleged find comes less...
