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4,000 killed in Ukraine conflict, president seeks to ‘unite’ country
More than 4,000 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine between the army and pro-Russian separatists, the UN said Friday, as the Ukrainian president took steps to “unite” the country after elections. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko taps Yatsenyuk for PM after Russian gas deal
KIEV – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko backed rival Arseniy Yatsenyuk as future premier Friday, to “unite” the country after it secured a deal with Moscow on future gas supplies. …read more Source: Bangkok...
FIFA sorry for Crimea video blunder
GENEVA – FIFA has apologised for an embarrassing diplomatic faux-pas when its video launching the 2018 World Cup logo portrayed the Crimean peninsula as part of Russia. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU, Russia, Ukraine sign gas supply deal
Russia agreed to resume gas deliveries to Ukraine through the winter to March in a breakthrough EU-brokered deal signed by the three parties in Brussels, AFP journalists witnessed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine, Russia, EU agree gas supply deal: EU source
BRUSSELS – Russia agreed to resume gas deliveries to Ukraine in an EU-brokered deal reached by the three parties in Brussels on Thursday, an EU source said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russian energy minister ‘hopes to sign Ukraine gas deal Thursday’
MOSCOW – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said he hoped to sign a gas deal with Ukraine later on Thursday as he arrived in Brussels for EU-brokered talks. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine-Russia gas talks stall
BRUSSELS – EU-brokered talks to resolve a bitter gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday appeared stalled as Moscow demanded that Brussels and Kiev first agree on how Ukraine will pay its huge bill to Moscow. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine and Russia tackle gas crisis as tensions spike
KIEV – Ukraine and Russia were set on Wednesday to resume crunch EU-mediated gas talks aimed at ending a months-long supply cut that threatens to hit swathes of Europe this winter. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine tensions spike as Russia backs rebel vote
MOSCOW – Moscow and Kiev are set to crunch hold talks over a gas dispute Wednesday, a day after Russia ratcheted up tensions by saying it will recognise separatist polls in east Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia to recognise Ukraine rebel votes
Russia plans to recognise elections being organised next weekend by rebels in east Ukraine in defiance of the government in Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
