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Putin’s paranoia: fear and loathing inside the Kremlin
New book by journalist who spent years interviewing dozens of sources reveals a regime where disloyalty is the biggest crimeFor many people in the west, Russian politics has become synonymous with the country’s secretive president, Vladimir Putin, who has been known to disappear for weeks without explanation.But Putin does not work alone....
Merkel invites Putin to Germany
Meeting on Ukraine conflict comes as relations between Moscow and the west deteriorate …read more Source: Financial...
Leaders meet in Berlin for Ukraine peace talks
Angela Merkel to discuss implementation of 2015 Minsk peace deal with Putin, Poroshenko and Hollande Leaders from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet in Berlin to discuss efforts towards peace in eastern Ukraine, the office of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said.In a statement, the German government said Merkel invited the...
Ukraine announces ‘Normandy Format’ meeting in Berlin on October 19
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has agreed to a so-called “Normandy Format” meeting in Berlin on Oct 19, bringing together Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine for talks on the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, a statement said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Warlord ‘Motorola’ killed in lift bombing
A notorious separatist commander in eastern Ukraine has been killed when a bomb went off in the lift of his apartment building. …read more Source: Sky...
Prominent Russian separatist commander killed in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – A prominent Russian separatist commander was assassinated in eastern Ukraine on Sunday evening, his allies said on Monday, accusing Ukrainian government forces of murdering him to try to destabilize an already fragile ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Ukraine neo-Nazis say they killed rebel commander ‘Motorola’
A Ukrainian neo-Nazi group says it assassinated a top pro-Russian rebel commander known as “Motorola” in Donetsk. …read more Source:...
Prominent warlord Arsen ‘Motorola’ Pavlov killed in Donetsk blast
Pavlov, 33, was one of the most recognisable faces of the separatist movement and once admitted to killing 15 prisoners of war A notorious warlord has been killed in a bombing in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, separatist officials have said.The separatist Donetsk News Agency said Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, was killed on Sunday in...
Germany’s Merkel willing to meet Putin on Ukraine but needs progress
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is willing to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine crisis but no meeting has been set and progress needs to be made on the peace process, her spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebel commander killed in Ukraine lift bombing in ‘declaration of war’
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