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US starts training Ukrainians to fight pro-Russia forces
YAVORIV, Ukraine – US paratroopers Monday began training Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict rumbles on in the ex-Soviet country.Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko welcomed troops from the US 173rd Airborne Brigade in a rain-soaked ceremony at a military base...
Why Russia’s decline is no cause for celebration
As Europe debates whether to maintain its sanctions regime against Russia, the Kremlin’s policy of aggression towards Ukraine continues unabated. Russia is in long-term decline, but it still poses a very real threat to the international order in Europe and… …read more Source:...
Norway asks Moscow to explain deputy PM’s island visit despite sanctions
Norway said on Sunday it has sought an explanation from Moscow for a visit to a Norwegian island by Russia’s deputy prime minister, who is banned from Norway in keeping with international sanctions against him over Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian opposition parties link up ahead of 2016 polls
MOSCOW – The marginalised Russian opposition parties of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov and arch Putin foe Alexei Navalny have announced they will form an alliance for legislative polls in 2016.Nemtsov’s RPR-Parnas and Navalny’s Party of Progress said Friday they are joining forces to put forward joint candidates at local...
Obama: Europe should keep Russia sanctions until Minsk accord implemented
U.S. President Barack Obama said Europe needs to keep current sanctions against Russia in place until it implements an accord known as the Minsk agreement to halt the fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says first debt proposal does not meet targets
The first proposal by a committee that represents nearly half of Ukraine’s creditors does not help the government achieve all its targets for debt restructuring, Ukraine’s finance minister Natalia Yaresko said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine wants global court to investigate crimes in Crimea, east
Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, where it has been fighting pro-Russian rebels, foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe. …read more Source: Channel...
US military trainers in Ukraine may ‘destabilise’ situation – Kremlin
The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival of US paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev’s National Guard could destabilise the situation in the east of the country, where separatists are fighting government forces.”The participation of instructors or specialists from third countries on Ukrainian territory, where the domestic Ukrainian...
US military trainers in Ukraine may ‘destabilise’ situation – Kremlin
The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev’s National Guard could destabilise the situation in the east of the country, where separatists are fighting government forces. …read more Source: Channel...
G-7 leaders ‘concerned’ over China’s island work
LUBECK, Germany – Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven advanced nations have criticised China’s reclamation work in the South China Sea and expressed concern about Beijing’s attempts to unilaterally “change the status quo” in the region.The first declaration on maritime security was issued by the G-7 ministers...
