Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine pilot faces verdict in Russian murder trial decried by Kiev (AFP)
Donetsk (Russia) (AFP) – Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko is set Monday to hear the verdict in her high-profile murder trial in southern Russia, which Kiev and the West have slammed as a political sham. …read more Source: The West...
Nadiya Savchenko: Ukraine’s lionised and demonised fighter (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Nadiya Savchenko is both lionised as a fearless Ukrainian freedom fighter — and demonised as the alleged accomplice in the murder of two Russian reporters in her country’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pilot verdict set to create fresh division with Russia (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko awaits the verdict in her controversial trial over the murder of two Russian journalists with few doubting she will be found guilty in a ruling that will fuel the feud between Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
Two years after annexation, Putin seeks to bind Crimea by bridge to Russia (Reuters)
By Gleb Stolyarov Tuzla Island, CRIMEA (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin, marking the anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, on Friday exhorted workers building a bridge betwe… …read more Source: The West...
Putin visits Crimea to mark 2 years since annexation (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin heads to Crimea on Friday as Russia marks two years since annexing the peninsula from Ukraine in a move that dramatically impacted its ties with the West. …read more Source: The West...
Europe must share data on warzone aviation risks: report (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – European countries must do a better job sharing information on the risk to civil aviation over conflict zones, said a report commissioned after the downing of MH17 over Ukraine and published Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels issue their own passports (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk province on Wednesday began issuing their own passports in a bid to reassert their independence from the Western-backed government in Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine passes graft bill needed for visa-free travel to EU (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday approved a key anti-corruption bill that Kiev hopes will pave the way for visa-free travel to EU countries this year. …read more Source: The West...
Slovenia invites Putin to WWI event despite EU tensions (AFP)
Ljubljana (AFP) – Slovenia said on Monday it has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend a World War I commemoration event in spite of Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot ‘feeling much better’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, on trial in Russia over the murder of two journalists, is feeling “a lot better” since she resumed drinking water, her lawyer said after visiting her in detention. …read more Source: The West...
