Section: Foreign media focused on Latvia
Ukraine accuses Russia of looting oil rigs off coast of Crimea
Ukraine blamed Russia on December 16 of looting two Ukrainian oil rigs after Crimea-based oil and gas firm Chornomornaftogaz moved them to from off the coast of the annexed peninsula into Russian territorial waters. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukrainian Interior Minister throws glass at Saakashvili
During a Ukrainian National Reform Council meeting late on December 14, the country’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov threw a glass of water at the reformist Governor Odessa and former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who accused both Avakov and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk of having links to corruption schemes. …read more...
UN: Militants, ammunition and arms continue to enter Ukraine from Russia
Weaponry and militants – including in some cases retired or former servicemen of the Russian Federation – continue to flow into rebel-seized areas of eastern Ukraine from Russia, a United Nations report stated on December 9. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine restores part of electricity supply to Crimea
Authorities of the Kherson Oblast in Ukraine have announced that on December 8 part of electricity supply to Russia-annexed Crimea has been restored. Power lines to the peninsular were damaged on November 22. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Warfare continues in Ukraine
Despite ceasefire being in force in the war in Donbas, Ukrainian forces report of enemy attacks on eight villages and towns this week. …read more Source: Baltic News...
France hopes sanctions against Russia may be lifted
Sanctions against Russia could be lifted, if Moscow meets its promises to reach peace in Ukraine – France stated after Kyiv closed its airspace to its neighbour’s airlines and stopped buying gas from Russia. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Gazprom stops gas supplies to Ukraine
Russian gas giant Gazprom has announced it is stopping supplies to Ukraine, as prepayments have not been made. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine introduces Crimea trade boycott, peninsular hit by power blackout
Kyiv has since November 23 temporarily suspended deliveries of goods to Russia-grabbed Crimea, which has also been hit by power blackout after electricity pylons have been damaged by explosives on the Ukrainian side. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Russian FSB raids closed Crimea Tatar TV
Russian Federal Security Service has on November 2 raided the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR offices and journalist homes in another measure against the channel operating in Russia-annexed Crimea, but forced to go off air in April 2015. …read more Source: Baltic News...
OSCE: Ukrainian local elections – democratic, but with oligarch influence
International observers stated on October 26 that the Ukrainian local elections held on Sunday have been well-organised and democratic, but have urged Kyiv to bolster efforts to reduce oligarch influence on the political process. …read more Source: Baltic News...
