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Why was Boris Nemtsov murdered?
Boris Nemtsov, my closest friend in Russian politics, is dead. My immediate reaction to his murder was misery and fury. Now, it is fear for what it may herald. One set of possibilities surrounds the theory that his assassination was ordered by the Putin regime. It could be a simple attempt to silence him. Nemtsov was about to release a report on...
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[Ticker] Russia faces more sanctions if ceasefire not implemented, Merkel warns
German chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday warned Russia to fully implement a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine or face more sanctions. “One thing is absolutely clear, if the Minsk ceasefire accord does not work then member states and the European Commission are quite prepared to move to new sanctions,” she said. …read more...
Merkel and Juncker aim to conclude TTIP this year
Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, said during a visit to the European Commission today (4 March) that she wants a free trade deal between the EU and the US to be concluded by the end of this year. Merkel made the comments following her first official meeting with the college of European commissioners in Brussels, during a press...
Kalniete: ‘I was at the mercy of Russian authorities’
For most of 14 hours that Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete spent in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, it was unclear whether Russian authorities would allow her to leave. Kalniete, a former Latvian foreign minister and briefly the country’s European commissioner in 2004, had caught an evening flight to Moscow on Sunday in...
[Ticker] US and EU leaders discuss Ukraine, Libya
The US president and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, and the UK, as well as Polish EU Council head Tusk, held a video-conference Tuesday about the Ukraine conflict and about Libya’s disintegration. The US said afterwards they agreed “to impose significant additional costs” on Russia if it escalates fighting. …read...
[Ticker] Around 12,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine, says US commander
US Army Europe Commander Ben Hodges on Tuesday said the US military estimates around 12,000 Russian soldiers are supporting pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine, reports Reuters. He said a further 29,000 soldiers were stationed in the Crimea peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Renzi to meet Putin in Moscow
Italian PM Renzi is to meet Russian President Putin Thursday in Moscow to discuss Ukraine, Libya, the Middle East and the Syrian conflict, reports Ansa. Renzi last week called for international help over the situation in Libya, noting that Russia is a permanent member of the UN security council. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Finland to participate in Nato crisis exercises
Finland will participate in crisis management exercises with Nato and its partners, beginning Wednesday reports YLE. The week-long war games will be based on a fictitious scenario during which conflict breaks out between two distant states. Ukraine, as member of Nato’s Partnership for Peace, will be among those taking part. …read more...
MEP denied entry to Russia for Nemtsov funeral
Sandra Kalniete, a Latvian MEP and vice-chairwoman of the centre-right European People’s Party group, says that she was denied entry to Russia yesterday (2 March) to attend the funeral of Boris Nemtsov, the opposition leader who was murdered on Friday. Kalniete, who was briefly Latvia’s European commissioner in 2004, said on Twitter...
Gideon Rachman calls for action to contain Russia | Financial Times – United Kingdom
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