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Russia asks London court to order Ukraine to repay US$3 billion Eurobond
The Russian Finance Ministry said on Thursday that it had asked the London court handling a lawsuit over Ukraine’s US$3 billion (2 billion pounds) debt to Russia to issue an expedited judgment ordering Kiev to repay the debt. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. …read more Source: Channel...
Insight – Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
On Feb. 12 last year, the same day that a ceasefire ended the worst of the fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and government forces, a former rebel fighter seized a chance to turn his inside knowledge of the conflict into hard cash. …read more Source: Channel...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed as clashes surge
Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and thirteen wounded in a fresh surge of fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s war-torn east, Kiev said Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...
Sanctions hinder Russian efforts to build power plant – sources
A state tender for a company to build and operate a power plant in southern Russia attracted no bids partly because firms feared falling foul of EU sanctions should any electricity be diverted to nearby Crimea, industry sources said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine shocked by ‘cynical’ car bomb murder of investigative journalist
An award-winning journalist working for the online investigative website Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning, in what a senior Ukrainian official called a “cynical murder”. …read more Source: Channel...
Seven Ukraine troops die in worst clashes in two months
The announcement – the highest daily death toll since Ukraine reported seven of its soldiers dying on May 24 – follows a flurry of talks between world leaders and Moscow on stopping the 26-month conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia says catches OSCE employee spying for Ukraine
Russia’s FSB security service said on Monday it had caught an employee of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe spying for Ukraine by passing on sensitive military information about pro-Kremlin separatists. …read more Source: Channel...
Malaysia Airlines settles damages with MH17 victims – report
Malaysia Airlines has struck a deal to settle damages claims for most victims of its MH17 flight that was shot down over eastern Ukraine two years ago on Sunday, Dutch national broadcaster NOS reported. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17 families steel for legal fight on second anniversary
Sunday marks the deadline for relatives to launch action against Malaysia Airlines, which operated the passenger jet that was shot down with a surface-air-missile over war-torn eastern Ukraine on Jul 17, 2014. …read more Source: Channel...
