Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
EU, ex-Soviet states meet in Putin’s shadow
WARSAW – European Union leaders and six ex-Soviet states hold a summit Thursday focussed on the bloc’s Eastern Partnership project, which was designed to bolster mutual ties but has been undermined by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media
KIEV – Kiev on Tuesday showed off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle in the separatist east that Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership says proves the Kremlin’s direct involvement in the war. …read more Source: Bangkok...
US signs $1bn loan guarantee for Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The United States signed Monday its second US$1 billion loan guarantee deal for Ukraine aimed at helping the crisis-wracked country surmount a Russia-backed insurgency and rebuild its tattered economy. …read more Source: Bangkok...
US signs $1 bn loan guarantee for Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The United States signed Monday its second $1 billion loan guarantee deal for Ukraine aimed at helping the crisis-wracked country surmount a Russia-backed insurgency and rebuild its tattered economy. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EBRD to invest more in Central Europe, ex-USSR, Greece
TBILISI – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) promised on Friday more funds for ex-Soviet countries, Central Europe, and Greece, but ruled out new investments in Russia due to Western economic sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine GDP plunges 17.6% in first quarter of 2015
KIEV – The Ukraine economy shrunk 17.6 percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period last year, sapped by continuing violence in its eastern industrial heartland, the national statistics agency said Friday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kerry says ‘critical moment’ for Russia to fulfil Ukraine truce
ANTALYA (TURKEY) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said it was a critical moment for Russia and separatists to fulfil a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine, following his talks a day earlier with President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kerry arrives in Russia to push Putin on Ukraine crisis
SOCHI (RUSSIA) – US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the Russian resort of Sochi Tuesday for high stakes talks seeking to push President Vladimir Putin to fully implement a shaky Ukraine ceasefire. …read more Source: Bangkok...
John Kerry to meet Putin in Sochi on Tuesday
MOSCOW – US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for crucial talks in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday amid tensions with Moscow over Ukraine, both sides said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel says ‘still no ceasefire’ in east Ukraine
MOSCOW – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said there was still no genuine ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, as she paid a visit to Moscow to commemorate millions of Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in WWII. …read more Source: Bangkok...
