Section: The United Kingdom
Special Report: How scams and shakedowns brought Ukraine to its knees
KIEV (Reuters) – Late last year, Ukraine’s consumer protection agency began filing lawsuits against Foxtrot, the country’s largest electronics retailer. By early March, Foxtrot faced at least 231 separate suits that demanded fines totaling more than $150 million. …read more Source:...
Clashes in Kiev as Ukraine moves to clear Independence Sqaure protest camp
New clashes at the epicentre of Ukraine’s revolution which overthrew Viktor Yanukovych in February …read more Source: The...
Edward Snowden granted permission to remain in Russia for further three years as Putin bites back over tightened Ukraine sanctions
Russia has granted fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer said today. …read more Source: The...
Russia imagines a future without western foods
As more details emerge of Putins plans to ban food imports from the EU, US, Australia, Canada and Norway, people took to social media to ponder their culinary horizons. The Moscow Times pick their highlights The Kremlin has banned a range western food imports including fruit, vegetables, meat and diary, in a tit-for-tat response to international...
Watching the Ukraine crisis from afar share your stories
We want to hear from young Russians and Ukrainians under the age of 35 living in the UK. How has the conflict in Ukraine affected you and your relationships? It has been almost 10 months since the Euromaidan protests swept through Ukraines capital. The movement, which captured the worlds attention, began as a series of mass street protests by...
Will Vladimir Putin ever back down over Ukraine?
Brinksmanship and fears of Russian invasion grow in Ukraine, where government forces are routing pro-Russian rebels against all the odds as Vladimir Putin masses troops on border …read more Source: The...
Russia bans Western food imports in Ukraine sanctions retaliation
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of many Western foods on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Russia bans all food imports from the West for a year as row over US and EU sanctions escalates
Russia has announced it will impose a “full embargo” on all imports of food from the West, escalating its response to US and EU-led sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia Threatens EU And US Flight Ban
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue, Moscow confirms sanctions on Western food products and threatens flight bans. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine: Russia Troop Build-Up Invasion Fear
Nato is concerned that Russia may use intensified fighting in eastern Ukraine as a pretext for crossing the border. …read more Source: Sky...
