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Poland warns Russia it could face tougher EU sanctions over Ukraine
WARSAW (Reuters) – The European Union will impose tougher sanctions on Russia unless Moscow’s policy in Ukraine changes, Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Praise and damnation as Putin marks ‘Herculean’ birthday
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 62nd birthday roaming the Siberian wilderness on Tuesday, as supporters compared his takeover of Crimea to a Herculean labour and 100,000 marched in Chechnya in his honour. …read more Source: Bangkok...
IMF trims forecast for global economic growth
The International Monetary Fund slightly lowered its outlook for global economic growth this year and next, mostly because of weaker expansions in Japan, Latin America and Europe.The IMF said Tuesday the global economy will grow 3.3 percent this year, one-tenth of a point below what it forecast in July. World growth should then pick up to 3.8...
Ukraine seeks help as clashes kill 12 despite truce
KIEV: Ukraine appealed to Western powers for support as its truce with pro-Russian rebels seemed increasingly in tatters with 12 deaths reported today in the separatist east. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine acts to push through anti-corruption laws before election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s pro-Western government pressed ahead to secure new laws to tackle top-level government corruption on Tuesday, hoping to ease public discontent before an election from which it wants backing for its plan to end a separatist rebellion. …read more Source: The...
Putin Celebrates ‘Herculean’ Birthday
Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday marked his 62nd birthday in the Siberian wilderness as supporters compared his takeover of Crimea to one of the “12 Labors of Hercules” and 100,000 marched in his honor in Chechnya. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had taken a day off from his “extremely intense” agenda to celebrate...
Floods of Ukrainian refugees seek new life in Russia
BELGOROD Russia (Reuters) – After three days trapped in a cellar by shelling, Svetlana and Sergei Divenko left their home in eastern Ukraine and fled to Russia with their two children and a single bag. …read more Source: The...
Floods of Ukrainian Refugees Seek New Life in Russia
After three days trapped in a cellar by shelling, Svetlana and Sergei Divenko left their home in eastern Ukraine and fled to Russia with their two children and a single bag. …read more Source:...
Truce bypasses Donetsk airport, symbol of conflict in eastern Ukraine
While fighting in much of eastern Ukraine has been calmed by a month-old truce, it rages unabated at the airport near Donetsk, turning a shiny symbol of the country’s Western integration into a shattered mirror of its future prospects.Twelve rebels killed at Donetsk airport: militaryFresh shelling in Ukraine’s Donetsk puts ceasefire...
Russia urges compromise on gas dispute with Ukraine
Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that Moscow and Ukraine should continue for a compromise over the gas dispute.Search for compromises must be continued, and therefore contacts must go on, Medvedev said Monday during a meeting with economy and energy minis.. …read more Source: India...
