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      Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 24 Feb 2015
      Feb24

      Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 24 Feb 2015

      PRESSURE GROWS ON RIFKIND TO STEP DOWNSir Malcolm Rifkind is under pressure to quit his role chairing the Intelligence and Security Committee after he was filmed allegedly offering to use his influence for cash and claiming he does not receive a salary. Former committee chair Kim Howells said it would be “difficult” for Rifkind to keep the post....

      War with Ukraine “unlikely” – Putin
      Feb24

      War with Ukraine “unlikely” – Putin

      Russian President Vladimir Putin says a full war with Ukraine is “unlikely”. In an interview on Monday to mark a public holiday honouring Russia’s… …read more Source:...

      Hungarian gas deliveries to Ukraine climb 15%
      Feb24

      Hungarian gas deliveries to Ukraine climb 15%

      Gas deliveries to Ukraine via Hungary have increased by 15% to 5.9 mln cubic meters per day, Ukraine’s gas transmission system operator Ukrtransgaz announced on Monday, according to Hungarian news agency MTI. …read more Source: Budapest Business...

      EU ‘Should Involve Turkey in Energy Talks with Russia’
      Feb24

      EU ‘Should Involve Turkey in Energy Talks with Russia’

      Turkey and Russia do not have common interests in energy in the long-term, and EU could boost cooperation with Ankara through its nascent Energy Union, a recent report argues. A policy brief prepared by Dimitar Bechev, a senior research fellow at the London School of Economics, on relations between Russia and Turkey was presented in Sofia on...

      Ukraine: Where a dark world of hybrid warfare and murky loyalties prevails
      Feb24

      Ukraine: Where a dark world of hybrid warfare and murky loyalties prevails

      Prisoner exchanges have begun and both sides have drawn up timetables for the withdrawal of heavy weaponry. And there is vague talk of constitutional changes. The aftermath of Minsk II, the second attempt at a ceasefire in Ukraine’s bloody civil war, is going more or less as expected. …read more Source: The...

      Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
      Feb24

      Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist

      KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Kiev accused pro-Russian rebels of opening fire with rockets and artillery at villages in southeastern Ukraine on Monday, all but burying a week-old European-brokered ceasefire deal. …read more Source:...

      Russian president Vladimir Putin says war with Ukraine is ‘unlikely’
      Feb24

      Russian president Vladimir Putin says war with Ukraine is ‘unlikely’

      He said on Russian TV: “I think such an apocalyptic scenario is unlikely. No-one wants conflict on Europe’s border, especially armed conflict.” …read more Source:...

      In Ukraine a dark world of hybrid warfare and murky loyalties prevails
      Feb24

      In Ukraine a dark world of hybrid warfare and murky loyalties prevails

      Prisoner exchanges have begun and both sides have drawn up timetables for the withdrawal of heavy weaponry. And there is vague talk of constitutional changes. The aftermath of Minsk II, the second attempt at a ceasefire in Ukraine’s bloody civil war, is going more or less as expected. …read more Source: The...

      VIDEO: Defiant mood as Donetsk marks holiday
      Feb24

      VIDEO: Defiant mood as Donetsk marks holiday

      Ukraine has delayed the promised withdrawal of heavy weapons, blaming rebels for continued violations of the ceasefire reached in Minsk. …read more Source:...

      President Putin: War with Ukraine is ‘unlikely’
      Feb24

      President Putin: War with Ukraine is ‘unlikely’

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