Section: Singapore
British foreign minister to visit Russia to discuss differences
Britain’s foreign secretary Boris Johnson will go to Moscow in the coming weeks to discuss the differences between the two countries over Syria and Ukraine, the Foreign Office said on Saturday, in the first such visit for five years. …read more Source: Channel...
Hello Moscow? This is Nato calling
March 04, 2017 5:00 AMMOSCOW • Senior Russian and Nato military chiefs yesterday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defence ministry in Moscow said. …read more Source: The Straits...
World Briefs: Ukraine investigates tax chief for graft
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Separatist leader severs trade ties with Ukraine over rail blockade
The main pro-Russian separatist leader in Ukraine said on Friday he would cut economic ties between rebel territory and the rest of the country, following through on an ultimatum to end trade if the government did not halt a rail blockade. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine investigates tax chief over possible $75 mln graft – lawyer
KIEV – The head of Ukraine’s tax and customs service, Roman Nasirov, is being investigated over the suspected embezzlement of around 2 billion hryvnias ($75 million), his lawyer said on Friday. Television footage showed Nasirov being… …read more Source:...
Ukraine investigates tax chief over possible US$75 million graft – lawyer
The head of Ukraine’s tax and customs service, Roman Nasirov, is being investigated over the suspected embezzlement of around 2 billion hryvnias (60 million pounds), his lawyer said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Stress under shelling produces baby boom in Ukraine
Olena Gorbatova gave birth to her third child in war-torn eastern Ukraine to the sounds of gunfire and exploding shells in the Kiev-held flashpoint town of Avdiivka. …read more Source: Channel...
Deadly blast rips through Ukraine coal mine
A deadly methane gas explosion tore through a coal mine in western Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least eight miners in the latest pit disaster to hit the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: Channel...
Deadly blast rips through Ukraine coal mine
March 02, 2017 11:32 PMKIEV (AFP) – Eight miners died on Thursday (March 2) when a methane gas explosion tore through a pit in western Ukraine, in the latest mine disaster in the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The Straits...
Germany’s Gabriel to discuss Syria, Ukraine and Libya in Moscow on March 9
MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel will meet in Moscow on March 9 and discuss Syria, Ukraine and Libya, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday, citing the Russian foreign ministry…. …read more Source:...
