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Russia expects full, timely debt repayment from Ukraine – Finance Ministry
Russia expects from Ukraine full and timely repayment of a US$3 billion Eurobond that comes due in December, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
95,000 Russian troops in massive military drill
MOSCOW – Russia on Monday launched its largest military exercises of the year, Centre-2015, involving some 95,000 soldiers including ground troops, navy and airforce units.The long-announced war games are “the most large-scale drill of 2015,” the defence ministry said.Russia has recently intensified snap checks of its military...
Germany’s Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria
Germany and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday.Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his Russian, French and Ukrainian counterparts in Berlin on Saturday evening and said afterwards he saw growing support for...
Germany says ‘significant progress’ made at Ukraine meeting
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Saturday that “significant progress” had been made towards a resolution of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow.Steinmeier said Ukraine and Russia were close to striking an agreement on the withdrawal of...
Germany says ‘significant progress’ made at Ukraine meeting
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Saturday that “significant progress” had been made towards a resolution of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s Putin welcomes Ukraine ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that it was welcome that both Ukrainian armed forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine had ceased military operations, calling this the main achievement in peace efforts in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin grants Russian citizenship to US boxer
The Kremlin released a decree granting citizenship to Jones, who met Putin in August while visiting the Crimean city of Sevastopol. …read more Source: Channel...
Italy’s Berlusconi rubs shoulders with Putin in Crimea
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi became the most prominent Western politician to visit Russian-annexed Crimea when he strolled beside the Black Sea on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko says Ukraine truce holding despite Russia ‘threat’
The Ukrainian President tells an audience of about a hundred global investors and top diplomats that they must press Russian President Vladimir Putin harder to fulfil the disputed terms of a tentative peace deal to the 17-month war. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin says extension of east Ukraine peace deal possible
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will agree to roll-over a peace deal for eastern Ukraine if it is not fully implemented this year as intended, the Kremlin’s top foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
