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Exiled former Russian lawmaker shot dead in Kiev – police
A former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against Ukraine’s ousted leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday, police said. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin says Ukrainian claims of Russian hand in ex-MP’s murder are ‘absurd’
MOSCOW – Russia’s Kremlin said on Thursday that allegations from Ukrainian authorities that Moscow was behind the murder of a fugitive Russian MP in Kiev were absurd, Russian news agencies reported. “We believe that all the falsehoods that can… …read more Source:...
Ukraine president: former MP killing was Russian ‘state terrorism’
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that the fatal shooting of a former Russian lawmaker in Kiev was an act of Russian “state terrorism”. Former parliamentarian Denis Voronenkov was killed outside a hotel in the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine sees Russian hand in ammo warehouse blasts
March 23, 2017 7:21 PMKIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine suspects the Russian military or its separatist rebel proxies were responsible for blowing up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at an eastern military base early on Thursday (March 23) morning, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine says saboteurs blow up arms warehouse in east
The Ukrainian military said unknown saboteurs blew up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at a military base in the east of the country early on Thursday, but nobody was hurt. …read more Source: Channel...
Ex-Trump aide ‘got secret payment from ousted Ukraine president’
March 23, 2017 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • New corruption allegations lodged in Ukraine against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort have thrust him back into the forefront of ongoing scrutiny over whether the Trump team coordinated with the Russian government to influence the US election. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says sanctions on Russian banks to start from Thursday
KIEV – Ukraine’s central bank said sanctions against subsidiaries of Russian banks will take effect from Thursday, and will include prohibitions on financial operations that benefit the banks’ parent structures. The central bank has previously… …read more Source:...
Ukraine says sanctions on Russian banks to start from Thursday
Ukraine’s central bank said sanctions against subsidiaries of Russian banks will take effect from Thursday, and will include prohibitions on financial operations that benefit the banks’ parent structures. …read more Source: Channel...
Former Trump aide accused of hiding payments from pro-Moscow Ukraine party
March 22, 2017 7:26 PMKIEV (WASHINGTON POST) – A Ukrainian lawmaker released new financial documents on Tuesday (March 22) allegedly showing that a former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump laundered payments from the party of a disgraced ex-leader of Ukraine using offshore accounts in Belize and Kyrgyzstan. …read more...
New U.S.-led force to deter Russia in Poland from April
BRUSSELS – A U.S.-led battalion of more than 1,100 soldiers will be deployed in Poland from the start of April, a U.S. commander said on Monday, as the alliance sets up a new force in response to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. More than… …read more Source:...
