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Russia resumes gas supplies to Ukraine: Gazprom
Moscow received prepayment from Kiev of US$234 million, as it agreed late last month to resume gas supplies to Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Families brace for final MH17 air crash report
THE HAGUE – International investigators will on Tuesday release their final report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, but the burning question of who was to blame will remain unresolved.The Dutch Safety Board (OVV), leading a team of international investigators since the Boeing 777 went down last...
Russia backs bigger OSCE mission in Ukraine
Russia said on Saturday it wanted to see a bigger European monitoring mission in Ukraine to help oversee withdrawal of mortars, tanks and light artillery under recent agreements. …read more Source: Channel...
French PM in Egypt for talks on economy, conflicts
CAIRO – France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls flew into Egypt on Saturday to start a three-country Arab tour aimed at boosting economic ties and for holding talks on the region’s conflicts.Valls was to be received by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi before going into a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Sharif Ismail.French...
Russia, Ukraine fail to reach deal on Kiev debt to Moscow, talks to continue
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and his Ukrainian counterpart, Natalia Yaresko, failed to reach a deal at their meeting on Friday on restructuring Kiev’s US$3 billion (£2 billion) debt to Moscow, but agreed to continue talking. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian missile firm to hold rival MH17 briefing as Dutch report released
MOSCOW – The Russian manufacturer of the missile system blamed for shooting down flight MH17 said Friday it would unveil the “real reasons” for the disaster on the same day Dutch investigators present their final report on the tragedy.Almaz-Antey, the maker of the BUK surface-to-air system that the West and Kiev believe downed...
Ukraine ex-security official doubts MH17 report will give answers
VINNYTSIA, Ukraine – A former top official in Ukraine’s security service said on Friday he doubted a final international report on the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 would provide conclusive answers. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ex-security official doubts MH17 report will give answers
A former top official in Ukraine’s security service said on Friday he doubted a final international report on the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 would provide conclusive answers. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine leader says he hopes ‘fragile truce’ will hold
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko struck a conciliatory tone on Friday in his comments on Russia and Moscow-backed rebels during his visit to Kazakhstan, the Kremlin’s ally in Central Asia. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Kiev city to halt foreign debt payments in 2015 – statement
The city council of the Ukrainian capital Kiev said on Thursday it would impose in 2015 a moratorium on payments on its foreign debt, which has been included in the Finance Ministry’s restructuring of sovereign and sovereign-guaranteed bonds. …read more Source: Channel...
