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Merkel won’t attend Moscow WWII Victory Day parade: Berlin
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel won’t attend a May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow but will visit the Russian capital a day later, her office said Wednesday, amid tensions over the Ukraine conflict.Merkel has declined an invitation to attend the Red Square commemoration marking 70 years since the capitulation of Nazi Germany...
Ukraine expects US$5 billion in first tranche of IMF aid – Interfax Ukraine
Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Wednesday Ukraine expects the first tranche of aid from the International Monetary Fund to amount to US$5 billion (3.3 billion pounds), news agency Interfax Ukraine reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel declines Putin’s invite for WW2 commemoration in Moscow
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis, government officials said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia says has right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea – report
Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans to do so. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO chief says Russia still equipping Ukraine rebels
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Russia was continuing to arm and train rebel forces in eastern Ukraine and he called on Moscow to respect a ceasefire by withdrawing fully from the conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Prime suspect in Nemtsov killing likely confessed ‘under torture’: Russia rights commission
MOSCOW – A former Chechen police officer who admitted to taking part in the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov “likely confessed under torture”, a member of the Kremlin’s rights council told AFP Wednesday.”There are reasons that lead us to believe Zaur Dadayev confessed under torture,” said...
Ukraine military says one serviceman killed in separatist east
One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and four wounded in fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
US condemns ‘reign of terror’ in Crimea, east Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The top US diplomat for Europe declared Tuesday that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine were subject to a “reign of terror”, blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives.”Even as Ukraine is building a peaceful, democratic, independent nation across 93 per cent of its territory, Crimea and...
US condemns ‘reign of terror’ in Crimea, east Ukraine
The top US diplomat for Europe declared Tuesday (Mar 10) that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine were subject to a “reign of terror”, blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, land of plenty running on empty
KAGARLYK, Ukraine – A Soviet tank mounted on a plinth outside a primary school attests to the last time the central Ukrainian town of Kagarlyk saw war up close.The tank is a leftover from the Soviet force that routed Nazi troops from Ukraine during World War II.More than 70 years later, tanks have again been churning up the rich black soil...
