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EU, Ukraine leaders meet as shelling worsens, one Ukrainian soldier killed
Top European Union officials met the Ukrainian leadership on Monday for talks on deepening trade links and efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, but worsening violence in the separatist-minded east clouded the summit. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin accuses ‘quasi-partners’ of counting on Russia collapse
President Vladimir Putin accused some of Russia’s “quasi-partners” on Monday of counting on the country’s collapse by cutting its banks off from the global financial system at a time when oil prices had plunged.Speaking in Russia’s second city of St Petersburg, Putin said they had been proved wrong and the economy...
Turkey’s Erdogan criticises Putin over Armenian ‘genocide’ comments
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Russia should account for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea before calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a “genocide”. …read more Source: Channel...
Pro-Putin bikers turned away at Polish border
WARSAW – Ten Russian pro-Kremlin bikers who had planned a controversial WWII victory ride through Europe were on Monday denied entry into Poland at the Belarusian border, Polish border guards said.Russian bikers including the Night Wolves – a fiercely nationalistic motorcycle club backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin – had...
One more Ukrainian serviceman killed in eastern Ukraine – Kiev military
One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and three other were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours in the east, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Nursultan Nazarbayev: Kazakhstan’s moderniser with authoritarian streak
ASTANA, Kazakhstan – A shepherd’s son who counts former British prime minister Tony Blair and Russian President Vladimir Putin among his admirers, Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev has overseen two decades of change in his Central Asia country, while remaining entrenched himself.Under Nazarbayev, the sprawling country of 27...
Ukraine’s ceasefire under pressure amid reports of servicemen killed
April 27, 2015 5:21 PMUkraine is observing large-scale military drills in the southern Mykolaiv region under the watchful eye of President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The Straits...
Berlin knew risk of flying above Ukraine before MH17 crash but did not inform airlines: Reports
April 27, 2015 9:02 AMFRANKFURT (AFP) – Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported on Sunday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Berlin knew Ukraine flight dangers before MH17 crash: Reports
Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported on Sunday (Apr 26). …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster
SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine – Ukrainians on Sunday marked 29 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, laying wreaths and candles near the plant where work to lay a new seal over the reactor site has been delayed.The explosion of reactor number four on April 26, 1986, spewed poisonous radiation over large parts of Europe, particularly Ukraine,...
