Section: New Zealand
Ukraine convicts 2 captured Russian servicemen of terrorism
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian court has convicted two Russian servicemen captured last year of terrorism and waging a war in eastern Ukraine.Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev have acknowledged being Russian servicemen and said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Problems fixes all over Russia after appeals on Putin’s show
MOSCOW (AP) ” In just one day, roads of a Siberian city were repaired, swindled fishery workers got wads of cash and a child prodigy was invited to go a Crimean summer camp. The one thing that made it possible was President Vladimir… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine recovers 4 stolen Dutch paintings
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials have announced the recovery of four paintings from a trove of Dutch Golden Age art that was stolen from a Dutch museum more than a decade ago.At a Thursday briefing showing the four paintings,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s president nominates ally for prime minister
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has nominated an ally to become prime minister in an effort to end a political impasse.Poroshenko announced in parliament on Thursday the nomination of Volodymyr Groysman, currently… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Analysis: Russian aircraft buzz US warships and the Ukraine connection
The Ukraine negotiations must not be going well for Russia. …read more Source: The National Business...
Prosecutor orders suspension of Tatar assembly in Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” The chief prosecutor of Crimea has ordered a suspension of the council representing the region’s Tatar ethnic minority.Tatars make up about 15 percent of the region’s nearly 2 million people and have been broadly opposed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Lithuania blacklists 46 Russians for prosecuting Ukrainians
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” The Lithuanian government says it has blacklisted 46 Russian citizens involved in the criminal prosecution of several Ukrainians, including the imprisoned pilot Nadezhda Savchenko.Foreign Minister Linas… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Foreign Affairs Scope: US in range of North Korean rockets and Panama Papers fallout
Foreign Affairs Scope discusses Ukraine’s PM resigning, the Panama Papers and North Korea’s rocket engine test . With special feature audio. …read more Source: The National Business...
Ukrainian who faked age, name for school denied lower bail
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ” A 23-year-old Ukrainian man accused of faking his name and age while attending a Pennsylvania high school and having sex with an underage girl has been denied lower bail.Prosecutors on Tuesday also dropped… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine awaits new government to fulfill promises of Maidan
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Swept into office by the mass protests that deposed the Russia-friendly president two years ago, Ukraine’s new leaders promised that the country would soon be welcomed into Europe as a thriving new democracy.Instead,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
