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      Russia spends ‘fortune’ on bridge to Crimea
      Sep30

      Russia spends ‘fortune’ on bridge to Crimea

      A massive construction project has begun in Russia to build a 19km bridge to its newest region, Crimea, after it was annexed from Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Russia, Ukraine Oppose Georgieva’s Nomination for UN Secretary General
      Sep30

      Russia, Ukraine Oppose Georgieva’s Nomination for UN Secretary General

      Russia and Ukraine are among a few of the countries that have raised questions regarding the Bulgarian nomination of European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva for UN Secretary General, announced Radio Free Europe. Russia, Angola and Malaysia – all members of the Security Council asked Sofia for clarifications after it proposed Georgieva as...

      Angela Merkel, Barack Obama: Aleppo bombing ‘barbarous’
      Sep30

      Angela Merkel, Barack Obama: Aleppo bombing ‘barbarous’

      Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and U.S. President Barack Obama urged Russia and Ukraine to “begin the disengagement of forces along the line of contact as quickly as possible.” The two leaders also jointly condemned as “barbarous” the bombing of Aleppo by Russian military forces supporting the regime of Bashar Assad. Merkel and Obama spoke...

      AgriMin on African swine fever: We’ll ban animal products’ imports from Moldova, Ukraine
      Sep30

      AgriMin on African swine fever: We’ll ban animal products’ imports from Moldova, Ukraine

      Animal products’ imports by consumers from Moldova and Ukraine will be banned in order to prevent the African swine fever (ASF) enter Romania, said on Friday the Agriculture minister, Achim Irimescu in western Timișoara. …read more Source:...

      Trump’s Russian roulette
      Sep30

      Trump’s Russian roulette

      The Hillary Clinton campaign is meeting with swing-state leaders of Eastern European descent, encouraging ethnic debate watch parties and phone banks, and scheduling conference calls with Clinton allies from her State Department days as part of an aggressive effort to capitalize on Donald Trump’s embrace of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and...

      Ukraine urges the world to remember the Babi Yar massacre
      Sep30

      Ukraine urges the world to remember the Babi Yar massacre

      Ukraine has hosted memorial services to remember those massacred 75 years ago at the Babi Yar ravine. …read more Source:...

      Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine, agree on future contacts in Normandy format: Kremlin
      Sep29

      Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine, agree on future contacts in Normandy format: Kremlin

      MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Ukraine crisis during a phone call on Thursday and agreed on the schedule of future contacts in the Normandy format, the Kremlin said in a statement. …read more Source:...

      How will the MH17 report impact Russia’s relations with the West?
      Sep29

      How will the MH17 report impact Russia’s relations with the West?

      There is now little doubt that Moscow is responsible for handing over the missile to its separatist proxies in eastern Ukraine. I was stood among the tents and makeshift huts in Independence Square on 17 July 2014 in central Kiev when I heard that flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kula Lumpur had been shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298...

      Russia implicated in ‘civilisation clash’: Polish defence minister
      Sep29

      Russia implicated in ‘civilisation clash’: Polish defence minister

      Russia’s “attack” on Ukraine highlights a “civilisation clash”, Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz has said. …read more Source: Polskie...

      Donald Tusk to Ukraine: Europe has got your back
      Sep29

      Donald Tusk to Ukraine: Europe has got your back

      European Council President Donald Tusk reassured senior Ukrainian leaders Thursday of Europe’s support in the country’s continuing conflict with Russia. EU leaders have long sought to play a role as moderator in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, including helping to broker the Minsk 2 peace agreement that so far has not been fulfilled....