Section: Australia&NZ
In Moscow’s grip, Crimea holds first vote to Russian parliament (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Shaded by cypress trees on Crimea’s Black Sea shore, a group of locals watch as folk singers in tall headdresses boom out a patriotic song about Russia with the lyrics: “I have no other motherland.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko welcomes IMF aid (AAP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the IMF’s decision to release more aid will keep the hryvnia currency stable and maintain macroeconomic stabilisation. …read more Source: The West...
France tells Ukraine ‘no plan B’ to ending war (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The French foreign minister told Ukraine on Wednesday there was “no plan B” to a tattered blueprint for ending a 29-month pro-Russian revolt that has destabilised the European Union’s backyard. …read more Source: The West...
Russia revives Soviet-era psychiatric punishment: Crimean Tatars, dissenters suffer
The practice has shut away dissenters and activists who have dared to speak out against the Russian government. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Russia revives Soviet-era psychiatric punishment: Crimean Tartars, dissenters suffer
The practice has shut away dissenters and activists who have dared to speak out against the Russian government. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian rebel leader Zakharchenko announces a unilateral cease-fire starting at midnight Wednesday
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian rebel leader Zakharchenko announces a unilateral cease-fire starting at midnight Wednesday. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
3 killed, 15 injured in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Ukrainian president’s office says at least three troops have been killed and 15 injured in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours.Government troops and Russia-backed rebels last month agreed to cease… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Three Ukraine troops killed in violation of new truce: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Tuesday that pro-Russian insurgents had killed three of its soldiers in violation of a truce the foreign ministers of Germany and France will try to revive in Kiev this week. …read more Source: The West...
Stolen Dutch masterpieces ‘soon’ back at museum (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Five stolen 17th and 18th-century masterpieces will soon be returned from the Ukraine to the Dutch museum where they disappeared from more than a decade ago, officials announced on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Bishop vows justice for MH17
Julie Bishop has pledged to pursue ‘every option’ to bring those who shot down MH17 over Ukraine to justice. …read more Source: THE...
