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[Ticker] Yanukovych admits ‘responsibility’ for Maidan killings
“I don’t deny my responsibility”, former Ukrainian president Yanukovych said in a BBC interview about the shooting of protesters in Kiev early 2014, which was followed by his overthrow and the Russia conflict. Yanukovych said he didn’t order violence, but “the security forces fulfilled their duties”....
Ukraine’s intel chief: We weren’t ready
When undercover Russian troops first invaded Crimea last year, the Ukrainian government and military were wholly unprepared for the new brand of hybrid warfare they launched, Vitaly Naida, director of information security counterintelligence for Ukraine’s Security Service, told POLITICO. The Russian forces integrated traditional but covert...
[Ticker] Russia to extend EU counter-sanctions
Russia has indicated it will extend its ban on most EU food imports in reaction to the EU’s extension, Monday, of economic and Crimea sanctions. PM Medvedev said he had tasked a deputy to appeal to president Putin for the move. Putin’s spokesman, Peskov, said Russia will observe “reciprocity”. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Italy: dialogue with Russia ‘crucial’
Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni said in Luxembourg Monday “dialogue with Russia is crucial”, despite the EU’s extension of economic and Crimea sanctions into next year. He said the sanctions regime will be discussed again in six or seven months” in light of Russia’s implementation of the Minsk ceasefire...
Additions to the transparency register June 13-19
There were 73 new registrations last week to the joint transparency register (Saturday 13-Friday 19 June): ADITIVA,s.r.o. AKKA Technologies Albert Schweitzer Stiftung für unsere Mitwelt Anilkumar Dave Association of Cyprus Banks Association Sociale Nationale Internationale Tzigane Associazione nazionale italiana spettacoli pirotecnici...
[Ticker] EU entends Russia economic sanctions
EU foreign ministers, on Monday, formally extended EU economic sanctions on Russia until the end of January 2016, as well as EU sanctions on Crimea, until June next year. The move came despite fears Greece might wield a last-minute veto. The measures were described as “political blackmail” by Russia. …read more Source:...
Obama’s global-finance problem
One of President Barack Obama’s key talking points on the massive, troubled trade deal moving through the Hill this week is how important it is to U.S. standing in the world. “If we don’t write the rules, China will write the rules out in that region,” he said in his State of the Union address. Yet for all the attention focused on the...
Europe’s new dictator
Last month at the European Union summit in Riga, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker dispensed with diplomatic protocol to greet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a puckish, “Hello, dictator!” — an open handed salute, and a slap on the cheek. It was all in good fun for Juncker, the longtime prime minister of Luxembourg, who...
Russia strikes pipeline deals to skirt Ukraine
The cash-strapped and increasingly friendless Greek government on Friday signed a preliminary agreement with Russia on a €2 billion project that would build a pipeline through Greece to link up with the controversial Moscow-backed Turkish Stream scheme. Russia wants to build Turkish Stream, carrying 63 billion cubic meters a year of gas, across...
[Ticker] Russia’s decision on ending Ukraine gas transit ‘not final’
Slovak PM Fico told the Globsec forum Friday “top politicians” on his trip to Moscow told him “no final decision is yet fully made” on stopping Ukraine gas transit in 2020. He said if Russia does stop, it will mean “huge” financial cost to Slovakia in terms lost transit fees. …read more Source:...
