Section: Today (Singapore)
Ukraine president: former MP killing was Russian ‘state terrorism’
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that the fatal shooting of a former Russian lawmaker in Kiev was an act of Russian “state terrorism”. Former parliamentarian Denis Voronenkov was killed outside a hotel in the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine says sanctions on Russian banks to start from Thursday
KIEV – Ukraine’s central bank said sanctions against subsidiaries of Russian banks will take effect from Thursday, and will include prohibitions on financial operations that benefit the banks’ parent structures. The central bank has previously… …read more Source:...
New U.S.-led force to deter Russia in Poland from April
BRUSSELS – A U.S.-led battalion of more than 1,100 soldiers will be deployed in Poland from the start of April, a U.S. commander said on Monday, as the alliance sets up a new force in response to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. More than… …read more Source:...
IMF delays more aid to Ukraine to assess cost of blockade
KIEV – The International Monetary Fund has postponed a decision to disburse more aid to Ukraine in order to assess the impact of an economic blockade Kiev imposed on separatist-held territory, the IMF and Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday. … …read more Source:...
Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life
MOSCOW – The Russian-backed prime minister of Crimea said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin should be made president of Russia for life and that the Soviet Union would never have collapsed had Putin been in charge. Sergei Aksyonov, marking the… …read more Source:...
German minister says Europe, U.S. should stick to Russia sanctions
BERLIN – Europe and the United States should keep sanctions in place against Russia until there is progress in implementing the 2015 Minsk accords aimed at ending the violence in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said. … …read more Source:...
Germany’s Merkel to make rare Russia visit for Putin talks
MOSCOW – Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks on May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, for the first bilateral visit since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014. There is no immediate prospect that… …read more Source:...
Germany’s Merkel to make rare Russia visit for Putin talks
MOSCOW – Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks on May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, for the first bilateral visit since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014. There is no immediate prospect that… …read more Source:...
Raiffeisen’s Russian arm to serve passport-holders of Ukraine rebel regions
MOSCOW – The Russian arm of Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International is preparing to offer services to holders of passports from two self-proclaimed people’s republics in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, its boss said on Thursday. Sergei Monin told… …read more Source:...
OSCE extends monitoring mission to Ukraine by one year
VIENNA – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Thursday that its monitoring mission to Ukraine will be extended by one year. “The OSCE Permanent Council, in a consensus decision taken at its meeting in Vienna… …read more Source:...
