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Ukraine’s Russia debt threatens IMF rescue
WASHINGTON – A default by Ukraine on US$3 billion in debt to Russia this year could threaten the International Monetary Fund’s lifeline to the embattled country, an IMF spokesman said Thursday.The Ukrainian government has begun negotiations with creditors for $15 billion in debt relief, part of a $40 billion, four-year financial...
Exclusive – West holds off on Ukraine aid pledges, seeking reforms
International lenders are delaying plans to offer Ukraine billions of dollars on concerns Kiev cannot yet prove the cash will not vanish into a corrupt economy which EU officials fear could remain a “bottomless pit”. …read more Source: Channel...
Feud on Earth but peace in space for US and Russia
MOSCOW – Hundreds of kilometres below on Earth, their governments are locked in a standoff over Ukraine — but up in space, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts are still working together side by side.The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the rare areas of US-Russian co-operation that has not been hit by the Ukraine...
Passenger bus blown up by mine in east Ukraine, three killed
Three people were killed and six injured on Wednesday when a passenger bus struck a landmine in eastern Ukraine where government forces have been battling Russian-backed separatists, Interfax news agency said, quoting police. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine receives first batch of US Humvees
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday took delivery of 10 US armoured vehicles, two days after American lawmakers voted to urge President Barack Obama to provide “lethal” aid to Kiev. …read more Source: Channel...
Moscow says new US national security strategy is anti-Russian
Russia’s federal Security Council on Wednesday criticised as “anti-Russian” the new U.S. national security strategy, which lists Moscow’s aggression in its neighbouring Ukraine among most pressing threats. …read more Source: Channel...
EU, Ukraine to hold summit in Kiev on April 27
EU leaders will hold a summit with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko next month in Kiev, officials said on Wednesday, and are likely to discuss the status of the Minsk ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
2 top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting
KIEV – Two top Ukrainian officials were arrested Wednesday on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on.Police detained Sergiy Bochkovsky, director of Ukraine’s emergency services ministry, and his deputy Vasyl Stoyetsky, as journalists and photographers looked on,...
Two Ukrainian officials arrested on television for suspected corruption
Ukrainian police entered a televised government meeting in Kiev on Wednesday and, in front of the cameras, arrested two high-ranking officials on suspicion of corruption. …read more Source: Channel...
Two Ukrainian officials detained at government meeting for suspected corruption
Ukrainian police entered a televised government meeting in Kiev on Wednesday and, in front of TV cameras, detained two high-ranking officials from the state emergency services on suspicion of involvement in high-level corruption. …read more Source: Channel...
