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Ukraine has received first tranche of US$5 billion from IMF – central bank
Ukraine has received a first tranche of US$5 billion (3.36 billion pounds) from the International Monetary Fund under a new four-year financing package worth a total of US$17.5 billion, a central bank spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Nemtsov killing exposes cracks in Kremlin unity
MOSCOW – The killing of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov within sight of the Kremlin has exposed rarely seen tensions between different camps inside President Vladimir Putin’s system of rule.No outsiders can know with any certainty what is happening behind the red-brick walls of the Kremlin, but some of Nemtsov’s...
EU leaders unlikely to tighten Russia sanctions at meeting next week – diplomats
European Union leaders are unlikely to tighten sanctions on Russia when they meet next week but will haggle over whether they need to act now to prolong economic sanctions on Russia expiring in July, diplomats said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
OSCE will extend Ukraine mission one year, may expand its size
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will extend its observer mission to Ukraine for one year, until March 2016, and may double its size to 1,000 observers, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Exclusive: From ‘Red October’ village, new evidence on downing of Malaysian plane over Ukraine
Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot out of the sky on July 17 last year, providing the most detailed accounts to date that suggest it was fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
Britain’s PM Cameron joins Germany’s Merkel in snubbing Russia’s WWII parade in Moscow
March 12, 2015 10:40 PMLONDON (AFP) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will shun Russia’s Victory Day parade on May 9, a spokesman said on Thursday, citing tensions over President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine to receive first IMF tranche by Friday – Finance Minister Yaresko
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Thursday Kiev expected the first trance of US$5 billion under a new four-year International Monetary Fund programme to be disbursed no later than Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin says Russia’s actions in Crimea prevented conflict – RIA news agency
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s decisive actions in Crimea a year ago were to prevent a conflict similar to the one that followed later in east Ukraine, the state agency RIA Novosti reported on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Poland to hold countrywide defence drills – resident’s adviser
Poland will stress-test its defence capabilities with a series of countrywide drills involving the government, local authorities and the military in response to the Ukraine crisis, Polish president’s chief security adviser said. …read more Source: Channel...
IMF approves US$17.5b lifeline for Ukraine
[WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund approved Wednesday a US$17.5 billion aid plan for crisis-wracked Ukraine, whose economy is reeling from a pro-Russia insurgency in its industrial heartland. …read more Source: The Business...
