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Ukraine crisis seen softening political ground for foreign farm land sales
The crisis in Ukraine looks set to trigger major changes in its vast agricultural sector with state-owned farm land and small family plots likely to go up for sale despite concerns over the impact on local farmers, according to development experts. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia says Kerry's accusation Moscow is lying 'beyond diplomatic ethics'
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that accusations from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Russia was lying over its involvement in eastern Ukraine went “beyond diplomatic ethics”, Interfax reported. …read more Source: The...
Three Ukraine soldiers killed despite lull as UN to discuss truce
Isolated clashes were reported in eastern Ukraine on Friday (Feb 27), where government forces reported three soldiers killed, despite a truce with pro-Russian rebels appearing to take hold. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine crisis seen softening political ground for foreign farm land sales
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The crisis in Ukraine looks set to trigger major changes in its vast agricultural sector with state-owned farm land and small family plots likely to go up for sale despite concerns over the impact on local farmers, according to development experts. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine sends small prepayment for Russian gas
Ukraine has sent a small prepayment of US$15 million (9.5 million pounds) to Russia for March natural gas deliveries, energy officials from the two sides said on Friday, after Moscow threatened to cut off supply. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine sends small prepayment for Russian gas
KIEV/KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Reuters) – Ukraine has sent a small prepayment of $15 million (9.5 million pounds) to Russia for March natural gas deliveries, energy officials from the two sides said on Friday, after Moscow threatened to cut off supply. …read more Source: The...
Deaths Shake Ukraine Truce, Peter Poroshenko Wary of Russia Threat
Ukraine today reported the first deaths in three days in east Ukraine, denting hopes a ceasefire will hold, and President Petro Poroshenko said Russia would pose a “military threat” even if the truce … …read more Source:...
Hungarian, British FMs focus on Ukraine, EU issues and ISIS
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond called for adherence to the Minsk ceasefire agreement on Ukraine, and discussed ways of boosting EU competitiveness and of combating ISIS, the so-called Islamic State, at a news conference in Budapest on Friday. …read more Source:...
Wars for resources?
The petroleum factor Recent conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine have ostensibly been about “bad guys” who threatened peace with weapons of one kind or another, or stifled freedom and democracy. Whatever the accusation, concerns about petroleum — oil and gas — are missing from official pronouncements. Yet each of these “hot spots”...
Ukrainian pilot could ‘die within days’ in Russian jail
MOSCOW (AFP) – A Ukrainian airforce pilot, who has been on hunger strike in a Russian prison for 77 days, could die within days, a member of the Kremlins human rights council said Friday.Nadia Savchenko, a 33-year-old helicopter navigator, who has been charged with involvement in the deaths of two Russian reporters in a mortar attack in...
