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U.N. judges decline Ukraine’s request to order Russia to stop supporting eastern rebels
THE HAGUE – Judges at the U.N.’s highest court on Wednesday rejected a Ukrainian interim request to order Russia to stop supporting troops in the east of the country, saying its request did not meet legal requirements under an international terrorism treaty…. …read more Source:...
UN court orders Russia to halt discrimination of Crimean Tartar minority
The highest United Nations court on Wednesday ordered Russia to halt discrimination of ethnic Crimean Tartars, handing down an interim ruling in a dispute in which Ukraine is seeking to stop what is says is Moscow’s support for separatists. …read more Source: Channel...
U.N. court orders Russia to halt discrimination of Crimean Tartar minority
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The highest United Nations court on Wednesday ordered Russia to halt discrimination of ethnic Crimean Tartars, handing down an interim ruling in a dispute in which Ukraine is seeking to stop what is says is Moscow’s support for separatists. …read more Source: The...
Viva Cell-MTS announced change of company`s corporate name from K-Telecom CJSC to MTS Armenia CJSC with preservation of trademark
ArmInfo. Viva Cell-MTS announced the change of the company’s corporate name from K-Telecom to MTS Armenia with preservation of the trademark. The press service of the company told ArmInfo. In 2007, Armenia’s Leading Telecommunications Operator VivaCell-MTS became part of “MTS” PJSC, the leading multiservice...
Moscow reacts to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan switching from Cyrillic with hysterics
Russian reaction to the decisions of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to move away from the Cyrillic-based scripts Moscow imposed on them to Latin-based scripts that will help them integrate into the broader Turkic and international worlds has been hysterical to say the least. Many commentators are denouncing these measures as an attack on the Russian...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says sanctions on Russia must stay
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday called for Western sanctions on Russia to be maintained in order to keep the Kremlin in line and to ensure the success of Ukraine’s own economic reform programme. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says sanctions on Russia must stay
LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday called for Western sanctions on Russia to be maintained in order to keep the Kremlin in line and to ensure the success of Ukraine’s own economic reform programme. …read more Source: The...
Eleven missing after ship sinks off Crimean coast: officials
MOSCOW – A cargo ship heading from Russia to Turkey sunk off the coast of Crimea early on Wednesday morning and 11 of the crew are missing, Crimea’s emergency situations ministry said. It said that the Panama-flagged vessel ‘Geroi Arsenala’ had… …read more Source:...
Singapore, Germany passports tie as most powerful passports in the world
The Republic’s passport takes top spot – in a tie with Germany – in a global ranking of the world’s passports. Singaporeans can travel to 159 countries visa-free, up from 158 last year after Ukraine included Singapore to its visa-on-arrival programme. According to the Global Passport Power Rank 2017 released on Monday (April 17),...
Eleven missing after ship sinks off Crimean coast – officials
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A cargo ship heading from Russia to Turkey sunk off the coast of Crimea early on Wednesday morning and 11 of the crew are missing, Crimea’s emergency situations ministry said. …read more Source: The...
