Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Merkel, Obama: Russia sanctions to stay until truce implemented (AFP)
Elmau Castle (Germany) (AFP) – US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Western sanctions must remain in place against Russia until it complies with a ceasefire deal with Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Greek, Ukraine crises loom over G7 summit (AFP)
Elmau Castle (Germany) (AFP) – World leaders gathered for a G7 summit in the sun-drenched Bavarian Alps Sunday, their agenda clouded by the Ukraine conflict and the threat of Greece crashing out of the eurozone. …read more Source: The West...
Famed Soviet children’s camp in Crimea reopens (AFP)
Gurzuf (AFP) – It was once the summer destination for the brightest and best of Soviet children but it slipped into disuse and decay after the Socialist empire crumbled. …read more Source: The West...
Obama says G7 must stand up to Russian ‘aggression’ in Ukraine (AFP)
Kruen (Germany) (AFP) – US President Barack Obama urged fellow leaders of the G7 to stand up to “Russian aggression in Ukraine” as he enjoyed a traditional Bavarian welcome ahead of their summit in Germany. …read more Source: The West...
Japan, Canada leaders visit Kiev ahead of talks without Putin (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The leaders of Japan and Canada made a point Saturday of dropping by Kiev on the eve of a major leadership summit from which Russia has been barred over its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Japan’s Abe visits Ukraine ahead of tough G7 summit (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed during an historic first visit to Ukraine on Saturday to spearhead a global drive to resolve the crisis threatening to splinter the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev gay rights march ends in injuries, arrests (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – At least seven people were injured and more than 20 arrested Saturday in Kiev as scuffles broke out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay pride march and their nationalist opponents. …read more Source: The West...
Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells West (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published on Saturday, saying that he supported a Ukraine peace deal following a fresh outbreak of violence in the east of the ex-Soviet country. …read more Source: The West...
Putin tells Italian paper Russia backs Ukraine peace deal (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia fully backs the Minsk peace agreements in Ukraine, but progress is being stalled by Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview in Italian newspaper Corriere … …read more Source: The West...
Russian, Dutch ministers discuss prosecuting MH17 culprits (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders on Friday to discuss catching and prosecuting those who shot down the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, Moscow said. …read more Source: The West...
