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Ukrainian, European leaders to speak with Putin as observers are freed
Ukraine’s new president has enlisted support from the leaders of Germany and France for a call on Sunday to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a cease-fire deadline looms and after pro-Russian rebels released more European monitors. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko is expected to be joined by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French...
Ukraine, Europe leaders talk with Moscow before ceasefire expires
Ukraine’s new president has enlisted support from the leaders of Germany and France for a call on Sunday to Vladimir Putin as a ceasefire deadline looms and after pro-Russian rebels released more European monitors. …read more Source: Bangkok...
World › Russia accuses U.S. of fueling Ukrainian crisis
Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union. Speaking in televised remarks Saturday, Sergey Lavrov said that “our American colleagues still prefer to push the Ukrainian leadership toward a confrontational path.” He added...
Pro-Russia rebels release second Ukraine monitor group
Pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of European monitors after being pressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet the terms of a tenuous truce with Kiev. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Four European monitors released by rebels in east Ukraine
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Saturday that pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have released four of the group’s monitors they had detained at the end of May. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU Signs Trade Pact With Ukraine, Ceasefire Extended By 72 Hours
The European Union signed an historic free-trade pact with Ukraine on Friday and warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday. Shortly after returning to Kiev from Brussels where he signed the pact, Poroshenko announced on his website that Ukraine had...
Russia can hurt pro-EU ex-allies
The EU’s signing of trade accords with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia on Friday is a major setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the tug-of-war over Moscow’s post-Soviet sphere of influence is far from over, analysts say. The association agreements have been met with barely concealed hostility in Russia, which will use every...
Russian minister fears new sanctions
A new round of Western sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine could seriously impact the already stalled economy, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU, Ukraine ink trade pact; cease-fire extended by 72 hours
The European Union signed a historic free trade pact with Ukraine on Friday and warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday. Shortly after returning to Kiev from Brussels where he signed the pact, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko […] The post...
World › Ukraine signs historic EU pact, snubbing Russia
Over Russia’s objections, Ukraine’s new president on Friday signed a free-trade deal binding his country more closely to Western Europe, sealing the very agreement that triggered the bloodshed and political convulsions of the past seven months. Russia, meanwhile, fended off for the time being a new, more crippling round of…...
