Section: The Business Times (Singapore)
Putin says he's convinced solution to Ukraine crisis possible
[BERLIN] Russia President Vladimir Putin said in a German television interview on Sunday that he is convinced it should be possible to find a way to resolve the crisis in Ukraine but added he was concerned about the threat of ethnic cleansing. …read more Source: The Business...
MH17 wreckage removal starts in east Ukraine
[GRABOVE] Workers started winching debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on to trucks in eastern Ukraine Sunday, paving the way for its eventual return to the Netherlands four months after it was downed, killing 298 people. …read more Source: The Business...
Putin leaves G-20 summit early to get some sleep
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin left the Group of 20 summit in Australia early on Sunday so that he could sleep on the long flight home, as fellow leaders berated Russia over the conflict in Ukraine and warned of possible further sanctions. …read more Source: The Business...
Putin berates US over sanctions before G20 meeting
[MOSCOW] President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of undermining the very trade institutions it created by imposing sanctions on Russia, a”mistake” he hoped would be overcome in the “final count”. …read more Source: The Business...
Rouble continues slide after currency floated
THE rouble resumed its dramatic slide on Tuesday, a day after the Russian central bank floated the currency that has been driven sharply lower by falling oil prices and economic sanctions imposed over Russia’s policy in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Business...
Merkel says EU not planning new sanctions against Russia
[BERLIN] German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that the European Union was not planning new sanctions against Russia over a fresh spike in violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Business...
Kerry meets China's biggest investors in US
AFTER discussing Ukraine with Russia’s foreign minister in Beijing and flying to a meeting on Iran’s nuclear programme, US Secretary of State John Kerry took time to meet some of China’s biggest investors in the US. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine unlikely to receive IMF loan tranche this year: finance minister
[KIEV] Ukraine is unlikely to receive a second tranche of a US$17 billion loan programme from the International Monetary Fund this year as expected, Finance Minister Oleksander Shlapak said on Tuesday, in the latest economic blow to the debt-ridden country. …read more Source: The Business...
MH17 discussion with Putin 'constructive': Australian FM
[Sydney] Russian President Vladimir Putin was cooperative and constructive when asked for his help in allowing investigators access to the MH17 crash site in Ukraine, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Business...
Moody's downgrades Russia's credit rating to Baa2
[Paris] Ratings agency Moody’s on Friday downgraded Russia’s credit rating to Baa2 from Baa1 citing poor growth prospects, the Ukraine crisis and sanctions as well as capital flight. …read more Source: The Business...
