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Girlfriend of slain Russian politican Nemtsov says she has received death threats: Ukraine
KIEV – The Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, who was with him when he was shot dead outside the Kremlin, has told police she has received death threats, Ukrainian prosecutors said on Friday.”Anna Duritskaya… filed a statement about the threat to her life from unidentified people during...
Scribbled note shows Nemstov on trail of Russian deaths in Ukraine
MOSCOW – It may have been the last note Boris Nemtsov ever wrote, a hurried scrawl in blue pen on a plain white sheet of A4 paper.A day before he was shot dead near the Kremlin last week, the Russian opposition figure and his close aide Olga Shorina were discussing a sensitive investigation he was preparing into Moscow’s backing for...
Libya asks UN to approve arms contracts
UNITED NATIONS, United States – Libya urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to approve a request for military purchases as it struggles to combat Islamic State extremists and protect its oil fields.The internationally-recognised government, one of two bodies that claims to rule troubled Libya, has asked the council’s sanctions...
Families view MH17 wreckage
GILZE-RIJEN AIRBASE, The Netherlands – The first batch of around 500 relatives of those killed in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine visited the wreckage at a Dutch airbase, investigators said.The wreckage was brought to the Gilze-Rijen base in the southern Netherlands late last year as part of a probe into what...
Putin says Nemtsov assassination a ‘disgrace’
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described the killing of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov as a tragedy that had brought disgrace on Russia, and warned against a rise in “extremist crime”.”We must pay the greatest attention to crimes that prompt a major reaction, including those that are...
Western leaders hint at more Russian sanctions over Ukraine
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama and European leaders on Tuesday warned Russia that they were ready to step up sanctions if there were further violations of a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine, officials said.The threats came in statements issued after a video conference that brought together Obama and the leaders of Britain, France,...
Mourners pay respects to murdered Kremlin critic Nemtsov
MOSCOW – Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued on Tuesday to pay their respects to Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic whose murder last week showed the hazards of speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Putin.Putin’s aides deny any involvement in killing Nemtsov, who was shot in the back four times on...
Moscow funeral for slain Kremlin critic Nemtsov
MOSCOW – Mourners for slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov prepared to gather for his funeral in Moscow Tuesday, as Polish and Latvian officials said they had been barred from entering Russia on the eve of the ceremony in retaliation for EU sanctions over Ukraine.The funeral for Nemtsov, a 55-year-old former deputy prime minister,...
Kerry meets Lavrov as Ukraine death toll soars past 6,000
GENEVA – US Secretary of State John Kerry began tough talks in Geneva on Monday with his Russian counterpart to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says the death toll has soared beyond 6,000 people in less than a year.The meeting with Sergei Lavrov in an upscale Geneva hotel came less than a week after Kerry accused Moscow of lying to...
More than 6,000 killed in ‘merciless devastation’
GENEVA – More than 6,000 people have been killed since violence erupted in Ukraine last April, the UN rights chief said Monday, decrying a “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure.” “More than 6,000 lives have now been lost in less than a year due to the fighting in eastern Ukraine,” UN High...
