Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Life under Russia not all it was cracked up to be: Crimean ex-leader
The pro-Moscow Crimean politician who signed a document handing control over the Ukrainian peninsula to Russia in March 2014 said the three years since had been a time of disappointment for many people in the region. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin says Kiev tarnishing Eurovision with ban on Russian entry
The Kremlin accused Ukraine on Thursday of damaging the prestige of the Eurovision song contest, which Kiev is hosting this year, with its decision to bar the Russian participant from entering the country. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘state terrorism’ after former MP shot
Ukraine accused Russia of “state terrorism” after a former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against former leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Exiled former Russian lawmaker shot dead in Kiev – police
A former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against Ukraine’s ousted leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday, police said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says saboteurs blow up arms warehouse in east
The Ukrainian military said unknown saboteurs blew up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at a military base in the east of the country early on Thursday, but nobody was hurt. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says sanctions on Russian banks to start from Thursday
Ukraine’s central bank said sanctions against subsidiaries of Russian banks will take effect from Thursday, and will include prohibitions on financial operations that benefit the banks’ parent structures. …read more Source: Channel...
IMF delays more aid to Ukraine to assess cost of blockade
The International Monetary Fund has postponed a decision to disburse more aid to Ukraine in order to assess the impact of an economic blockade Kiev imposed on separatist-held territory, the IMF and Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life
The Russian-backed prime minister of Crimea said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin should be made president of Russia for life and that the Soviet Union would never have collapsed had Putin been in charge. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park
Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014, on Saturday planted the first trees in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Metinvest says separatists have seized assets
Ukraine’s largest steelmaker, Metinvest said on Wednesday steel and coke assets in territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists had been seized by rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
