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Austrian minister says Minsk accord best chance to solve Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Minsk agreement to end fighting in eastern Ukraine is the biggest chance to solve Ukraine crisis peacefully and European leaders should not declare it has failed, Austria’s foreign minister said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
No compromise with Russia over Ukraine sanctions: EU chief
LONDON (AFP) – The European Union must not compromise with Russia over sanctions in response to the Ukraine crisis, the blocs chief Donald Tusk said in an interview Monday.Tusk said that a failure to uphold the sanctions until Ukraine regains control of its border with Russia could strain relations with the US.He added that it was either...
Pakistan largest importer of Chinese arms: study
STOCKHOLM: China has eased ahead of Germany and France to become the world’s number three arms exporter after the United States and Russia, a Stockholm-based think-tank said Monday. The volume of the multi-billion dollar world arms trade rose 16 per cent during the period 2010 to 2014 over the previous five years, the Stockholm...
Putin says Russia was ready for nuclear confrontation over Crimea
MOSCOW – Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday.Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine’s former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he said had been...
Ukraine urges allies to consider boycotting Russia’s 2018 World Cup
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko urged his country’s allies to consider boycotting the 2018 football World Cup in Russia if Moscow does not pull all its troops out of his territory, in a German newspaper interview published on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine urges allies to consider boycotting Russia's 2018 World Cup
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko urged his country’s allies to consider boycotting the 2018 football World Cup in Russia if Moscow does not pull all its troops out of his territory, in a German newspaper interview published on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Putin set to reappear after 10-day absence
SAINT PETERSBURG – President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman.Putin is scheduled to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint Petersburg later Monday, and a Kremlin official...
Putin set to reappear after 10-day absence
SAINT PETERSBURG: President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman. Putin is scheduled to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint Petersburg later Monday, and a Kremlin official...
Institute: China now world’s third-biggest arms exporter: study
BEIJING: China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 percent of the market remains small compared to the combined 58 percent of exports from the U.S. and Russia, a new study says. China’s share of the global arms market rose 143 percent during the years from 2010-2014, a period during...
One year under Russia rule: What happened in Crimea then and what’s happening now
March 16, 2015 3:19 PMRussia marks the first anniversary on Monday (March 16, 2015) of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in a referendum blasted as illegal in the West but seen in Moscow as a triumph for President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Straits...
