Section: Singapore
EU court upholds sanctions on Putin’s businessman friend over Crimea
BRUSSELS – An EU court on Wednesday upheld sanctions imposed on Arkady Rotenberg, a close ally and former judo partner of Russian President Vladimir Putin whose company won a contract to build a bridge linking the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea. … …read more Source:...
EU court upholds sanctions on Putin’s businessman friend over Crimea
An EU court on Wednesday upheld sanctions imposed on Arkady Rotenberg, a close ally and former judo partner of Russian President Vladimir Putin whose company won a contract to build a bridge linking the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
France: still huge work to be done on Ukraine ceasefire process
MINSK – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Tuesday that there was still an enormous amount of work to be done on the ceasefire process for eastern Ukraine but added that talks had not broken down altogether. Ayrault was speaking… …read more Source:...
German Foreign Minister says four-way talks on Ukraine were difficult
MINSK – Four-way talks about the conflict in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday were difficult but meaningful and necessary, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters after a meeting with his counterparts from Ukraine, Russia and France. … …read more Source:...
Russia’s Lavrov says no breakthrough reached at Minsk talks on Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there had been no breakthrough in talks on Tuesday on the peace process in eastern Ukraine because the foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany could not agree on a roadmap. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany’s Steinmeier tells Russia, Ukraine to show ‘responsibility’ at Minsk talks
Germany’s foreign minister called on Ukraine and Russia to “show responsibility” and agree on a roadmap in four-way talks on Tuesday on how to implement last year’s ceasefire accord for eastern Ukraine, but dampened hopes for a breakthrough. …read more Source: Channel...
Leading Merkel ally urges sanctions against Russia over Syria
BERLIN – The head of Germany’s foreign affairs committee, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, called on Monday for Berlin to impose sanctions on Russia because of its supporting role in the war in Syria. The Syrian army and its allies… …read more Source:...
Norway resumes high-level trade talks with Russia after two-year break
Norway has resumed high-level talks with Russia on trade and economic cooperation that were broken off after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries said in a statement on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Czech aid group says evicted from eastern Ukraine’s Doneck by separatists
PRAGUE – Czech humanitarian organization Clovek v Tisni (People in Need, PIN) has been banned from the Doneck area in eastern Ukraine by separatist authorities, the aid group said in a statement. It said it was one of two international aid… …read more Source:...
Czech aid group says evicted from eastern Ukraine’s Doneck by separatists
Czech humanitarian organisation Clovek v Tisni (People in Need, PIN) has been banned from the Doneck area in eastern Ukraine by separatist authorities, the aid group said in a statement. …read more Source: Channel...
