Section: Australia&NZ
Russia puts Ukraine film director on trial for ‘terror’ (AFP)
Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia on Tuesday after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine film director Sentsov goes on trial in Russia (AFP)
Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia on Tuesday, after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. …read more Source: The West...
Tokyo launches broadside at China
The Abe government also raised fears over North Korea’s nuclear program and Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Crimean filmmaker pleads not guilty in terrorism trial
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian filmmaker who has been in jail for more than a year has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism.Critics have dismissed Oleg Sentsov’s prosecution as revenge for his pro-Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ceasefire brings limited respite for east Ukrainians (Reuters)
By Maria Tsvetkova DONETSK, Ukraine(Reuters) – Natalya Brazhnikova goes to sell bread each day at a badly charred market on the outskirts of Donetsk in east Ukraine despite the risk of … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine film director goes on trial in Russia (AFP)
Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (AFP) – A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia on Tuesday, after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. …read more Source: The West...
Russia’s UN draft on MH17 crash doesn’t call for tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ” Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution demanding that those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year be brought to justice ” but eliminating the international tribunal that… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia submits alternative UN resolution on MH17 (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russia said Monday it has introduced an alternative UN resolution opposed to creating a tribunal that would prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Eyeing Russia, US leads fresh military drills in Ukraine (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian and US troops launched fresh drills Monday near the war-torn country’s Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly defiant Kremlin. …read more Source: The West...
US leads army drills in Ukraine (AFP)
Yavoriv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian and US troops launched fresh drills Monday near the war-torn country’s Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly defiant Kremlin. …read more Source: The West...
