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Russia is at their borders but Ukrainians bring bloody clashes to Kiev streets
Armed riot police moved in as tyre fires burned in Independence Square, the scene of protests which ousted Viktor Yanukovych in February. …read more Source: Daily...
Russia and the West: How to lose friends
Proudly alone “ISOLATION”, “consolidation” and “self-reliance” are different terms used among Moscow’s political and business elite to mean the same thing. In the face of international sanctions occasioned by its support of the rebels in eastern Ukraine and its earlier annexation of Crimea, Russia is...
Six questions about Putin’s food ban
Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has just escalated the sanctions war between the West and Russia to a level that no one predicted, by banning imports of fruit, vegetables, nuts, dairy products, fish and meats from the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia and Norway. The European Union’s member states battled for...
Russia’s response to Western sanctions opens “vast prospects” for Serbia
Russia’s response to Western sanctions opens “vast prospects” for exports from Serbia, which has not joined sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, the …read more Source:...
Rasmussen, Yatsenyuk discuss possible NATO support to Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday discussed possible support the Western alliance could offer to …read more Source:...
Russia urged to ‘step back from the brink’
The head of NATO has called on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war by pulling its troops back from the Ukrainian border. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russias empty shelves wont just hurt the cheese-eating Moscow crowd | Natalia Antonova
Many people are treating the tit-for-tat sanctions as a joke, but trade wars are dangerous. The consequences will ripple far and wideIts a rainy afternoon in Moscow, and Ive just had to placate a sobbing child who doesnt understand why his beloved Diugas cheese has disappeared from the supermarket. Now, as far as the suffering of civilians in...
Russian food import ban leaves shoppers unaffected or a bit peeved
Threat to luxury groceries supply ‘shocking’ to some but many Russians say they accept ban and look to home marketsGoodbye parmesan, hello pelmeni. Goodbye brie, hello borsch. As Moscow’s chattering classes contemplated the horror of life without salami milano or foie gras, many ordinary Russians said they were quite happy with...
Western food imports off the menu as Russia hits back over Ukraine sanctions
Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow is also prepared to introduce measures in aviation, shipbuilding and automobile sectorsRussians will no longer be able to buy fruit, vegetables, meat, fish or dairy products from the EU and the US, as the full scope of Moscow’s food import ban became apparent on Thursday. … …read more Source: The...
Ukraine activists lament ‘betrayal’ of Kiev’s Maidan as war rages in the east
Fate of centre of months of bloody protests is hotly debated topic in country as Ukrainian forces tighten grip on rebel-held DonetskThick smoke from burning tyres once again billowed into the blue sky over Kiev’s Independence Square on Thursday as a group of demonstrators still living in the protest camp scuffled with authorities trying to...
