Section: France
France in talks with Russia to end Mistral row
French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Local...
France ‘negotiating with Russia’ over Mistral deal
President Francois Hollande says France is continuing discussions with Russia about finalising a mammoth weapons deal following France’s decision to suspend delivery of a warship last year citing Russia’s role in stoking conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: France...
Gory exhibition aims to ‘prove’ Kiev guilt in Ukraine war
The Russian authorities have mounted a gruesome exhibition in Moscow to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of war in Ukraine, complete with reconstructions of war-damaged sites which they say prove Kiev’s guilt in the conflict. …read more Source: France...
Hollande and Putin set up Armenia meet
French President Francois Hollande will discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit to Armenia on April 24th, a source in his office said Friday. …read more Source: The Local...
Nationalist groups claims responsibility for Ukraine killings
A Ukrainian nationalist group has claimed responsibility for the murders of two public figures in Kiev earlier this week. Journalist Oles Buzyna… …read more Source:...
Hundreds of US military ‘trainers’ arrive in Ukraine
Hundreds of US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine over the last week to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US army said on Friday, a move Moscow warned could “destabilise” the war-torn former Soviet country. …read more Source: France...
Russia and Ukraine at loggerheads after Buzyna and Kalashnykov murders
A war of words has erupted between Ukraine and Russia after the second murder in two days in Kyiv of a prominent pro-Moscow figure. Journalist Oles… …read more Source:...
Hundreds protest as top Ukrainian court examines challenge to civil service purge
Hundreds of Ukrainians demonstrated in Kyiv on Thursday in support of a controversial law that aims to cleanse the new government of any remnants of… …read more Source:...
Journalist with pro-Russian views shot dead in Kyiv
A journalist known for his pro-Russian views was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday (April 16). Oles Buzyna was “gunned… …read more Source:...
Prominent Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina shot dead in Kiev
Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina was shot dead by two masked gunmen in Kiev on Thursday, the interior ministry said in an online statement. …read more Source: France...
