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EU wins Greek backing to extend Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS/KIEV – European Union foreign ministers extended existing sanctions against Russia on Thursday, holding off on tighter economic measures for now but winning the support of the new left-leaning government of Greece, whose position had been in doubt.The ministers agreed to extend until September travel bans and asset freezes imposed...
Opposition blogger may have “outed” Putin’s daughter
MOSCOW – One of Vladimir Putin’s main opponents may have broken a taboo by publishing what he says is the pseudonym used by one the Russian president’s daughters to stay out of the spotlight.Putin has made his and his family’s private life little less than a state secret, keeping his rarely-photographed daughters...
US warns Russia, welcomes new EU sanctions
[WASHINGTON] The United States warned Russia on Thursday that it is mulling fresh sanctions over the fighting in Ukraine and welcomed an EU move to broaden existing measures imposed on Moscow. …read more Source: The Business...
EU agrees to expand Ukraine blacklist, ready for more measures
The EU agreed on Thursday (Jan 29) to add new names to a sanctions blacklist over Russia’s involvement in Ukraine and will start work on possible further measures, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said. …read more Source: Channel...
New Ukraine peace talks to take place in Minsk
Belarus said that a new round of Ukrainian peace negotiations involving the warring sides and overseen by European and Russian envoys would be held on Friday (Jan 30) in Minsk. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia warns West of ‘catastrophe’ over Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russia’s envoy to the European security watchdog OSCE urged the United States and Europe on Thursday to stop supporting “party of war” in Ukraine and warned a “catastrophe” could lie ahead, Interfax news agency reported.”I would like to appeal to the states that have influence on Kiev’s...
Putin says Russia to remain part of global economy
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia will remain a part of the global economy but needs to strengthen its financial and economic sovereignty.Addressing Russian regional leaders, Putin said regional chiefs must track food inflation to prevent any price “speculation”. Russia’s economy has been hit by...
Gorbachev warns of ‘hot’ war as Europe sets new Russia sanctions
MOSCOW – Europe prepared Thursday to draft even tougher sanctions against Russia over Ukraine as ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned against the danger of an increasingly isolated Kremlin fighting back.The last Soviet leader’s words of caution came with the daily death toll in Ukraine’s separatist east spiking again with...
Rights abuses, Western powers fuelled rise of Islamic militants: HRW
WASHINGTON – Governments increasingly view human rights as “a luxury” they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, warning that abuses fuel crises in world trouble spots like Syria and Ukraine.Western powers, including the United States, are far from blameless and in some cases their wrongdoing has fed the very climate...
Worried over Russia, Lithuania issues war survival guide, sends it to schools
January 29, 2015 1:06 AMVILNIUS (AFP) – Lithuania’s defence ministry on Wednesday began distributing wartime survival manuals to schools around the country reflecting anxiety in the Baltic state over events in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
