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Germany's Merkel to discuss Ukraine with Putin in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the crisis in Ukraine at talks in Moscow on Sunday, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Russian report blames Kiev for downing of MH17 airliner – newspaper
May 06, 2015 11:38 PMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – An independent Russian newspaper on Wednesday published what it said was a report by Russian military engineers suggesting a Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine was hit by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian forces. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russian report blames Kiev for downing of MH17 airliner-newspaper
MOSCOW (Reuters) – An independent Russian newspaper on Wednesday published what it said was a report by Russian military engineers suggesting a Malaysian airliner shot down in Ukraine was hit by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian forces. …read more Source: The...
Football: Ambitious Krasnodar eye Champions League debut
Russia’s FC Krasnodar could be Champions League debutants next season with the club that was formed only seven years ago on the cusp of joining the big time thanks to the backing of billionaire owner Sergei Galitsky. Hailing from the south of Russia, the team known as the Bulls are second in the Russian top flight behind Zenit St Petersburg...
Twelve wounded in the clashes.
In Ukraine, five soldiers have been killed and 12 wounded in clashes with pro-Russian rebel in Avdiivka town. …read more Source: Radio...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, 12 wounded in past day: Kiev
KIEV: Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 12 wounded over the last 24 hours as clashes rumbled on between government forces and pro-Russian rebels, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Four of the soldiers died when their armoured vehicle hit a landmine close to the frontline town of Avdiivka, while the fifth was killed in a rebel ambush,...
Russia's Putin, Germany's Merkel to discuss Ukraine on May 10
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the crisis in Ukraine at talks in Moscow on Sunday, a Kremlin aide told reporters on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Nazarbayev, Poroshenko discuss Ukrainian leader’s visit to Astana
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart President Petro Poroshenko, the Akorda’s press service reports. …read more Source:...
Kazakhstan Allocates 1 Million Euros for Chernobyl Shelter
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The sum of Kazakhstan’s allocation for the Shelter project at the former Chernobyl nuclear power station will be 1 million euros, according to a Kazakh Foreign Ministry’s press release. The Central Asian nation’s Minister of Economic...
Record 38 million people internally displaced by conflicts
GENEVA: Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to the total populations of New York, London and Beijing, a watchdog group said Wednesday. Nearly one third of them — a full 11 million people — were displaced last year alone, with an average of 30,000...
