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U.S. slaps sanctions on Ukrainian rebels, Russian bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday placed sanctions on eight Ukrainian separatists and a Russian bank, warning that recent attacks by rebels armed by Russia violated a peace plan in the war-torn country. …read more Source: The...
Merkel won’t attend Moscow WWII Victory Day parade: Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won’t attend a May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow but will visit the Russian capital a day later, her office said Wednesday, amid tensions over the Ukraine conflict.Merkel has declined an invitation to attend the Red Square commemoration marking 70 years since the capitulation of Nazi Germany to Soviet...
‘Russia considers softening food import ban’
Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov said his ministry was considering softening its ban on food imports from a series of European Union countries, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday. The embargo, introduced last year in response to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis, restricted many European...
NATO chief says there is still a Russian presence in Ukraine’s east.
NATO’s secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg says international observers must be given freedom of movement and protection to monitor the cease-fire in Ukraine. In a statement issued in Belgium on Wednesday, he said if monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are not provided with what they need to work, there can...
Ukraine expects US$5 billion in first tranche of IMF aid – Interfax Ukraine
Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Wednesday Ukraine expects the first tranche of aid from the International Monetary Fund to amount to US$5 billion (3.3 billion pounds), news agency Interfax Ukraine reported. …read more Source: Channel...
UPDATE2: Ex-Japan PM defends referendum in Crimea as constitutional
…read more Source: Kyodo News
Sweden offers Ukraine $100 million bilateral loan
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden has offered Ukraine a bilateral loan of $100 million (66.5 million pounds) to help shore up its finances, the Swedish government said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
NATO ‘disppointed’ by Russian withdrawal from arms treaty
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday he was “disappointed” by Russia’s decision to quit the landmark Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe as arms control efforts remained important to all sides. “We are disappointed by the Russian decision to suspend participation in the joint consultative group of the CFE,”...
Ukraine expects $5 billion in first tranche of IMF aid – Interfax Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Wednesday Ukraine expects the first tranche of aid from the International Monetary Fund to amount to $5 billion (3.3 billion pounds), news agency Interfax Ukraine reported. …read more Source: The...
UPDATE1: Ex-Japan PM defends referendum in Crimea as constitutional
…read more Source: Kyodo News
