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EU court rules Russia sanctions over Ukraine are valid
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Russian authorities ‘imprisoning Crimean Tatars in psychiatric hospitals’
Since annexation many ethnic Tatar activists have been detained in outdated mental institutions, rights activists sayLawyers and human rights activists say Russian authorities in Crimea are increasingly imprisoning human rights activists in psychiatric hospitals and submitting them to psychological abuse. Since the annexation of the region three...
‘Black Widow’ bride wins legal bid to overturn ruling that implicated her in wealthy British husband’s death
Ganna Ziuzina, 38, is accused of having a hand in the hit-and-run death of Devon-born Barry Pring in Ukraine in 2008 …read more Source:...
Life under Russia not all it was cracked up to be: Crimean ex-leader
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – The pro-Moscow Crimean politician who signed a document handing control over the Ukrainian peninsula to Russia in March 2014 said the three years since had been a time of disappointment for many people in the region. …read more Source:...
Military helicopter crashes in Ukraine, crew died
KIEV (Reuters) – A small Ukrainian military helicopter crashed in the east of the country on Sunday, killing all crew members, Ukraine’s defense ministry said. …read more Source:...
Putin’s desire for a new Russian empire won’t stop with Ukraine | Pavlo Klimkin
My country has suffered terribly from the Kremlin’s obsession with restoring Soviet hegemony. But the entire security of Europe and the west is at stake• A thousand miles from Moscow: how Putin forged his Russian heartland• Vladimir Putin has one reliable set of allies: Russia’s iron ladiesOver the past decade Europe has sleepwalked...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 25 Mar 2017
Trump blames Democrats for healthcare bill humiliation Donald Trump has blamed the Democrats for the failure of his healthcare bill. In a significant blow for the US President, the bill was withdrawn yesterday because it did not have enough support to pass in Congress. Trump told the Washington Post: “We were a little bit shy, very little,...
Ukrainian MP ‘gunned down by Kremlin agent’, Kiev claims
A senior Ukrainian official said the killer of an outspoken Kremlin critic Denis Voronenko, who was gunned down in Kiev, was a Russian agent. …read more Source: The...
EU prolongs satellite support to Ukraine monitors
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Le Pen says, if elected, will mull swift lifting of Russia sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen said on Friday after meeting President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin she would consider what she had to do to swiftly lift European Union sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis if elected. …read more Source:...
