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Ukraine plans more lockdowns, IMF talks, food export curbs over coronavirus
Mar17

Ukraine plans more lockdowns, IMF talks, food export curbs over coronavirus

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced nationwide shutdowns on Monday to contain the coronavirus spread, called for government restrictions on food exports and for aid talks with overseas donors to support the economy. …read more Source::...

Ukraine wants talks with IMF, food export curbs to fight virus fallout
Mar16

Ukraine wants talks with IMF, food export curbs to fight virus fallout

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked his government on Monday to hold talks with the International Monetary Fund to ask for financial support to counteract the effect of the coronavirus on the economy. …read more Source::...

EU blunder: How bloc’s agreement ‘risked World War 3 outbreak’
Mar15

EU blunder: How bloc’s agreement ‘risked World War 3 outbreak’

THE EU-Ukraine Association agreement is what inflamed Russia and risked sparking World War 3, Lord David Owen said in an interview with Express.co.uk. …read more Source::...

Ukraine to block entry to residents registered in separatist-held areas to stop coronavirus spread
Mar13

Ukraine to block entry to residents registered in separatist-held areas to stop coronavirus spread

Ukraine’s government at a televised meeting on Friday decided to ban citizens registered in separatist-held territory in the eastern Donbass region from entering government-controlled areas. …read more Source::...

Putin’s plan to rule for longer than Stalin
Mar12

Putin’s plan to rule for longer than Stalin

Description Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a meeting on March 11 Credits Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Russia’s parliament approves new constitution that allows Putin to stay on for another 16 years In Depth William Gritten Thursday, March 12, 2020 …read more Source:: The...

Ukraine to ban mass gatherings, close schools for three weeks
Mar11

Ukraine to ban mass gatherings, close schools for three weeks

Ukraine’s government decided on Wednesday to ban mass gatherings and close schools for three weeks in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. …read more Source::...

Ukrainian capital Kiev shuts schools, mass events to prevent spread of virus
Mar11

Ukrainian capital Kiev shuts schools, mass events to prevent spread of virus

Ukraine’s capital Kiev will close schools and universities from Thursday until the end of March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Wednesday. …read more Source::...

MH17 trial: Russia keen to thwart investigation, says prosecutor
Mar11

MH17 trial: Russia keen to thwart investigation, says prosecutor

Several witnesses in ‘fear for their lives’ if their identities are revealed, hearing into shooting down of airliner is toldDutch prosecutors have accused Russia of trying to sabotage the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014, saying this has cast “a dark shadow” over the impending trial of four...

Dutch prosecutors say Russia tried to thwart investigation of MH17 downing
Mar10

Dutch prosecutors say Russia tried to thwart investigation of MH17 downing

Dutch prosecutors accused Russia on Tuesday of trying to sabotage the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014, saying this cast “a dark shadow” over the impending trial of four suspects in the crash. …read more Source::...

MH17 plane crash trial opens in The Hague
Mar09

MH17 plane crash trial opens in The Hague

Trial of three Russians and one Ukrainian accused of killing 298 people begins in NetherlandsThe trial of three Russians and one Ukrainian accused of murdering 298 people in the shooting down of the MH17 aircraft over eastern Ukraine has begun in the Netherlands.The presiding judge, Hendrik Steenhuis, said “the loss of so many lives and the...