Section: Australia&NZ
What a murdered former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov said in one of his final interviews
Denis Voronenkov, a former Russian lawmaker facing corruption charges in Moscow who fled to Ukraine and became a critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot twice in the head and killed outside a posh hotel here in the country’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
What makes a cyberattack? Experts lobby to restrict the term
LONDON (AP) ” When U.S. senator John McCain told Ukrainian television that the allegedly Russian-backed breach of the Democratic National Committee’s server was “an act of war,” Michael Schmitt cringed.Schmitt, a professor of law… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s largest bank pulls out of Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s Sberbank, the largest in the country, on Tuesday announced it had sold its Ukraine division, where operations have been complicated since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
EU court rules Russia sanctions over Ukraine are valid
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union’s top court has ruled that the bloc’s economic sanctions on Russian companies over the crisis in Ukraine are valid.The EU Court of Justice’s decision Tuesday came in response to a legal challenge… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
ABOUT UKRAINIANS IN BELGIUM
On 20 February 2017 the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) opened the UWC Mission to International Organizations in Brussels coinciding with Nebesna Sotnia Heroes Day. The UWC Mission was established to expedite the advancement of the European choice …(20 лютого 2017 р. Світовий Конґрес Українців (СКУ) відкрив Ïðåäñòàâíèöòâî ÑÊÓ ç³ çâÿçê³â ç...
Trump’s son-in-law met with US sanctioned Russian bank during campaign
A Russian bank under US economic sanctions over Russia’s incursion into Ukraine discloses that its executives met with Jared Kushner — US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a top White House adviser — during the 2016 election campaign. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine says Russian agent shot Putin critic Denis Voronenkov
The assassin who gunned down a prominent Russian opposition figure on a sidewalk in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev was identified by Ukrainian officials …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Here are 10 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways
Not everyone who has a quarrel with Russian President Vladimir Putin dies in violent or suspicious circumstances – far from it. But enough loud critics of Putin’s policies have been murdered that Thursday’s daylight shooting of a Russian who sought asylum in Ukraine has led to speculation of Kremlin involvement. …read more...
EU prolongs satellite support to Ukraine monitors
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union is prolonging its satellite imagery support to help observers monitor the conflict in eastern Ukraine.EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement Friday that satellite imagery… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
One dead after blasts at eastern Ukraine arms depot (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday said that one person has died as a result of a fire that broke out at an arms depot in the country’s east, sparking explosions and forcing a mass evacuation. …read more Source: The West...
