Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
European lawmakers approve visa-free travel for Ukrainians
April 06, 2017 8:42 PMBRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Parliament on Thursday (April 6) supported easing travel rules for Ukrainians, driving on a Western integration viewed with great suspicion by Moscow. …read more Source: The Straits...
US top diplomat Rex Tillerson asks Nato allies to boost military spending
March 31, 2017 2:38 PMBRUSSELS (AFP) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pressed Nato allies on Friday (March 31) to ramp up military spending and denounced Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine, toughening the Trump administration’s tone toward Moscow. …read more Source: The Straits...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Donald Trump to ask Angela Merkel for advice on Putin, Ukraine – US officials
March 11, 2017 5:24 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump will ask Chancellor Angela Merkel for advice on how to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US officials said on Friday (March 10), as the US and German leaders meet next week after sometimes pointed disagreements in recent months. …read more Source: The...
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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