Section: Today (Singapore)
Troubled Ukrainian anti-corruption drive hits software obstacle
KIEV – Software glitches mean thousands of Ukrainian officials will not meet an April deadline to declare their 2016 assets online, officials said, in a further blow to a flagship anti-corruption scheme championed by Kiev’s Western supporters. … …read more Source:...
Ukraine to appeal court decision on $3 billion dispute with Russia
KIEV – Ukraine will appeal a decision by a British court in a $3 billion Eurobond case brought by Russia against Kiev, and has been granted a stay of execution at least until late April, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk said on Wednesday. … …read more Source:...
NATO and Russia to meet again, edge toward regular talks
BRUSSELS – NATO envoys will hold a formal meeting with Russia on Thursday, their fourth since the 2014 crisis in Ukraine halted regular talks, although both sides continue to accuse each other of destabilizing eastern Europe. The NATO-Russia… …read more Source:...
Russia, Ukraine ‘Damocles sword’ hangs over French military deployment
PARIS – France must curb its reliance on Russian and Ukrainian firms for its military support fleet to move troops and hardware to war zones, a parliamentary report on Tuesday showed. The French military has been increasingly stretched during… …read more Source:...
Life under Russia not all it was cracked up to be: Crimean ex-leader
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea – The pro-Moscow Crimean politician who signed a document handing control over the Ukrainian peninsula to Russia in March 2014 said the three years since had been a time of disappointment for many people in the region. Alexei… …read more Source:...
Military helicopter crashes in Ukraine, crew died
KIEV – A small Ukrainian military helicopter crashed in the east of the country on Sunday, killing its two crew members and three passengers, Ukraine’s defense ministry said. The aircraft, a Soviet-designed Mi-2, crashed near Kramatorsk, the… …read more Source:...
In eastern Ukraine, troops tiptoeing up to front line risk heavy battles
AVDIYIVKA/KIEV – Ukrainian government troops and separatist fighters have drawn closer to each other at several places along the tense front line in eastern Ukraine, monitors say, raising the risk of violent flare-ups that could wreck a shaky ceasefire. … …read more Source:...
Kremlin says Kiev tarnishing Eurovision with ban on Russian entry
MOSCOW – The Kremlin accused Ukraine on Thursday of damaging the prestige of the Eurovision song contest, which Kiev is hosting this year, with its decision to bar the Russian participant from entering the country. Ukraine’s state security… …read more Source:...
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘state terrorism’ after former MP shot
KIEV – Ukraine accused Russia of “state terrorism” after a former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against former leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday. Russia… …read more Source:...
Kremlin says Ukrainian claims of Russian hand in ex-MP’s murder are ‘absurd’
MOSCOW – Russia’s Kremlin said on Thursday that allegations from Ukrainian authorities that Moscow was behind the murder of a fugitive Russian MP in Kiev were absurd, Russian news agencies reported. “We believe that all the falsehoods that can… …read more Source:...
