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Football: FIFA sorry for Crimea video blunder
A video launching the World Cup logo had portrayed the Crimean peninsula as a part of Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
EU will ‘play its role’ to support Ukraine-Russia gas deal
The European Union will “fully play its role” to implement the gas deal signed by Ukraine and Russia on Thursday (Oct 30), the French and German leaders said in a joint statement. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebel vote drives further wedge between Russia and West
Ukraine and the West fear the ballot, backed by Moscow, is being staged to drag the Russian-speaking industrial east further from the grip of Kiev’s pro-Western government. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine-Russia gas talks stall
EU-brokered talks to resolve a bitter gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday (Oct 30) appeared stalled as Moscow demanded that Brussels and Kiev first agree on how Ukraine will pay its huge bill to Moscow. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine and Russia tackle gas crisis as tensions spike
The latest negotiations in Brussels come a day after Russia stirred tensions with its war-torn neighbour still further by announcing plans to recognise the disputed leadership polls pro-Kremlin insurgents in eastern Ukraine intend to stage on Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine tensions spike as Russia backs rebel vote
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Izvestia newspaper on Tuesday that the rebel elections, due to take place this weekend, should “go ahead as agreed” and Russia will “recognise the results” …read more Source: Channel...
Russia will recognise Ukraine separatists’ elections: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Russia plans to recognise elections being organised next weekend by rebels in east Ukraine, and is counting on the vote going ahead unhindered. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko faces hurdles despite big Ukraine vote win
President Petro Poroshenko called the strong showing by moderates in Sunday’s parliamentary election a sign that war-weary Ukrainians favour “those political forces that support the president’s peace plan”. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s pro-West parties in coalition talks
Expectations were that Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front and the Petro Poroshenko Bloc would form a government, with Yatsenyuk keeping his premier’s post. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine voters embrace West and peace with rebels
Early results and exit polls indicated overwhelming support for Poroshenko’s drive to break his war-torn country out of Russia’s orbit despite the painful economic measures the Kremlin has levied on its western neighbour in reprisal. …read more Source: Channel...
