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Russia lifts ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday lifted a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defence missile systems after Tehran struck a landmark framework deal with the West over its nuclear programme.A decree signed by Putin gave the go-ahead for the shipment from Russia to Iran, ending Moscows self-imposed ban on...
China, Russia and eastern Europe boost defence spending: study
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Military spending increased sharply in 2014 in China and Russia and the Ukraine conflict prompted eastern European countries to boost their defence programmes, according to a study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released Monday.The United States remains the worlds biggest spender on...
Russia supplying weapons, troops to Ukraine separatists: report
NATO believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. “We have noticed again support for the separatists, with weapons, troops and training. Russia is still sending troops and arms from one side of the open border with Ukraine to the other,” a NATO...
Soviet-era statues smashed as Ukraine likens Russia to Nazis
KHARKIV, Ukraine: Masked men smashed communist-era monuments in Ukraine s second city overnight on Friday after the country s pro-Western parliament v …read more Source: The News...
WWII sniper film aims for hit in Russia and Ukraine
MOSCOW – A Russian-Ukrainian film about a legendary Soviet sniper nicknamed “Lady Death” is aiming to be a hit on the silver screen in both nations, despite the crisis that has turned the former allies against each other. Titled “Battle for Sevastopol” in Russia but “Indestructible” across the border in...
Ukraine’s SBU security service said a large cache of arms and explosives was also seized.
Ukrainian authorities has said 39 people had been arrested for planning a pro-Russian rebellion in the southern port city of Odessa which has been rocked by mysterious explosions in past months. The announcement came on the eve of President Petro Poroshenko’s visit to the city to mark the 71st anniversary of its liberation by Soviet troops...
Khamenei breaks silence in nuclear deal, says sanctions must go
Iranian supreme leader says ‘supports a deal that preserves the interests and honour of Iran’ Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program is concluded. Khamenei, the Islamic...
Greece to make April IMF payment, but uncertainty reigns
ATHENS (AFP) – Greece is due to make its 459 million euro ($495 million) April loan payment to the IMF Thursday following days of uncertainty, but the European nations ability to honour its debts remains a source of acute anxiety to creditors.As Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras launched a two-day charm offensive in Moscow on Wednesday,...
Four-way talks on Ukraine to be held in Berlin Monday
PARIS (AFP) – The French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers will meet in Berlin Monday for a follow-up on the fragile ceasefire agreed in February to end a year of bloody war in eastern Ukraine.I will be in Berlin (on Monday) evening, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters, with his press office later adding he...
Kerry to attend G7 meeting in Germany next week: US
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry is to attend next weeks G7 foreign ministers meeting in Germany to discuss key global political and security issues with his counterparts, the State Department said Wednesday.The highest-ranking US diplomat will also hold a series of bilateral meetings at the April 14-15 meeting in Lubeck,...
