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[Ticker] Ukrainian rebels ready for ceasefire
Ukrainian separatists are ready for a ceasefire with the Kiev government to prevent “a humanitarian disaster in Donbass”, the new head of the rebels, Alexander Zakharchenko, said on Saturday. Ukrainian officials have said they are ready to agree to a ceasefire provided the rebels surrender their arms, reports Reuters. …read more...
Lavrov: humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine critical
Author(s): NEOnline | KT lavrov_ceasefire.jpg A ceasefire in Easter Ukraine isn critical for humanitarian reasons, Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov said Sunday, according to the Russian news agency, RIA Novosti. “We believe the issue [of providing humanitarian aid] is pressing and must not be delayed. The question is under the...
Russia revives Cold War alternative to Eurovision
In the heady years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there were many changes in Europe that were seen as symbols of the Cold War’s end. There was nuclear disarmament, NATO enlargement and accession to the European Union. But the most musical change was the extension of the Eurovision Song Contest from West to East. Until 1992, countries on...
Russia arrests Ukrainian soldiers accused of war crimes
Author(s): Dan Alexe belgaimage_60891820_preview.jpg Russian investigators said on Friday they had detained five Ukrainian soldiers on suspicion of war crimes in eastern Ukraine, after they crossed into Russia earlier this week. The soldiers went across the border in a huge contingent of over 400 servicemen on Monday. Moscow claimed they had...
Stalemate in Ukraine, while Russia and the West ponder the next move
Author(s): Dan Alexe belgaimage_60921509_preview.jpg The EU has said today, Friday 8 August, that it stands ready to help farmers hit by the Russian sanctions of imports of EU produced meat, dairy products, fruit and vegetables. Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos will hold meetings next week to determine the best response to help farmers...
Russia threatens to go beyond EU food ban in sanctions war
The Russian government may expand its economic sanctions against the west, as its diplomatic stand-off over the Ukraine crisis intensifies. …read more Source:...
Six questions about Putin’s food ban
Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has just escalated the sanctions war between the West and Russia to a level that no one predicted, by banning imports of fruit, vegetables, nuts, dairy products, fish and meats from the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia and Norway. The European Union’s member states battled for...
Russia bans Western food
Russia today (7 August) banned most Western food imports in response to economic sanctions imposed last week by the European Union and the United States. The decision, announced by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, affects produce from all EU member states, the US, Canada, Australia and Norway. The European Commission has described the decision as...
Sanctions and solidarity
The European Union has finally agreed on its ‘third-level sanctions’ against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. As is usual for the EU, arriving at this point has been a long and difficult process. A key problem all along has been that, though sanctions serve a common purpose, the costs of implementing them are borne by individual...
Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on EU
Moscow is slapping a ban on EU-imported fruit and vegetables and food from the US in retaliation for western economic sanctions. Meanwhile, 20,000 Russian soldiers are stationed on the Ukraine border. …read more Source:...
