Section: The West Australian (Australia)
EU’s Juncker recommends visa-free travel to Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker recommended Friday the EU should offer visa-free travel to Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo, all three locked in bitter disputes with Russia. …read more Source: The West...
World’s refugees exceed record 60 million (AAP)
Wars in Syria, Ukraine and Yemen have driven a mass movement of people, with the world’s refugees and displaced exceeding a record 60 million, the UN says. …read more Source: The West...
Putin denies ‘regular’ Russian troops are in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that Russia has no regular troops in eastern Ukraine but admitted that some people have been carrying out certain military tasks there. …read more Source: The West...
Russia stops free trade zone with Ukraine (AAP)
Russia has made good on threats to Kiev, with an order to suspend free trade with the Ukraine from next year. …read more Source: The West...
Russia suspends free-trade deal with Ukraine from 2016 (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree to suspend its free trade agreement with Ukraine, starting from January 1, according to the official document posted online. …read more Source: The West...
Russia’s Putin orders suspension of free trade zone with Ukraine (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered officials to suspend Russia’s free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1 of next year, the Kremlin said. Putin’s decision … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine minister throws water in governor’s face in new row (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov threw water at the reformist governor and former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, in the latest high-profile spat illustrating growing tensions within Kiev’s pro-Western coalition. …read more Source: The West...
Kerry in talks with Russia on Syria peace (AP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry is calling for common ground with Russia on Syria, destroying IS and the Ukraine in crunch talks in Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
EU leaders set to extend Russia sanctions at summit (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU leaders will debate sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict at a summit this week and are expected to extend them for another six months, officials said on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Insight – Russia-annexed Crimea faces long road to power security (Reuters)
By Anastasia Lyrchikova and Alexander Winning MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin is trying to reassure residents of Crimea, left in the dark after electricity supplies from Ukraine were cut… …read more Source: The West...
