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IMF delays more aid to Ukraine to assess cost of blockade
Mar19

IMF delays more aid to Ukraine to assess cost of blockade

KIEV – The International Monetary Fund has postponed a decision to disburse more aid to Ukraine in order to assess the impact of an economic blockade Kiev imposed on separatist-held territory, the IMF and Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday. … …read more Source:...

IMF delays more aid to Ukraine to assess cost of blockade
Mar19

IMF delays more aid to Ukraine to assess cost of blockade

The International Monetary Fund has postponed a decision to disburse more aid to Ukraine in order to assess the impact of an economic blockade Kiev imposed on separatist-held territory, the IMF and Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...

Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life
Mar19

Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life

MOSCOW – The Russian-backed prime minister of Crimea said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin should be made president of Russia for life and that the Soviet Union would never have collapsed had Putin been in charge. Sergei Aksyonov, marking the… …read more Source:...

Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life
Mar18

Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life

The Russian-backed prime minister of Crimea said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin should be made president of Russia for life and that the Soviet Union would never have collapsed had Putin been in charge. …read more Source: Channel...

Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park
Mar18

Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park

Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014, on Saturday planted the first trees in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed. …read more Source: Channel...

Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park
Mar18

Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park

March 18, 2017 11:18 PMVIJFHUIZEN, Netherlands (AFP) – Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014, on Saturday ((March 18) planted the first trees in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed. …read more Source: The Straits...

German minister says Europe, U.S. should stick to Russia sanctions
Mar18

German minister says Europe, U.S. should stick to Russia sanctions

BERLIN – Europe and the United States should keep sanctions in place against Russia until there is progress in implementing the 2015 Minsk accords aimed at ending the violence in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said. … …read more Source:...

Germany’s Merkel to make rare Russia visit for Putin talks
Mar16

Germany’s Merkel to make rare Russia visit for Putin talks

MOSCOW – Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks on May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, for the first bilateral visit since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014. There is no immediate prospect that… …read more Source:...

Germany’s Merkel to make rare Russia visit for Putin talks
Mar16

Germany’s Merkel to make rare Russia visit for Putin talks

MOSCOW – Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks on May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, for the first bilateral visit since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014. There is no immediate prospect that… …read more Source:...

Germany’s Angela Merkel to make rare Russia visit for talks with Vladimir Putin
Mar16

Germany’s Angela Merkel to make rare Russia visit for talks with Vladimir Putin

March 17, 2017 12:07 AMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks on May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (March 16), for the first bilateral visit since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014. …read more Source: The Straits...