Section: Australia&NZ
US, Russia remain hopeful in Ukraine talks
The US and Russian foreign ministers have expressed cautious optimism after holding talks in Geneva over the fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Boris Nemtsov murder witness says she is blocked from leaving Russia
The chief witness to the murder of Russian protest leader Boris Nemtsov, a Ukrainian model by his side when he was shot dead, complained Monday of being kept under guard in Moscow. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Nemtsov murder witness ‘blocked from leaving Russia’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The chief witness to the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov — the Ukrainian model who was his girlfriend and was at his side when he was shot — complained Monday of being kept under guard in Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
Nemtsov murder witness says she is blocked from leaving Russia
The chief witness to the murder of Russian protest leader Boris Nemtsov, a Ukrainian model by his side when he was shot dead, complained Monday of being kept under guard in Moscow. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Nemtsov murder witness says blocked from leaving Russia (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – The chief witness to the murder of Russian protest leader Boris Nemtsov, a Ukrainian model by his side when he was shot dead, complained Monday of being kept under guard in Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric
BEIJING (AP) ” Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil.It was the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine death toll soars past 6,000 says UN
A United Nations (UN) report says there is “merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure” and possible crimes against humanity in Ukraine as the death toll from the conflict climbs to more than 6,000. …read more Source: ABC...
Russia, Ukraine hold emergency gas talks as cutoff looms
BRUSSELS (AP) ” Russia and Ukraine’s energy ministers are holding emergency talks in Brussels as Russian gas giant Gazprom threatens to cut off deliveries to Ukraine for lack of payment.European Union energy spokesperson Anna-Kaisa… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s leader urges peacekeeping mission for the east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s president has a signed a decree opening the way to a formal request for international peacekeepers to be stationed in eastern regions where government forces are battling Russian-backed separatists.President… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN rights office: Death toll in eastern Ukraine passes 6,000
BERLIN (AP) ” The U.N. human rights office says more than 6,000 people have died in eastern Ukraine since the start of the conflict almost a year ago.The Geneva-based body says hundreds of civilians and military personnel were killed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
