Section: Singapore
West, Russia must avoid new ‘walls’, Hollande tells Putin
December 06, 2014 10:19 PMMOSCOW (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday that Moscow and the West must prevent new walls from separating them, as the two met to discuss the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Straits...
Putin, Hollande in surprise Ukraine talks amid warship controversy
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – French President Francois Hollande will make an unscheduled stop in Moscow on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin amid a bitter dispute over France’s refusal to deliver a warship.Controversy over France’s decision to delay delivery of the warship to Russia under...
Poroshenko says new talks with pro-Russia rebels in Minsk
December 06, 2014 9:25 PMCHUGUIV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday that his envoy would attend a crucial round of peace talks with pro-Russian rebels in the Belarussian capital Minsk next week. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia’s Gazprom receives prepayment from Ukraine for gas supplies
MOSCOW – Russian natural gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had received a prepayment of US$378.22 million from Ukraine for natural gas supplies, paving the way for the first shipments to Kiev since Moscow cut supplies in June.Ukraine’s state energy firm, Naftogaz, said on Friday it had transferred the sum to Gazprom for...
Britain lends headless god to Russia provoking Greek fury
LONDON/ATHENS – A British museum spirited one of the world’s most hotly disputed artistic masterpieces to Russia for a loan on Friday, causing an outcry in Greece, which says the priceless 2,500-year-old statue was looted from Athens and must be returned.The marble statues from the facade of the Parthenon, among the greatest works of...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine – The whole of Ukraine will be within reach of the “enemy” if its armed forces lose control of the international airport in the eastern city of Donetsk to separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday.Poroshenko issued the warning after another night of intense fighting with Russian-backed rebels...
Hollande to discuss Ukraine crisis with Putin in Moscow
December 06, 2014 5:01 PMALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande will make an unscheduled stop in Moscow later on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, his office said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Troubling: Putin declares Chersonesus is sacred to Russian Orthodox Christians
Vladimir Putin lives in a scary world, where enemies plot tirelessly to undermine, trick, and destroy Russia. Containment wasn’t just a Cold War policy but a practice of Russia’s rivals for centuries. Even without a conflict in Ukraine, the United States and European Union would have come up with another pretext for imposing economic...
Europe shakes off ECB doubts before US jobs data
LONDON – Worries over spluttering growth and a downturn in commodity markets put world stocks on course for their first weekly decline in a month on Friday, as investors awaited their monthly instalment of US jobs data.Europe reclaimed some of the ground it had lost on Thursday, but after another frenetic week for markets which has seen the...
Russia’s Lavrov says West wrong to blame Moscow over Ukraine
BASEL, Switzerland – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticised the West on Friday for what he said were constant attempts to blame Russia for the crisis in east Ukraine.Speaking after a meeting of foreign ministers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE), Lavrov said: “Our Western colleagues, some European...
