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[Ticker] France suspends Russia warship delivery ‘until further notice’
The office of Francois Hollande said on Tuesday the French president has suspended “until further notice” the delivery of the first of two warships for Russia due to “the situation” in east Ukraine. Russian deputy defence minister Yury Borisov said the Kremlin will not initiate court proceedings for now. …read more...
[Ticker] France set to deliver warship to Moscow: Russian media
Russian media report that France is set to deliver the first of two Mistral warships to Russia on 27 November, according to Business Insider. The purported move would contradict conditions set forward by French president Francois Hollande of first securing a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine followed by a peace deal. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Ukraine to hold referendum on EU and Nato membership
“We’ve worked out an intense plan for the next six years, so the country meets the criteria to join the EU and join Nato … then the Ukrainian people will decide on joining or not joining, in a referendum”, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said in Kiev on Monday, Bloomberg reports. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Russia backs trade deal between EU and Eurasian Union
Russia backs a trade agreement between the EU and the Moscow-dominated Eurasian Economic Union, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. The Kremlin would not “shoot itself in the foot and reject cooperation with Europe,” added Lavrov. Russia and the EU have imposed tit-for-tat trade sanctions following the Ukraine crisis....
One year after Euromaidan: 13 people dying every day
One year after the start of Ukraine’s pro-Western revolution – the Euromaidan – people are dying everyday in east Ukraine despite the “ceasefire”, a UN report says. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Orban: Hungary won’t sacrifice economy over EU-Russia sanctions
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban in a speech on Thursday said the country is united with the EU over Ukraine but would not be forced to pick sides when it comes to economic interests, reports Reuters. “Our job is to determine our own interests and own position,” he said. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Senior German politician criticised for Crimea recognition comments
Suggestions made on Wednesday by senior German politician Matthias Platzeck to recognise the annexation of Crimea as a means to help end the conflict in Ukraine were roundly condemned by Germany’s foreign minister, reports Reuters. Platzeck is head of the German-Russia Forum business lobby and a former SPD chief. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Ukraine bans import of birds from Netherlands, UK, Germany
Ukraine prohibits imports of all live birds and bird products from the UK, Netherlands, and Germany, following recent outbreaks of bird flu. Ukraine will keep the ban until “the international watchdog says these countries are free from bird flu”, Reuters reported on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Russia seeks veto on Nato in Ukraine
Dmitri Peskov, the spokesman of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has told the BBC that Russia wants “a 100% guarantee that no-one would think about Ukraine joining Nato”. Nato’s official policy is that Ukraine, just as Georgia or Montenegro, has a sovereign right to decide if it wants to join. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Germany sees ‘no reason for optimism’ on Ukraine
After meeting his Russian counterpart Lavrov on the situation in Ukraine, Germany foreign minister Steinmeier said on Tuesday: “There is no reason for optimism in the current situation”. Later that day Lavrov said on EU-Russia relations: “We are hoping that the ‘point of no return’ has not yet been crossed”....
