Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Russia blasts Finland for barring parliament speaker (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Moscow on Wednesday slammed Finland for refusing entry to the speaker of Russia’s parliament in the latest high-profile spat between the Kremlin and the European Union over the blacklisting of officials due to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader lays out vision of new war-time constitution (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday proposed constitutional changes designed to give broader powers to the regions, but failed to address the demands of pro-Russian fighters in the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Two MH17 victims’ remains ‘unlikely’ to be found: Dutch minister (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Chances of finding human remains of the last two victims of last year’s MH17 air crash in Ukraine were “unlikely”, Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch prosecutors probe ‘persons of interest’ in MH17 crash (AFP)
Rotterdam (Netherlands) (AFP) – Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday they have identified many “persons of interest” in their probe into the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine, but no definite suspects. …read more Source: The West...
Hounded and out of work, gay Ukrainians flee rebel east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Oleksandr had already lost his job for being gay in the rebel Ukrainian bastion of Donetsk when he was approached by two Russian speakers with rifles dangling on their hips. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 tribunal idea is ‘counterproductive’: Russian official (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A senior Russian official on Friday rejected calls for the establishment of a UN tribunal to try those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, creditors exchange blows ahead of debt talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A vicious fight broke out in the open Friday between Ukraine’s cash-strapped government and its foreign creditors over billions of dollars in debt that are up for negotiation next week. …read more Source: The West...
Putin out to seize control of Ukraine, says Kiev defence chief (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – The West should not drop its guard over Ukraine, the country’s defence minister said on Friday, saying a build-up of Russian forces in support of separatists showed President Vladimir… …read more Source: The West...
Obama, Putin discuss Iran, Islamic State, Ukraine in phone call (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin phoned U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday, their first call since February, to discuss Iran nuclear talks, “the increasingly dangerous situ… …read more Source: The West...
Lone Russian activists battle to prove Kremlin troops in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ruslan Leviyev clicks through the evidence on the computer in his Moscow flat that he says helps prove Russian President Vladimir Putin is lying when he denies his troops are fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
