Section: The Business Times (Singapore)
Will Mar-a-Lago club enter history books?
IF you mention the name of the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria or that of the famous resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula during a conclave of historians, it is very likely that Munich and Yalta would stir more than just the images of those geographical locales. …read more Source: The Business...
IMF releases US$1b loan for cash-strapped Ukraine
[KIEV] The International Monetary Fund will release the next US$1 billion loan payment to Ukraine, which had been postponed following the blockade imposed on the separatist east of the country, the Ukrainian president said Monday. …read more Source: The Business...
In UN lawsuit, Ukraine demands Russia end support for separatists
[AMSTERDAM] Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the United Nations’ highest court demanding that Russia immediately halt its support for pro-Moscow separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Business...
US punishes Russia over election hacks
[WASHINGTON] The United States on Thursday fired back at Moscow for meddling in the presidential election, imposing tough sanctions on Russia’s top two intelligence agencies, expelling 35 agents and shutting down two Russian compounds on US soil. …read more Source: The Business...
Putin says new gas pipeline will boost annexed Crimea’s economy
[MOSCOW] Russia on Tuesday activated a pipeline carrying Russian gas to Crimea with President Vladimir Putin hailing it as a step that would power economic growth on a peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source: The Business...
US sanctions companies, people over Russia actions in Ukraine
[WASHINGTON] The United States on Tuesday targeted more Russian businessmen and companies over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the conflict in Ukraine, slapping them with US sanctions in a move Moscow criticised as hostile. …read more Source: The Business...
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine for six months
[BRUSSELS] The European Union on Monday extended for another six months economic sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Business...
Merkel, Hollande want to extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine
[BERLIN] German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday they favour extending EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, ahead of a Brussels summit that will discuss the issue. …read more Source: The Business...
Japan minister: no economic deals with Russia that would hurt G7 solidarity
[TOKYO] Japanese trade minister Hiroshige Seko on Monday ruled out any economic cooperation steps with Moscow that would hurt the solidarity of sanctions by the Group of Seven (G7) after Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s region of Crimea in 2014. …read more Source: The Business...
Uncertainty over U.S. position delays action on Ukraine peace deal: Germany
[BRUSSELS] Uncertainty in Moscow and Kiev about what policies US President-elect Donald Trump will adopt means there is little prospect of making much progress in implementing the Minsk ceasefire accord on Ukraine, Germany’s foreign minister said. …read more Source: The Business...
