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Russian court jails blogger for five years for ‘extremist’ posts
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a blogger to five years in jail for what it said was his extremist activity on the Internet after he urged people to attend a protest against high transport fares and criticised Russian intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine will ban imports of some Russian goods – PM
The Ukrainian government on Wednesday will take a formal decision to ban imports of some Russian goods in retaliation for similar action by Moscow against Ukrainian goods, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin’s bailout bank needs 1.3 trillion rouble rescue
FOR years, Russia President Vladimir Putin used Vnesheconombank (VEB) to pay for “special projects”, from the Sochi Olympics to covert acquisitions in Ukraine to oligarch bailouts. Now, the state bank needs a rescue of its own and it could be the Kremlin’s costliest yet. …read more Source: The Business...
Germany’s Steinmeier warns Ukraine ceasefire is fragile
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned on Tuesday that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was becoming more fragile. …read more Source: Channel...
Political feuding imperils Ukraine’s future, Obama’s record
On his most recent visit to Kiev, U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden said he spends more time speaking to Ukrainian officials than to his own wife. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine parish turns into battlefield amid conflict with Russia
The quiet village of Ptycha has become an unlikely battleground for the Orthodox faithful in western Ukraine, where the divide between pro- and anti-Moscow factions plays out far from the eastern front of the war-torn country.Armed with sticks, spades and Molotov cocktails, the Orthodox faithful in the Ukrainian-speaking village this month moved...
Ukraine approves 2016 budget to unlock Western aid
The Ukrainian parliament on Friday (Dec 25) adopted a budget for next year with a deficit of 3.7 per cent of GDP, crucial for unlocking much needed aid from the IMF and Western countries. …read more Source: Channel...
Implementation of Ukraine ceasefire deal to drag into 2016 – RIA cites Russian official
The implementation of the ceasefire accords, aimed to resolve the Ukraine crisis and known as the Minsk 2 agreements, will drag into 2016, RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin as saying. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine MPs approve tit-for-tat Russian trade embargo
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia issues Crimea banknote in move likely to irk Ukraine
Russia on Wednesday issued a new banknote dedicated to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed last year, in a move likely to anger Kiev which says it wants the territory back. …read more Source: Channel...
