Section: France
FRANCE – RUSSIA – KAZAKHSTAN: French appeal court backs extradition for Kazakh oligarch Ablyazov
0 France’s top appeals court has rejected an appeal against extradition by Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, an opponent of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, opening the way to his being sent to Russia or Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio France...
Dozens trapped after Zasyadko coal mine blast in Donetsk, Ukraine
A blast at a coal mine in the rebel-controlled Donesk in eastern Ukraine has killed at least 32 people, according to a local official. Dozens of… …read more Source:...
More than 30 dead in Ukraine mine blast
More than 30 people were killed after an explosion at a coal mine in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a local official said… …read more Source:...
Deadly explosion strikes mine in eastern Ukraine
An early morning mine blast in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed more than 30 people and injured 14, a local official said on Wednesday. …read more Source: France...
Separatists accuse Ukraine troops of blockading rebel regions
Civilians living in separatist held areas of Ukraine are accusing government troops of creating an economic blockade. They say food and other… …read more Source:...
France demands reaction if Ukraine truce violated
France and other western countries are calling for a “strong reaction” from the international community if a major violation of a truce in Ukraine occurs, the French presidency said after video conference talks. …read more Source: The Local...
FRANCE – NATO – RUSSIA – UKRAINE : Hollande and counterparts agree to boost Ukraine monitoring
0 France, Germany and Russia have agreed with Ukraine to intensify international monitoring efforts at ten of the most sensitive sites in the east of the country, Ukraine said Tuesday, a day after France and Nato flexed rhetorical muscles about military …read more Source: Radio France...
Anna Duritskaya, only known witness to Nemtsov’s murder, flies to Kyiv
The Ukrainian model who was with Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov when he was shot has returned to Kyiv. Anna Duritskaya flew into the… …read more Source:...
Leaders hail Ukraine ceasefire progress
French President Francois Hollande has agreed to further steps in putting last month’s Ukraine ceasefire accords into action on Monday evening in a phone conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The Local...
Gas row between Russia and Ukraine averted – at least for now
A new gas crisis between Russia and Ukraine appears to have been averted – at least for now. At talks in Brussels the two countries have agreed to… …read more Source:...
