Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Georgia breakaway region eyes Crimea-style vote on joining Russia (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia has said it plans to hold a referendum on joining Russia but the Kremlin appeared to pour cold water on the idea Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ousted pro-Russia president sues Ukraine in European court (AFP)
Strasbourg (France) (AFP) – Ukraine’s fugitive former president Viktor Yanukovych lodged a claim with the European Court of Human Rights on Monday for unfair treatment by Kiev’s Western-backed government. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine raises boat capsize toll to 16 (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian recovery workers raised the death toll by two to 16 on Monday after recovering and searching a pleasure boat that sank in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian city of Odessa. …read more Source: The West...
Stalin portraits and Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraine’s rebel regions (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are on display in the centre of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukraine, as the separatist authorities fuel a mood of Soviet nostalgia. …read more Source: The West...
Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine, Uruguay elected to UN Security Council (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay were elected on Thursday to the UN Security Council during an uncontested vote. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine threatens ‘legal war’ with Russia over debt (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine threatened Thursday to launch a “legal war” with Russia after Moscow held out on a vital debt restructuring agreement to stop the crisis-torn nation from hurtling into default. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine wants an Ikea, ‘symbol’ of anti-corruption fight (AFP)
Stockholm (AFP) – Ukraine’s economy minister pleaded Wednesday for Ikea to set up shop in his country, saying it would show Kiev was serious about fighting the corruption that reportedly caused the furniture giant to ditch a previous Ukrainian foray. …read more Source: The West...
Australia vows to pursue justice for MH17 victims (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australia vowed Wednesday it will not be “bullied” in the pursuit of justice after a Dutch-led investigation found flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made missile fired from war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments (AFP)
Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands) (AFP) – A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story Tuesday of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s France ambassador slams atlas for placing Crimea in Russia (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Ukraine’s ambassador to France has voiced his “shock” at the new 2016 edition of a French atlas which features a map showing “Crimea as being part of Russian territory.” …read more Source: The West...
