Section: Australia
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Russia considers censuring West Germany
Over 25 years after the Berlin Wall’s fall, Russian lawmakers are considering a proposal to condemn West Germany’s 1990 “annexation” of East Germany as Moscow’s answer to Western denunciation of its seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU set to add to sanctions blacklist over Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU foreign ministers will add names to a blacklist of individuals sanctioned over the Ukraine crisis when they meet Thursday but stop short of new measures targeting Russia’s economy, sources said. …read more Source: The West...
Greece-EU clash spreads to Russia sanctions (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Greece has created a new headache for the EU by questioning sanctions against Russia over Ukraine but is unlikely to block them for fear of harming its own debt negotiations, analysts and sources say. …read more Source: The West...
Russia mulls censure of West Germany
Over 25 years after the Berlin Wall’s fall, Russian lawmakers are considering a proposal to condemn West Germany’s 1990 “annexation” of East Germany as Moscow’s answer to Western denunciation of its seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Dutch return to MH17 crash site
AN international team will return to eastern Ukraine for a final sweep of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash site. …read more Source: THE...
Poroshenko and US press Putin on Ukraine violence (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s president appealed to Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Washington threatened tougher measures Wednesday should Moscow fail to rein in separatist fighters mounting a new offensive in the east of the ex-Soviet republic. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko presses Putin to rein in Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday he had written a letter to Russia’s Vladimir Putin demanding that Moscow rein in eastern separatist fighters in his war-torn ex-Soviet republic. …read more Source: The West...
US threatens tougher action against Russia over Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Wednesday that Washington was ready to increase sanctions on Russia over its actions in war-torn Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
EU threatens new Russia sanctions over Ukraine violence (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European Union leaders on Tuesday threatened new sanctions against Russia over a bloody offensive by pro-Kremlin Ukrainian rebels, the latest bid to pressure a defiant President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The West...
New Greek government questions plans for more EU sanctions of Russia
Greece’s new Syriza-led government questioned moves to impose more sanctions on Russia, adding a foreign-policy angle to its challenge to the status quo in Europe. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
