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Russia prepares reprisals against Ukraine over Crimea blackout
Russia said on Tuesday it would cut off gas supplies to Ukraine and threatened to halt coal deliveries, ratcheting up a dispute over a power blackout in Crimea at a time when a ceasefire between Kiev and separatist rebels is fraying. …read more Source: Channel...
Experts pore over evidence of downed Malaysian Airlines plane
A team that includes Dutch and Ukrainian investigators have begun examining evidence from the MH17 Malaysia Airlines flight that was downed in eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all on board, Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Power outages plague Crimea as Russia threatens to cut Ukraine gas
Power cuts in Crimea affected nearly 940,000 people on Tuesday as tensions raged between Kiev and Moscow over the annexed peninsula and Russia threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin’s ‘realpolitik’ aims to make Russia indispensable
By intervening in Syria, President Vladimir Putin has broken Russia’s relative isolation and is making it the “indispensable nation” in conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and with Islamic State while the United States balks at deeper involvement. …read more Source: Channel...
EU, Russia, Ukraine to hold joint trade talks on Dec 1
The European Union, Russia and Ukraine will hold three-way trade talks in Brussels on Dec. 1, the EU said on Monday, in the latest effort to overcome Moscow’s opposition to an EU-Ukraine trade pact that is due to take effect in January. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine halts goods deliveries to Crimea amid new tensions with Russia
The Ukrainian interior minister also suggested that the government cut off power supplies to the annexed peninsula which declared a state of emergency at the weekend after its main electricity lines from Ukraine were blown up. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine will respond in kind to any Russian trade bans – PM Yatseniuk
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday Ukraine would respond in kind to any trade bans by Russia, which plans to introduce a ban on Ukrainian food imports over Kiev’s participation in Western sanctions. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko suggests suspending cargo transport with Crimea – statement
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday he had proposed the government discuss suspending cargo with Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russian from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Channel...
State of emergency in Crimea after pylons ‘blown up’
A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea after pylons carrying electricity from Ukraine were blown up cutting off power to almost two million people, media and the Russian government said on Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...
State of emergency declared in Crimea after electricity pylons ‘blown up’
A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea after pylons carrying electricity from Ukraine were blown up cutting off power to almost two million people, media and the Russian government said on Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...
