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Nemtsov girlfriend receives death threats
KIEV: The Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, who was by his side when he was shot dead, has complained to pol …read more Source: The News...
Ukrainian pilot decides to end hunger strike in Russian jail: lawyer
MOSCOW (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has decided to end a hunger strike after going more than 80 days without food to protest her detention in a Russian jail, one of her lawyers said on Friday.She has taken the decision, lawyer Mark Feigin told AFP.She had been on the brink, he said, adding that the pilots weakening health had...
Ukraine pulls back rocket launchers from frontline
ARTEMIVSK (AFP) – Kiev said Friday it had withdrawn all its Uragan multiple rocket launchers from the main conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, in compliance with a ceasefire agreement with pro-Russian rebels.Two of the imposing Uragan (Hurricane) rocket launchers — equipped with 16 launch tubes for 220mm rockets — were being...
Oil prices rise before US jobs data
LONDON (AFP) – Oil prices rose on Friday as dealers awaited US jobs data and focused on increasing tensions in the Middle East and Ukraine.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in April added 14 cents to $50.90 a barrel.Brent North Sea crude for April gained 56 cents to stand at $61.04 a barrel around midday in London.Investors...
Putin takes 10% salary cut in crisis-hit Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Friday he was cutting his salary by 10 percent as well as the earnings of several top government officials, as the countrys economy reels from the collapse of the ruble.The salaries of Putin, his Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and the president of the...
Patriotism, adventure lure Russian volunteers to Ukraine conflict
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) – Filled with patriotic bravado and a thirst for adventure, Yevgeny Pavlenko and his friend Yevgeny Markin volunteered with dozens others to leave their home in Russia to go and fight in eastern Ukraine.But only one of the two would survive. Markin, 25, accompanied Pavlenkos remains back to the city of...
EU must ‘engage’ with average Russians: Mogherini
RIGA (AFP) – The European Union must engage with average Russians, especially youth, to improve relations that are at their worst since the Cold War, the blocs foreign policy chief said Friday.We have to engage with the people of Russia starting from the young people…to encourage them to see the European Union with their own eyes and...
Witness in Russian politician’s slaying gets death threats
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -Authorities in Ukraine say the sole witness in the killing in Moscow of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has received death threats since returning to her family home in Ukraine.The General Prosecutors office in Kiev said in a statement Friday that Anna Duritskaya, the 23-year old model who was walking with...
Oil prices up in Asian trade
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Oil prices rose in Asia Friday as dealers focused on increasing tensions in the Middle East and Ukraine, while shrugging off concerns about surging US stockpiles, analysts said.US benchmark West Texas Intermediate added 32 cents to $51.08 while Brent gained 47 cents to $60.95 in late-morning trade.We are seeing a...
Foreign Ministry says figures are plucked out of air and they demoralize, disorientate the international community.
Russia has dismissed US claim that Moscow had sent thousands of troops to fight alongside pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. A spokesman of Russian Foreign Ministry said the figures are plucked out of the air and they demoralise and disorientate the international community. US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland had told a congressional...
