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Interpol takes deposed Ukraine leader off wanted list (AFP)
Jul22

Interpol takes deposed Ukraine leader off wanted list (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine vowed to fight on Wednesday to ensure the return and trial of its exiled Russian-backed president after his name was unexpectedly removed from Interpol’s international most wanted list. …read more Source: The West...

Gorbachev urges Moscow and Berlin to rebuild trust (AFP)
Jul21

Gorbachev urges Moscow and Berlin to rebuild trust (AFP)

Moscow (AFP) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Moscow and Berlin on Tuesday to “re-establish trust” amid fierce tension caused by the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...

Russia sets trial date for jailed Ukrainian pilot (AFP)
Jul21

Russia sets trial date for jailed Ukrainian pilot (AFP)

Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday announced that the trial of Ukranian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, whose politically charged case has become emblematic of bitter tensions between Kiev and Moscow, will begin later this month. …read more Source: The West...

Russia puts Ukraine film director on trial for ‘terror’ (AFP)
Jul21

Russia puts Ukraine film director on trial for ‘terror’ (AFP)

Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia on Tuesday after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine film director Sentsov goes on trial in Russia (AFP)
Jul21

Ukraine film director Sentsov goes on trial in Russia (AFP)

Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia on Tuesday, after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. …read more Source: The West...

Tokyo launches broadside at China
Jul21

Tokyo launches broadside at China

The Abe government also raised fears over North Korea’s nuclear program and Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...

Ceasefire brings limited respite for east Ukrainians (Reuters)
Jul21

Ceasefire brings limited respite for east Ukrainians (Reuters)

By Maria Tsvetkova DONETSK, Ukraine(Reuters) – Natalya Brazhnikova goes to sell bread each day at a badly charred market on the outskirts of Donetsk in east Ukraine despite the risk of … …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine film director goes on trial in Russia (AFP)
Jul21

Ukraine film director goes on trial in Russia (AFP)

Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia on Tuesday, after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. …read more Source: The West...

Russia submits alternative UN resolution on MH17 (AFP)
Jul20

Russia submits alternative UN resolution on MH17 (AFP)

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia said Monday it has introduced an alternative UN resolution opposed to creating a tribunal that would prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...

Eyeing Russia, US leads fresh military drills in Ukraine (AFP)
Jul20

Eyeing Russia, US leads fresh military drills in Ukraine (AFP)

Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian and US troops launched fresh drills Monday near the war-torn country’s Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly defiant Kremlin. …read more Source: The West...