Section: Australia
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Crimea human rights ‘deteriorated radically’ since Russia seizure (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Human rights on the Crimea peninsula seized by Russia from Ukraine in March 2014 have “deteriorated radically” since Moscow’s takeover, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine slammed for banning dozens of foreign reporters (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine faced global media condemnation Thursday for banning dozens of foreign reporters as it expanded sanctions against Russia for its actions in the war-torn former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine expands list of sanctions against Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday expanded a list of sanctions against Russian companies and individuals held responsible for the ex-Soviet state’s eastern uprising and for Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine campaigns to strip Russia of UN veto power (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine redoubled its long-shot bid Wednesday to see Russia stripped of its veto power on the UN Security Council when the global body’s General Assembly meets in the coming weeks. …read more Source: The West...
Russia jails two for pro-Ukrainian graffiti (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced two young men to prison sentences for painting Soviet statues in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and daubing pro-Kiev graffiti. …read more Source: The West...
Russia puts Ukrainians on trial for Chechnya killings (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Two Ukrainians went on trial in Russia on Tuesday accused of murdering dozens of Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s while fighting with separatists in a nationalist hit squad. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian pilot’s murder trial to start September 22 (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – A Russian court on Tuesday said a Ukrainian female helicopter pilot will go on trial next week over the murder of two Russian journalists, and ruled that she must stay behind bars meanwhile. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine wants Western weaponry if Minsk deal fails – official (Reuters)
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine will renew its calls for lethal defensive weaponry from its Western allies if the Minsk peace deal fails, the country’s top official to NATO… …read more Source: The West...
Top officials hail ‘progress’ on Ukraine deal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Progress has been made on some contentious issues in the peace process, the foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France said after holding talks in Berlin to prepare for a summit in Paris on October 2. …read more Source: The West...
Germany says ‘significant progress’ made at Ukraine meeting (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Saturday that “significant progress” had been made tow… …read more Source: The West...
