Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Russia court nixes bid to move Ukraine pilot trial to Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian court on Friday turned down an appeal to shift the high-profile trial of a Ukrainian female helicopter pilot from southern Russia to Moscow, her lawyer said. …read more Source: The West...
Putin warns hostile states plotting ‘sabotage’ in Crimea (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Wednesday that several foreign states were recruiting and training people to carry out acts of sabotage on the Crimean peninsula seized by Moscow last year. …read more Source: The West...
Russia prosecutors seek 23 years jail for Ukraine filmmaker (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian prosecutors on Wednesday demanded that Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov be jailed for 23 years on terror charges, in a trial decried by the West. …read more Source: The West...
NATO warns pro-Russia rebels against more Ukraine land grabs (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO on Wednesday warned pro-Russian separatists against grabbing more land in eastern Ukraine and stressed Moscow has a “special responsibility” to restore peace. …read more Source: The West...
Russia jails Estonian policeman for 15 years for spying (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced an Estonian policeman to 15 years in jail on espionage charges in a move slammed by the European Union, as tensions spike over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
US launches biggest allied airborne drills since Cold War ended (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The United States said Tuesday it has launched the biggest allied airborne drills in Europe since the Cold War ended, as fighting involving pro-Russian separatists escalated in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine, Russia trade blame for sharp violence spike (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership and Russia traded blame on Tuesday for a sharp escalation in violence that threatened to see all-out warfare return to the former Soviet nation’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Putin dives in mini-sub to shipwreck off Crimea (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Putin dives down in mini-sub to shipwreck off Crimea (AFP)
Sevastopol (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Putin slams ‘external control’ over Ukraine on Crimea visit (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday slammed alleged “external control” over Ukraine’s government as he made his third visit to the Crimean peninsula since Moscow seized the region from Kiev last year. …read more Source: The West...
