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    Russia’s South Stream gas route progresses
    Jun24

    Russia’s South Stream gas route progresses

    Bloomberg’s Ryan Chilcote reports on the controversial new South Stream pipeline which will bring Russian gas to Austria, bypassing Ukraine …read more Source: The...

    Ukraine crisis: Putin removes threat of military intervention after ceasefire
    Jun24

    Ukraine crisis: Putin removes threat of military intervention after ceasefire

    Boost to truce hopes after president asks parliament to revoke ruling permitting Russian troops on Ukrainian territoryVladimir Putin has formally taken Russian military intervention in eastern Ukraine off the table as separatist leaders agreed to a ceasefire proposed by Kiev in the region. … …read more Source: The...

    Russia’s Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine: Kremlin
    Jun24

    Russia’s Putin renounces right to send troops to Ukraine: Kremlin

    MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin asked Russia’s upper house on Tuesday to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine in defence of Russian-speakers there, the Kremlin said in a statement. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine crisis: Putin ‘revokes right of military intervention’ in troubled east
    Jun24

    Ukraine crisis: Putin ‘revokes right of military intervention’ in troubled east

    Vladimir Putin has asked Moscow’s upper parliament to revoke a resolution sanctioning the use of military force in Ukraine, the Kremlin has announced. …read more Source: The...

    Russian parliament to revoke resolution on intervention in Ukraine: Interfax
    Jun24

    Russian parliament to revoke resolution on intervention in Ukraine: Interfax

    MOSCOW (Reuters) – The upper house of Russia’s parliament, the Federation Council, will on Wednesday revoke a resolution authorizing military intervention in Ukraine at President Vladimir Putin’s request, the Interfax agency reported, citing the deputy head of the chamber’s international affairs committee, Andrei Klimov....

    Ukraine: both sides claim to honour truce but not everyone respects peace plan
    Jun24

    Ukraine: both sides claim to honour truce but not everyone respects peace plan

    As separatist leaders of two eastern Ukraine regions claim they are observing a ceasefire called by President Petro Poroshenko, a spokesman from the… …read more Source:...

    Germany’s Steinmeier to meet Poroshenko in ‘decisive’ week for Ukraine
    Jun24

    Germany’s Steinmeier to meet Poroshenko in ‘decisive’ week for Ukraine

    Germany’s foreign minister is set to hold talks with Ukraine’s president in a bid to end the fighting in the east of that country. This comes after pro-Russian separatists agreed to observe a cease-fire declared by Kyiv. …read more Source: Deutsche...

    Ukraine government reports rebel attacks despite ceasefire
    Jun24

    Ukraine government reports rebel attacks despite ceasefire

    KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces accused pro-Russian separatists of firing on Ukrainian military checkpoints in several parts of the east on Monday night despite a ceasefire declared by the rebels. …read more Source:...

    World Cup adopted teams: who’s following who around the world
    Jun24

    World Cup adopted teams: who’s following who around the world

    Not having a team in Brazil does stop mean fans have to miss out, with many cheering on other countries for a host of reasonsAs the World Cup approaches the knock-out stages, spare a thought for those whose team was not even in Brazil. Billions of people around the world have had to adopt countries to follow. Sometimes the affiliation is...

    Polish government expletive tapes lead to snap election rumours
    Jun24

    Polish government expletive tapes lead to snap election rumours

    President Bronislaw Komorowski distances himself from the PM, Donald Tusk, over embarrassing transcripts published in WprostFor the Polish government, it has been a week of blushing and cringing: over the last nine days, Polish news magazine Wprost has published transcripts of expletive-laden conversations between leading politicians and...