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Ukraine elections: PM’s party maintains lead
Kiev: The People’s Front party, founded by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was still leading in the vote count in the parliamentary elections this week, election officials said Tuesday.After counting 84.08 percent of the vote, the People’s Front had garnered.. …read more Source: India...
MH17 prosecutor open to theory another plane shot down airliner – Der Spiegel
AMSTERDAM: Dutch prosecutors investigating the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 believe the aircraft might have been shot down from the air but that a ground-to-air missile attack is more likely, a senior prosecutor said in a German media interview.The Russian government has always said it has radar imagery proving the fully laden Boeing...
Russia to recognise Ukraine rebel votes
Russia plans to recognise elections being organised next weekend by rebels in east Ukraine in defiance of the government in Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia to recognize Ukraine rebel votes, Lavrov says
Russia plans to recognize elections being organized next weekend by rebels in east Ukraine in defiance of the government in Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview on Tuesday. “We expect the elections will go ahead as agreed, and we will of course recognize the results,” Lavrov told Izvestia daily ahead of Sunday […] The post...
Russia will recognise Ukraine separatists’ elections: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Russia plans to recognise elections being organised next weekend by rebels in east Ukraine, and is counting on the vote going ahead unhindered. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia will recognise Ukraine separatists’ elections: Lavrov
MOSCOW – Russia plans to recognise elections being organised next weekend by rebels in east Ukraine in defiance of the government in Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Preliminary Report: MH17 broke apart mid-air
CNN reported that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 broke apart in the air after it was hit by a burst of “high-energy objects” from outside, a preliminary report by Dutch aviation investigators said Tuesday.Flight 17 came down in eastern Ukraine on July 17 in an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Of the 298 people killed, around two-thirds...
Poland says to beef up military on its eastern border
WARSAW – Poland said on Tuesday it is drawing up a long-term plan to shift some of its military strength towards its eastern border, closer to Ukraine and Russia, in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.NATO member Poland is anxious that it could be the next target for Kremlin expansion after Russia annexed Ukraine’s...
Poland says to beef up military on its eastern border
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Tuesday it is drawing up a long-term plan to shift some of its military strength towards its eastern border, closer to Ukraine and Russia, in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
After poll, Kiev sets sights on European-style reforms
As Ukraine’s most ardently pro-European parties pocketed a resounding collective election triumph Monday, thoughts turned to a reform agenda that promises pain and progress in equal doses. Although the outcome of Sunday’s vote is partly the fruit of a surge in anti-Russian sentiment, Moscow says it will recognize the result and urged...
