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NATO ‘very concerned’ by Russian troops rave in Crimea
U.S. General Philip Breedlove, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, shake hands with a Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk (R) during their assembly in Kiev on Nov 26, 2014. Breedlove was in Kiev for high-level talks with Ukraine’s leaders over a predicament that has sent a West’s family with Moscow to their lowest lessen...
Banking system shut down in rebel-held east Ukraine
DONETSK (AFP) – Cash machines stopped working in rebel-held east Ukraine on Wednesday and businesses no longer accepted credit cards after the authorities in Kiev moved to shut down the banking system.An AFP journalist found dozens of people queueing up hopefully in the biting cold outside banks around the separatist stronghold of Donetsk.I...
Ending the Crimea stalemate
Ardjan Langedijk This year has seen unprecedented events in Ukraine, not least the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March. Ukraine and Russia have been at odds ever since over the status of the peninsula. The international community has not acknowledged the changed status of Crimea or recognized the March referendum as legal. The situation...
Behind Hagel’s ouster, tensions over Syria and Obama’s team
From the moment he was appointed last year, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel had a troubled relationship with President Barack Obama’s tight-knit White House national security team. As the bombing intensified in Iraq and Syria, so did his problems. US officials with knowledge of Hagel’s relationship with the Obama administration...
Russia has denied directly supporting the rebels.
In Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels have called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council for sending international peacekeeping force into the war zone. The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said in a statement in Kieve on Tuesday that they want intervention of a peacekeeping force to control the...
Ukraine leader, under pressure from West, pledges new govt soon
KIEV: Ukraine will take the first steps this week towards forming a new government, President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday, seeking to assuage con …read more Source: The News...
Russia to lose some $40 bn a year due to sanctions: minister
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is set to lose around $40 billion (32 billion euros) per year due to Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Monday.We are losing around $40 billion per year due to geopolitical sanctions and we are losing some $90 to $100 billion per year due to oil prices falling 30 percent,...
Countdown to missed opportunity for EU economy
(Reuters) – The countdown has begun to what threatens to be a missed opportunity to revive Europes stalledeconomy.When European Union leaders meet on Dec. 18-19 under new management, they have a chance to launch a joint assault on the economic stagnation and high unemployment that are fuelling disenchantment and anti-EU protest among...
Putin says Russia not isolated over Ukraine, blames West for frosty ties
President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for worsening relations with Russia since the Ukraine crisis and said Moscow would not allow itself to become internationally isolated behind another ‘Iron Curtain’. In an interview published by state news agency TASS on Sunday, Putin also said Western sanctions against Moscow, combined with the...
Boxing: Vargas retains WBA super lightweight crown in Macau
MACAU (AFP) – American Jessie Vargas outpointed his Mexican rival Antonio DeMarco Sunday to retain his World Boxing Association super lightweight title in a pulsating fight in Macau.The champion from Las Vegas, with legendary fighter Roy Jones Jr making his debut as a trainer in his corner, got the better of his valiant opponent in a fight...