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Merkel warns ‘no military solution’ to Ukraine conflict
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Trump cancels Putin meeting over Ukraine crisis
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was canceling a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to take place during the upcoming summit for the Group of 20 industrialized nations in Argentina, citing the current Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Putin sees Ukraine as his colony: Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday accused Russia’s Vladimir Putin of wanting to annex his entire country and called for NATO to deploy …read more Source: The...
Kazakhstan: Jailed former uranium tycoon denied early release
ASTANA (TCA) — The jailed former president of Kazakhstan’s uranium giant Kazatomprom, Mukhtar Dzhakishev, has been denied early release, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reports. A court in the northeastern city of Semei refused to grant early release to Dzhakishev on November 28, his lawyer Nurlan Beisekeev told RFE/RL. According to...
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko says Vladimir Putin wants his whole country, calling on NATO for help
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of seeking to annex his entire country and called for NATO and Chancellor Angela Merkel … …read more Source: The Japan...
Putin defends ‘lawful’ seizure of Ukrainian ships
A crew member (left) of one of Ukrainian naval ships, which were recently seized by Russia’s FSB security service, is escorted after a court hearing in Simferopol, Crimea. — Reuters photo MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russian forces were in the right to seize three Ukrainian ships last weekend, but President Donald...
Russian FM mocks British army chief over IS comparison
Lavrov (right) is welcomed by Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva at Necessidades palace in Lisbon. — Reuters photo LISBON: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday mocked the ‘intellectual capacities’ of Britain’s army chief for calling Russia a bigger threat than the Islamic State group. “In regards to the...
Ukraine says Russia rams navy tugboat off Crimea
KIEV: Ukraine’s navy said that Russia’s border guards rammed one of its tugboats in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea on Sunday in “openly aggressive actions.”Ukraine said the incident took place as three of its ships including two small warships were heading for the port of Mariupol in the Sea of Azov, an area of heightened...
Ukrainian Navy tugboat rammed by Russian Coast Guard vessel in narrow strait off Crimea
A Russian Coast Guard vessel rammed a Ukrainian Navy tugboat, resulting in damage to the ship’s engines and hull, Ukrainian Navy officials said SundayThe incident … …read more Source: The Japan...
Chernobyl Begins New Life as Solar Power Park
Ukraine launched Friday a park of photovoltaic panels at the former Chernobyl power plant as the country seeks to use solar power to give the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster a new lease on life.The 1 million-euro ($1.2-million), one-megawatt plant is located just a hundred meters (yards)… …read more Source: The...
