Section: The Chosun Ilbo (South Korea)
EU Agrees to Extend Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine
European Union governments have reached preliminary agreement to extend sanctions against Russia for six months for its role in the Ukraine crisis, triggering Kremlin warnings that Moscow will retaliate. The decision, reached by EU envoys Wednesday in Brussels, is expected to be formally a… …read more Source: The Chosun...
G7 Leaders Affirm Russia Sanctions
The leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful countries agreed on Monday to toughen sanctions on Russia, if necessary, to press for a political solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. At the annual Group of Seven (G7) summit, the leaders said current sanctions will remain in place… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Russia’s Putin to Visit Pope Francis at the Vatican
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Pope Francis on June 10 at the Vatican, with conflicts in Syria and Ukraine likely to top the Holy See’s agenda. Putin last called on Francis on Nov. 25, 2013. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Thursday the meeting… …read more Source: The Chosun...
U.S., Russia Talk Cooperation, but No Breakthroughs
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in their first meeting since the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea and support for rebels fighting in east Ukraine sparked the worst tensions with the West since the Cold War. But, the tone of Tuesday’s meeting was con… …read more Source: The...
Global Survey: Approval for Russia Lowest Among World Powers; U.S. Highest
For the eighth consecutive year, Russia has earned the lowest approval ratings among major world powers in a survey of people in more than 130 countries, with Moscow’s ranking falling sharply in Western nations after its intervention last year in Ukraine. The Gallup survey of about 1,000 a… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Russia: Extended EU Sanctions ‘Destructive’
Russia has denounced the European Union’s move to maintain sanctions against Moscow over its role in the Ukraine conflict, calling Thursday’s decision to extend the measures “destructive.” Speaking to reporters Friday in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to specify how Russia… …read more Source:...
Report: Fragment from MH17 Crash Site Supports Missile Theory
A metal fragment from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 matches a surface-to-air BUK rocket, a Dutch broadcaster said on Thursday, supporting a theory that the plane was downed by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. The fragment was recovered by a Dutch journalist fro… …read more Source: The Chosun...
EU Unlikely to Extend Russia Sanctions Next Week
European Union leaders are unlikely to reach agreement at next week’s summit to prolong economic sanctions on Russia that expire in July, a senior EU official said Friday. New sanctions on Russia also are off the table because EU governments want to give a chance to a fragile cease-fire in… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Nemtsov’s Shaken Girlfriend Says She Didn’t See Killer
Boris Nemtsov’s girlfriend has broken her public silence on the murder of the Russian opposition activist, saying she did not see the killer who gunned him down as they strolled across a bridge near the Kremlin. Speaking largely without emotion in deadened monosyllables, Ukrainian fashion … …read more Source: The Chosun...
‘Star Trek’ Actor Leonard Nimoy Dies at 83
Actor Leonard Nimoy, immortalized as the half-human, half alien Mr. Spock on TV’s “Star Trek,” died in Los Angeles Friday at age 83. Nimoy had been suffering from lung disease, a condition he blamed on smoking. Nimoy was born in Boston, the son of Orthodox Jewish Ukrainian immigrant… …read more Source: The Chosun...
