Section: Australia&NZ
Russia says U.S. refused guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has received an official refusal from the U.S. government to provide guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday, citing Russia’s Finance… …read more Source: The West...
Serb FM: OSCE meeting failed to agree on Ukraine, migrants
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ” Serbia’s foreign minister says disagreements among member states have blocked joint resolutions about Ukraine and migrant crisis during this week’s meeting of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian officer’s trial expected to finish this year
MOSCOW (AP) ” The spokesman for Russia’s top investigative agency says the trial of a Ukrainian military officer charged with the murder of two Russian journalists is expected to finish before the end of the year.Investigative Committee… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Georgia revokes ex-president Saakashvili’s citizenship (AFP)
Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgia on Friday stripped former leader and reformer Mikheil Saakashvili of his citizenship as he had acquired a Ukrainian passport to serve as governor of the strategic Odessa region. …read more Source: The West...
Lawmaker in blacked-out Crimea: Name your boys Generator
Lawmakers in the Russia-occupied Crimea which is grappling with a nearly two-week long blackout suggest parents name their newborn boys Generator to mark the ordeal.Unknown attackers blew up electricity pylons in Ukraine on Nov…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia calls for lifting of east Ukraine blockade
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for immediate lifting of an economic blockade of pro-Russian rebel-held eastern Ukraine.Lavrov, speaking at an Organization for Security and Cooperation meeting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin opens Crimean ‘energy bridge’
MOSCOW (AP) ” President Vladimir Putin has traveled to the capital of Crimea to open an electricity connection with the Russian mainland, 10 days after the peninsula lost power coming from Ukraine.After Russia annexed Crimea in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin makes surprise visit to Crimea after power shortages (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made a surprise visit to Crimea, inaugurating an undersea cable project to bring a new power supply to the strategic Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: The West...
VP Biden to address Ukraine’s parliament during Kiev visit
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Vice President Joe Biden will deliver an address to Ukraine’s parliament next week during a visit to Kiev, the capital.Biden’s speech Tuesday will focus on the role the U.S. wants Ukrainian legislators to play… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Nobel winner Alexievich slams Russia’s trial of Ukrainian pilot (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, this year’s Nobel Literature Prize winner, on Wednesday slammed Russia’s “political trial” of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko and compared her to Joan of Arc. …read more Source: The West...
