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Putin says Russia was ready for nuclear confrontation over Crimea
MOSCOW – Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday.Putin also said that Russia had saved the life of Ukraine’s former pro-Moscow president, Viktor Yanukovich, who he said had been...
Ukraine urges allies to consider boycotting Russia’s 2018 World Cup
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko urged his country’s allies to consider boycotting the 2018 football World Cup in Russia if Moscow does not pull all its troops out of his territory, in a German newspaper interview published on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin set to reappear after 10-day absence
SAINT PETERSBURG – President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman.Putin is scheduled to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint Petersburg later Monday, and a Kremlin official...
One year under Russia rule: What happened in Crimea then and what’s happening now
March 16, 2015 3:19 PMRussia marks the first anniversary on Monday (March 16, 2015) of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in a referendum blasted as illegal in the West but seen in Moscow as a triumph for President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia a land of plenty, but hard to reach from rebel east Ukraine
Looking out over the several hundred cars lined up to cross into Russia from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Vladimir curses the separatist authorities who he says are forcing people to venture out of the rebel stronghold in search of basic needs. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine leaders says truce deal ‘not working’
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko slammed a month-old peace deal with pro-Russian rebels as “not working” Sunday as a pro-government militia member was killed in continuing clashes. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian President Vladimir Putin mulled putting nuclear forces ‘on alert’ over Crimea
March 16, 2015 3:56 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to put the country’s nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea last year after the fall of a Moscow-backed government in Kiev. …read more Source: The Straits...
Putin, speaking in film, says Russia saved life of Ukraine ex-leader: Interfax
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking in a pre-recorded film about Russia’s seizure of Crimea, said the life of Ukrainian former president Viktor Yanukovich was in danger as a result of the “revolution” that set out to seize power in Kiev. …read more Source: Channel...
What happened to Putin? Satirists run riot online
MOSCOW – A wave of savage mockery broke over Russian President Vladimir Putin across the Internet on Friday, sparked by days of absence from public view, despite official insistence it was business as usual in the Kremlin.State television footage of Putin working at his residence failed to quell the tide of fantastical theories circulating...
Biden, Poroshenko call on Russia, separatists to implement ceasefire deal
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke by phone on Saturday and both called on Russia and pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine to implement the Minsk ceasefire agreements, the White House said. …read more Source: Channel...
