Section: France
No reform, no reconstruction: oligarch Firtash’s grim view of post-Yanukovich Ukraine
He is one of the richest and most controversial of Ukrainian businessmen. Billionaire “Dmytro… …read more Source:...
Ukraine makes new gas payment to Russia amid supply threats
Just days after Moscow again threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine for non-payment, Russia’s state-owned Gazprom says it has received a new… …read more Source:...
Security Council to hold emergency session on Ukraine
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session to discuss the situation in Ukraine on Friday, exactly a year since Russian troops and pro-Moscow forces began seizing territory in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source: France...
Ceasefire holds in eastern Ukraine except for Mariupol region
Day two of no casualties for the Ukrainian army as the latest ceasefire enters its 12th day, and Kyiv is pulling its heavy weapons back from the… …read more Source:...
Russia’s Gazprom excludes rebel-held areas from Ukraine’s gas contract
Russia gas giant Gazprom said that Ukraine will not have to pay for gas supplied to areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region under rebel control:… …read more Source:...
Ukraine begins heavy weapons withdrawal as bombardment eases
For a second day the Ukrainian defence ministry says it has suffered no casualties along its frontline in the east of the country, but it is an… …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Ceasefire appears to take hold
A ceasefire in eastern Ukraine looks like it’s finally taking hold, two weeks after the Minsk agreement was signed. Despite refusing to proceed with… …read more Source:...
Kremlin saw plan to split Ukraine before Yanukovich fled – newspaper
A Russian newspaper has claimed that the Kremlin was presented with a plan to annex Crimea and eastern Ukraine before the overthrow of President… …read more Source:...
Kyiv’s suspension of gas flow to eastern Ukraine ‘smells of genocide’ says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed Kyiv’s decision to cut gas supplies to parts of eastern Ukraine “smells of genocide.” Ukraine’s… …read more Source:...
War on corruption: Ukraine struggles to emerge from the shadow of the oligarchs
Amid war and economic collapse Ukraine’s economy minister has a portfolio not many politicians would envy. Lithuanian Aivaras Abromavicius was… …read more Source:...
