Section: Australia
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Ukrainian AFP photographer denied Russia entry (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – An AFP photographer based in Ukraine on Thursday was stopped from travelling to Russia as he was set to board a Moscow flight from the airport of Minsk, Belarus. …read more Source: The West...
Russia running ‘shadow government’ for east Ukraine: report (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Russia is running a “shadow government” in rebel-held territories of eastern Ukraine under the control of the FSB intelligence service, German daily Bild reported Wednesday, citing minutes from an official commission. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s parliament sacks corruption-tainted prosecutor (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday sacked the country’s chief prosecutor over his alleged attempts to stall high-profile corruption investigations and cover up state graft. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pilot Savchenko ‘will serve’ her sentence: Kremlin (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko will serve her 22-year jail term over the killing of two Russian journalists, the Kremlin said Saturday despite Kiev’s pushing for a prisoner exchange. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian lawyer of captured Russian soldiers found dead (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – The body of a lawyer of two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been discovered on the grounds of a former farming collective, prosecutor Anatoly Matios said on Friday, saying … …read more Source: The West...
Lawyer for suspected Russian soldier found murdered in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The body of a Ukrainian lawyer representing one of two purported Russian soldiers on trial in Kiev was discovered Friday, buried at a farm after being brutally murdered. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 conspiracy theories about Ukraine swirl in Dutch referendum
Campaigners for a No vote in a Dutch referendum over closer EU ties to Ukraine are echoing dubious claims by Russian state media. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Poroshenko says new Ukrainian government must be formed next week (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Wednesday urged parliament to approve a new government next week that could end a raging political crisis and unlock crucial Western aid. …read more Source: The West...
Russia sentences Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ to 22 years in prison
A Russian court has sentenced a Ukrainian helicopter navigator to 22 years in prison in a contentious murder trial that has drawn sharp condemnation from the West. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Kerry to meet Putin to push peace in Syria, Ukraine (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Moscow this week for talks with President Vladimir Putin, hoping to build momentum for peace in Syria after a partial Russian withdrawal and to restore a fragmenting ceasefire in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
