Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Putin says Russia will discuss exchange of prisoners with Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Putin says Russia will discuss exchange of prisoners with Ukraine. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Insult-laced row in Ukrainian govt goes public
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s interior minister has released a video of Tuesday’s session of the Ukrainian Reform Council which turned into a water-throwing spat.Tuesday’s incident has highlighted tensions between the Ukrainian government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine to halt trade with Crimea by mid-January
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Ukrainian prime minister says his country will halt some trade with Russian-occupied Crimea by mid-January.Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in televised comments on Wednesday that starting Ukraine will halt all trade… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Polish president: Ukraine should attend NATO summit in 2016
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland’s president says he wants Ukraine to attend next year’s NATO summit in Warsaw that will focus on security for the region anxious over a resurgent Russia.On a visit to Kiev Tuesday, Andrzej Duda said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian man sentenced to 11 years in Russia for spying
MOSCOW (AP) ” A court in Moscow has sentenced a Ukrainian man to 11 years in prison on spying charges in a case that comes amid continuing Russia-Ukraine tensions.The Moscow Regional Court delivered the verdict to Valentin Vygovsky… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian minister, governor in "street-style" spat
MOSCOW (AP) ” The spokesman for Ukraine’s president has upbraided the country’s interior minister and the Odessa governor for a water-throwing and insult-laced clash during a meeting of the National Reform Council.At the Monday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kerry in Moscow for talks on Syria, Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened talks in Moscow on Tuesday with Russia’s foreign minister to try to narrow broad gaps on ways to end Syria’s civil war and restore stability in eastern Ukraine.Kerry was meeting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kerry heads to Moscow for tough Syria, Ukraine talks
PARIS (AP) ” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Russia for talks aimed at narrowing gaps with Russian leaders over a political transition to end Syria’s civil war and restoring stability in restive eastern Ukraine.After… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia: UN’s Ukraine meeting shouldn’t discuss human rights
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” A U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine was delayed for nearly an hour and a half because Russia objected to discussing the human rights situation in the country’s separatist-controlled east and Crimea.Once… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Brawl breaks out in Ukraine parliament
A fight erupted between dozens of lawmakers in Ukraine’s parliament after an MP picked up Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and hoisted him away from the podium as he was defending his embattled government’s record.Yatsenyuk had… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
