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Oil price plunge drags down Russian economy
LONDON (APP/AFP): Russia’s battered economy will shrink by a far worse-than-expected 4.8 percent this year, as plunging oil prices add to fallout from the Ukraine crisis, the EBRD development bank forecast Monday. The London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development sharply revised its September prediction for a 0.2-percent...
14 killed, over 100 wounded in fighting in east Ukraine
At least 14 people have been killed and over 100 others wounded in eastern Ukraine in the past day as hostilities between government forces and pro-independence insurgents continued, reports showed Monday. …read more Source:...
Russian troops and equipments enter Ukraine
Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, is accusing that Russian military forces and equipment have entered Ukraine. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Poroshenko joins commemoration of Donetsk shelling incident
Ukraine’s president has taken part in a march in Kiev to commemorate those who lost their lives in a shelling incident last week in the Donetsk region. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
14 killed, over 100 wounded in fighting in east Ukraine
At least 14 people have been killed and over 100 others wounded in eastern Ukraine in the past day as hostilities between government forces and pro-independence insurgents continued, reports showed Monday. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Poroshenko urges int’l talks on Ukraine crisis as economy takes hit
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on Monday for international talks as soon as possible to settle the crisis in the country’s east region and implement the Minsk peace deal, as the country, mired in the nine-month-old conflict, saw a sharp decline in its industrial output. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
European Union Agrees to Stick to Russia Sanctions Policy
EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday there would be no change in the bloc’s Russia policy, including sanctions, as the union’s diplomatic chief warned the Ukraine situation had got “much worse” in re… …read more Source:...
Civilians under threat as Ukraine clashes flare
Deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels threatened civilians in central Donetsk on Monday, with shelling hitting a hospital and warnings of insurgents launching attacks from residential areas. Ukraine also made fresh accusations of Moscow backing the separatists, alleging that hundreds of Russian troops crossed the border...
Kiev asks Moscow to sign ceasefire implementation plan
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Monday that Kiev has asked Moscow to sign a schedule for implementation of the Minsk ceasefire agreement designed to bring peace to eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
EU agrees to stick to Russia sanctions policy
[BRUSSELS] EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday there would be no change in the bloc’s Russia policy, including sanctions, as the union’s diplomatic chief warned the Ukraine situation had got “much worse” in recent weeks. …read more Source: The Business...
