Section: New Zealand
No-one can intimidate Russia, says Vladimir Putin
Russia will not be intimidated over its actions in Ukraine and Crimea, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday (Sunday NZT) as his foreign ministry warned that it was preparing to retaliate against fresh Western sanctions. …read more Source:...
Russia dismisses new US sanctions as useless
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia has dismissed new U.S. sanctions as useless and underscored its historic right to the Crimean peninsula.Following several rounds of sanctions earlier this year. President Barack Obama on Friday approved new… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama imposes sanctions on Crimea, echoes EU
WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Barack Obama has banned new investments in Crimea, slapping U.S. sanctions on the peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine earlier this year.Obama signed an executive order Friday that imposes economic… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ordinary Russians secret to Putin survival
All politicians like to have props, and in Vladimir Putin’s case, some are taken from the box marked Macho and others from the box marked Mother Russia.He has ridden a Harley-Davidson in Crimea, flown into war-ravaged Chechnya in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
No new sanctions for Russia – Obama
US President Barack Obama says he isn’t about to impose new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
FACT CHECK: Putin on the ruble collapse, Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” A fact-checking look at some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements on the ruble collapse and the Ukrainian crisis from his annual news conference Thursday:___ON THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY:PUTIN: “We will rely… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU bans investment in Crimean, targets tourism
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union has imposed a ban on investment in Crimea, and other economic sanctions including measures aimed at keeping tourists away.The new measures on investment, services and trade, announced Thursday,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP NewsAlert
BRUSSELS (AP) ” European Union imposes ban on investment in Crimea, other economic sanctions. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin says Ukraine must remain a single political entity
MOSCOW (AP) ” Putin says Ukraine must remain a single political entity. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poll: 80 percent back Putin even as ruble falls
MOSCOW (AP) ” From a Western perspective, Vladimir Putin’s days as president of Russia should be numbered: The ruble has lost more than half its value, the economy is in crisis and his aggression in Ukraine has turned the country… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
