Section: Australia&NZ
Russia’s Nemtsov, Saudi’s Badawi, listed for EU rights prize (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Assassinated Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a Ukraine military pilot held on murder charges by Moscow and jailed Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi were shortlisted Thursday for the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize. …read more Source: The West...
Russian gets prison for painting star in Ukraine’s colors
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Russian court has sentenced a man to more than two years in prison for painting a star on the spire of a Moscow skyscraper in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Four co-defendants were acquitted.The case reflects… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine, Slovakia premiers condemn Nord Stream 2 project
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ” The prime ministers of Slovakia and Ukraine are condemning a recent deal to expand a pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Germany.After their Thursday meeting, Ukraine’s Arseniy… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine truce mainly respected
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine say the truce between government forces and pro-Russian insurgents in east Ukraine has been “generally respected since September 1”. …read more Source:...
Hollande, Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko to hold summit on Ukraine (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday agreed to hold an October summit on ending the conflict in Ukraine, as they welcomed reports that a truce in the east had been “generally respected since September 1”, the French presidency said. …read more Source: The West...
Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine discuss peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Kremlin says leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine have had a conference call to discuss the implementation of a peace deal for eastern Ukraine.The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin conferred… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Hollande, Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko say Ukraine truce ‘generally respected’ (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday said the truce between government forces and pro-Russian insurgents in east Ukraine had been “generally respected since September 1”, the French presidency said in a statement. …read more Source: The West...
‘Unlawful’ vote in rebel-run areas would breach Ukraine peace deal: PM (AFP)
Warsaw (AFP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned Wednesday that any attempt to hold “unlawful” elections in rebel-run areas in the country’s east would constitute a breach of a February peace deal. …read more Source: The West...
Ex-rebel chief in eastern Ukraine: ouster due to ‘intrigue’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A former rebel chief in eastern Ukraine who has lost his job in a sudden reshuffling has attributed his downfall to unspecified “intrigue.”Andrei Purgin said Wednesday he had spent four days under arrest at… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Exclusive – Russia building major military base near Ukrainian border (Reuters)
By Anton Zverev SOLOTI, Russia (Reuters) – Russia has started to build a huge military base housing ammunition depots and barracks for several thousand soldiers near the Ukrainian borde… …read more Source: The West...
