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Target of nation’s outrage, Ukraine central bank chief ploughs on
Before she was appointed to head Ukraine’s central bank last June, Valeriia Gontareva was praised as one of the most successful investment bankers in the country. Since then, she has heard little but demands for her downfall. …read more Source: Channel...
Nemtsov murder witness Ganna Duritska says blocked from leaving Russia
March 03, 2015 12:22 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – The chief witness to the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov – the Ukrainian model who was his girlfriend and was at his side when he was shot – complained Monday of being kept under guard in Moscow. …read more Source: The Straits...
Pro-Russian rebels train for more fighting despite Ukraine truce
A ceasefire is broadly holding at last on the front line in eastern Ukraine, but fighters in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk are training for another round of clashes against government troops. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry says he pressed Russia’s Lavrov on Ukraine ceasefire deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday that Moscow and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine must implement a ceasefire or face consequences that could hit Russia’s economy. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry, Lavrov in ‘hopeful’ talks as Ukraine toll tops 6,000
The US and Russian foreign ministers held “hopeful” talks in Geneva on Monday (Mar 2) to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says more than 6,000 people have died in less than a year. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry says Putin ‘misinterprets’ US efforts in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin misinterpreted a lot of what Washington was doing and trying to do in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry meets Lavrov as Ukraine death toll soars past 6,000
GENEVA – US Secretary of State John Kerry began tough talks in Geneva on Monday with his Russian counterpart to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says the death toll has soared beyond 6,000 people in less than a year.The meeting with Sergei Lavrov in an upscale Geneva hotel came less than a week after Kerry accused Moscow of lying to...
Ukraine says Russia continues to violate winter gas agreement
Ukraine’s state energy firm Naftogaz said Russia’s Gazprom is violating the terms of an EU-backed winter gas supply agreement, ahead of talks on Monday in Brussels on the issue. …read more Source: Channel...
Lavrov calls Nemtsov murder ‘heinous crime’; urges moves by Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the main U.N. human rights forum on Monday that the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was a “heinous crime” and that President Vladimir Putin was leading an investigation to bring perpetrators to justice. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s military says one Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours
Ukraine’s military said on Monday one Ukrainian serviceman had been killed and four wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, underscoring the fragility of a two-week-old ceasefire deal. …read more Source: Channel...
