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Ukraine says rebels used long-range artillery on villages, one soldier dead
The Ukrainian military on Tuesday accused Russian-backed rebels of conducting long-range artillery attacks on villages in the east and said one of its serviceman was killed and 12 wounded in clashes in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: Channel...
US to pre-position tanks, artillery in Baltics, eastern Europe
The United States will pre-position tanks, artillery and other military equipment in eastern and central Europe, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Tuesday, moving to reassure NATO allies unnerved by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Some Ukraine refugees in Russia yearn to return, others settle
PRIMORKA, Russia – Marina Balatskaya watched as her three children played in the Russian holiday camp that has become their home since they fled the fighting in east Ukraine.For some seven months the single mother, 35, and her family have been living alongside refugees from the conflict in the government-run settlement on the shore of the...
EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia for six months: Official
June 22, 2015 4:57 PMLUXEMBOURG (AFP) – European Union foreign ministers formally agreed on Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said. …read more Source: The Straits...
After midnight in the library, Putin sets out his world view
ST PETERSBURG, Russia – It was two minutes before midnight when Russian President Vladimir Putin finally entered the meeting room in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, more than three hours late, to be interviewed by a dozen exhausted journalists.His retinue seemed wearily accustomed to the late-night regimen, but Putin himself –...
Moscow troupe strives to keep jailed Putin critics from being forgotten
MOSCOW- Peering at the audience from behind mesh hammocks as if through prison bars, actors at an independent Moscow theatre tell the story of a dozen people still in jail three years after a protest against President Vladimir Putin.The first night of the play, written to remember those arrested on the eve of Putin’s third presidential...
Russia’s Putin says cooperation with West to continue
ST PETERSBURG, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was confident Moscow’s cooperation with the West would continue.Putin, addressing the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, also said Russia was committed to ensuring a transparent and predictable economy for investors.Ties between Russia and the West...
Ukraine parliament fires powerful security chief
KIEV – Ukraine’s parliament Thursday fired the powerful head of the SBU state security service after he fell foul of President Petro Poroshenko and became embroiled in a conflict with the nation’s chief prosecutor.”The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) supported my proposal to dismiss Valentyn Nalyvaychenko from his post as head...
Green love-in at Paris Air Show but weak sales
LE BOURGET, France – It was a love-in between ministers and industry execs as the Paris Air Show focused on environmental issues Thursday, but it capped a week of lacklustre sales for big hitters Airbus and Boeing.A mini-conference on the air industry’s contribution to tackling climate change at the world’s premier air show saw...
Ukrainian soldiers confess to murder of mother and daughter: Prosecutor
June 17, 2015 11:44 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Two Ukrainian servicemen have confessed to murdering a mother and daughter in east Ukraine after suspecting them of separatist sympathies, the prosecutor’s office for the Kiev-controlled part of Donetsk region said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
