Section: Australia&NZ
Russia opens trial of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko (AFP)
DONETSK (Russia) (AFP) – Russia on Thursday opened the high-profile trial of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, a hugely controversial case that could send ties between Moscow and Kiev to a new low. …read more Source: The West...
Russia opens trial of jailed Ukrainian pilot Savchenko: court (AFP)
DONETSK (Russia) (AFP) – Russia on Thursday opened the high-profile trial of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, a hugely controversial case that could send ties between Moscow and Kiev to a new low. …read more Source: The West...
Australia PM slams ‘outrageous’ Russian MH17 veto (AFP)
Sydney (AFP) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday Russia’s “outrageous” veto of a UN resolution to establish a special tribunal to try those who shot down flight MH17 over Ukraine reinforced concerns Moscow was protecting the perpetrators. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine vows justice despite Russia’s veto of MH17 tribunal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed Wednesday to push for justice despite Russia’s veto of a UN resolution that would have set up a tribunal to try those responsible for shooting down passenger flight MH17 over the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Russia puts Ukraine aviator in the dock (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia on Thursday opens the high-profile trial of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko in a politically charged case that could send ties between Moscow and Kiev to a new low. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 crash: Russia vetoes UN tribunal resolution
Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Radio New...
Russia vetoes Council’s proposal for MH17
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that would have set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Ukraine claims capture of another Russian soldier (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s security service on Wednesday announced the capture of a Russian army major who was allegedly delivering explosives to pro-Kremlin rebels in the former Soviet state’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia vetoes proposal for UN backed tribunal over MH17
Russia vetoes a proposal for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute the downing of Malaysia airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...



