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      Boris Nemtsov’s girlfriend assigned armed guards after ‘threat to life’
      Mar06

      Boris Nemtsov’s girlfriend assigned armed guards after ‘threat to life’

      Attempted murder investigation opened as security detail sent to protect Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya …read more Source: The...

      New Ukraine agency slammed as ‘PR ploy’
      Mar06

      New Ukraine agency slammed as ‘PR ploy’

      Ukrainian politicians have criticised the new Agency for the Modernization of Ukraine (AMU), which was unveiled this week in Vienna with Austria’s former finance minister Michael Spindelegger at the helm. …read more Source: The Local...

      Belgrade “respects Ukraine’s territorial integrity”
      Mar06

      Belgrade “respects Ukraine’s territorial integrity”

      Minister without portfolio for EU Integrations Jadranka Joksimovic said on Friday that Serbia “respects the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.”She made the comment as she met with Ukrainian Charge d’Affaires in Belgrade Yevgeniia Filipenko, “to discuss Serbia’s European integrations.” …read...

      EU takes Yanukovych aides off blacklist
      Mar06

      EU takes Yanukovych aides off blacklist

      The European Union today prolonged sanctions on Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych and 17 of his close associates, but, in a decision that reflects Ukraine’s failure to put together criminal cases, it dropped restrictions on the head of the Yanukovych-era secret service and three other people. Oleksandr Yakymenko headed...

      Week in pictures
      Mar06

      Week in pictures

      Credits Shah Marai AFGHANISTAN, SUNDAY: Survivors of an avalanche run to pick up aid distributed by an Afghan army helicopter in the Paryan district. More than 280 people have died in a series of avalanches in the mountainous north-eastern region. Credits Jonathan Alcorn …read more Source: The...

      EU extend sanctions against ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich
      Mar06

      EU extend sanctions against ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich

      This Friday, March 6th, the European Union decided to extend sanctions to ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich and 14 other officials, who are believed to have misappropriated state funds. Sanctions have been extended for an additional twelve months. …read more Source: Baltic News...

      Alexei Navalny vows Boris Nemtsov murder will not deter Russian opposition
      Mar06

      Alexei Navalny vows Boris Nemtsov murder will not deter Russian opposition

      Released from prison on Friday after 15 days in detention for handing out leaflets to a rally he was to lead with Nemstov, the politician vows he is not scared Russia’s most prominent opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, was released from jail on Friday, and vowed the murder of his ally Boris Nemtsov during his 15-day sentence had not...

      EU foreign policy chief against sending weapons to Ukraine
      Mar06

      EU foreign policy chief against sending weapons to Ukraine

      EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Friday spoke against “a bipartisan call in the U.S. to provide lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine.”AP reported that “House Speaker John Boehner and a group of top Democrats and Republicans wrote to President Obama calling for deliveries but so far have found few backers in the 28...

      Chinese counterfeit pesticides poisoning Europe
      Mar06

      Chinese counterfeit pesticides poisoning Europe

      Author(s): Basil A. Coronakis h_00584743.jpg The European Anti-Fraud Office, OLAF, is investigating a major contraband case involving a large American company and certain Ukrainian officials of the previous regime who have already flown to Russia. To Europe through Ukraine …read more Source: New...

      Nemtsov’s Girlfriend ‘Received Death Threats’
      Mar06

      Nemtsov’s Girlfriend ‘Received Death Threats’

      Ukrainian model Anna Duritskaya, who was accompanying Russian oppositioner Boris Nemtsov when he was murdered, claims to have received death threats, prosecutors say. Duritskaya, a key witness in a murder investigation against Nemtsov, lodged a claim with the country’s chief prosecutor’s office on Thursday, March 05 and is currently...