Section: Today (Singapore)
Pirates in Nigeria release Russian, Ukrainian sailors: agencies
MOSCOW – Nigerian pirates have released seven Russian and one Ukrainian sailors after they were captured last month on the cargo ship the BBC Caribbean, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a human rights activist in Crimea. The… …read more Source:...
British foreign minister to visit Russia to discuss differences
LONDON – Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson will go to Moscow in the coming weeks to discuss the differences between the two countries over Syria and Ukraine, the Foreign Office said on Saturday, in the first such visit for five years. … …read more Source:...
Ukraine investigates tax chief over possible $75 mln graft – lawyer
KIEV – The head of Ukraine’s tax and customs service, Roman Nasirov, is being investigated over the suspected embezzlement of around 2 billion hryvnias ($75 million), his lawyer said on Friday. Television footage showed Nasirov being… …read more Source:...
Germany’s Gabriel to discuss Syria, Ukraine and Libya in Moscow on March 9
MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel will meet in Moscow on March 9 and discuss Syria, Ukraine and Libya, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday, citing the Russian foreign ministry…. …read more Source:...
Ukraine industrial group rejects separatists’ demand to register firms locally
KIEV – Ukraine’s SCM Group, a financial and industrial group whose businesses are the main employer in the eastern conflict zone, said on Thursday it would fight a demand by separatists to re-register firms in rebel-held areas. Separatists have… …read more Source:...
Germany’s Gabriel sees no scope for easing Russian sanctions
VILNIUS – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday there had hardly been any progress in implementing the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, which meant no lifting of sanctions against Russia was in sight. Speaking… …read more Source:...
Firms seized in rebel-held east Ukraine as blockade tension mounts
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine – A leading telecoms firm and a humanitarian group owned by Ukraine’s richest man said on Wednesday they had been forced to stop operating in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists as their offices had been seized by armed… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s first wheelchair model breaks taboos
KIEV (Ukraine) – When Ms Alexandra Kutas headlined a recent fashion show in Kiev it was not just a personal dream come true but also a victory for disabled people in her homeland Ukraine. Wearing a long, black dress, she wowed the crowd as she was carried… …read more Source:...
In Ukraine, separatists issue ultimatum to end rail blockade
KIEV – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Monday they would take control of Ukraine-run businesses in rebel-held areas if the Ukrainian government does not end a rail blockade that has halted coal supplies. For the past month, a… …read more Source:...
Russian frigate heads to Mediterranean on Syria mission : source
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea – The Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich left the port of Sevastopol in Crimea on Monday for the Mediterranean where it will join the country’s naval forces deployed near the Syrian coast, a Russian source told Reuters. The… …read more Source:...
