Section: The United Kingdom
US diplomat faces questions over strategy
Critics say Victoria Nuland, senior American official in Europe, has no plan to end Ukraine crisis beyond forcing Putin to capitulate …read more Source: Financial...
Ben Jennings on Russia’s defiance cartoon
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Ukraine premier stays on, envoys agree on crash site route
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament rejected Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s resignation on Thursday and finally passed legislation he said was needed to finance an army offensive against a separatist rebellion in the east and avert a national default on its debts. …read more Source:...
Sberbank target of latest EU sanctions
Sberbank, Russia’s largest state lender, is the most high profile target of the latest round of EU sanctions …read more Source: Financial...
Sanctions can help break the spiral of war
Latest measures will not end Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, though they will sound alarm bells among its economic elite …read more Source: Financial...
Instagram pictures suggest Russian soldier served in Ukraine
Russian MP prepares legal changes to crack down on social media access after series of embarrassments …read more Source: The...
Why nothing will dent Vladimir Putins soaring popularity at home | Marc Bennetts
Neither western sanctions nor claims of Russias involvement in flight MH17 influence its citizens, who live on a diet of state propagandaThere is a satirical cartoon doing the rounds online in Russia that depicts a figure slouched in front of a television set, both the screen and the anonymous viewers brain filled with identical swirls of...
EU adopts toughest Russian sanctions yet
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union formally adopted sanctions on Thursday curbing arms sales to Russia and cutting off financing for targeted banks over Moscow’s support for rebels in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Crash investigators access MH17 site
Ukraine says military operations against Russian-backed separatists have been halted for one day in a 20-kilometre vicinity around the crash site …read more Source: Financial...
Russian soldier betrays missile secrets via Instagram
A Russian soldier may have inadvertently given away information about the presence of troops capable of operating missile launchers inside Ukraine… …read more Source: The...
