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EU extends Russia sanctions, calls for MH17 justice
EU leaders have rolled over sanctions on Russia, while calling for justice on the MH17 air disaster, and for Russia to stop meddling in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Is Putin losing the trust of Russians?
Every year, Russian President Vladimir Putin stars in a big show, an hours-long televised question-and-answer marathon in which the president hears the people’s complaints, promises to tackle their problems and explains his views on a wide range of subjects. With more than a million questions submitted, organizers can choose carefully. But...
[Ticker] EU leaders take aim at Russia’s role in Ukraine
EU leaders have rolled over economic sanctions on Russia, pushed for justice over the MH17 disaster, and urged Moscow to stop handing out Russian passports in Russia-occupied east Ukraine, according to Thursday’s summit conclusions. Leaders extend sanctions until 2020, called on Russia “cooperate fully” with the Dutch...
Four suspects charged in MH17 investigation
Prosecutors on Wednesday announced that four suspects, including three Russians, will face murder charges in the Netherlands over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. The four men are suspected of bringing a missile launcher into eastern Ukraine and murdering the 298 passengers and crew who were en route from Amsterdam to the...
Merkel ‘doing very well’ after shaking in the heat
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was feeling fine despite visibly shaking while greeting Ukraine’s president on a baking hot day in Berlin. Merkel, 64, was seen shaking as she stood next to Volodymyr Zelenskiy while a military band played the two countries’ national anthems in the midday sun. The temperature was just under 30C...
Russia to offer e-visas for EU27, but not for Brits or Americans
Russia is set to introduce a streamlined electronic visa for visitors from EU countries as of 2021 — but not for British, American or Canadian nationals — under a draft plan reportedly approved by President Vladimir Putin. According to Russian daily Kommersant, Putin has told government departments and the Federal Security Service spy agency to...
Uncertainty reigns in Moldova as two blocs fight for power
Moldova is descending deeper into a political crisis as rival blocs fight over who should be in power. Months of political uncertainty in the wake of an inconclusive election in February appeared to be over when an unlikely coalition government of the pro-EU ACUM group and the pro-Russian Socialist Party was approved in parliament Saturday. That...
Russia condemned over journalist’s arrest
MOSCOW — The arrest of a prominent investigative journalist on drugs charges triggered protests across Russia and abroad in what is being described as a watershed moment for the country’s beleaguered independent media. Ivan Golunov, a reporter for Meduza, an opposition-friendly news site, was on his way to meet an unnamed source on Thursday...
[Ticker] Ukraine’s new president pledges EU and Nato allegiance
Ukraine’s new president and former TV comic Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on his first visit to Brussels on Tuesday that he would keep Ukraine “on its strategic course … to achieve fully-fledged membership in the EU and Nato.” He also said he was “ready to negotiate with Russia” to end Russian aggression in east...
Pompeo hits Berlin for make-up talks with Merkel
BERLIN — It took a long time, but Mike Pompeo finally made it back to Germany. The U.S. secretary of state served as a U.S. Army officer in Berlin in the Cold War but the city has not been top of his list of places to visit since he took office, reflecting the chilly state of relations between the Trump administration and Germany. Pompeo upset...
