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Verdict due in Ukraine pilot case
A Russian court is due to start delivering its verdict in the controversial trial of the Ukrainian pilot, Nadia Savchenko. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ awaits murder verdict
Pilot on trial for co-ordinating strike that killed two reporters is a hero at home …read more Source: Financial...
LGBT festival in Ukraine abandoned after far-right protest
Far-right groups surrounded hotel in Lviv where about 70 participants in the equality festival had gatheredAn LGBT festival in the Ukrainian city of Lviv had to be abandoned when the venue was surrounded by around 200 members of far-right groups shouting “Kill, kill, kill” on Saturday.The event, on the theme of equality, was the first of three...
Vladimir Putin threatens to ‘hang’ someone if Crimea and Russia bridge is not done
Russian president flew into Crimea on the second anniversary of Moscow’s ‘illegal’ annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine despite the strong opposition of the international community. …read more Source: Daily...
Risk of nuclear war in Europe growing, warns Russian ex-minister
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The East-West standoff over the Ukraine crisis has brought the threat of nuclear war in Europe closer than at any time since the 1980s, a former Russian foreign minister warned on Saturday. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin: ‘Black Sea bridge builders are working on historic mission’
President made statement to workers on bridge between Crimea and Russia on anniversary of annexationVladimir Putin, marking the anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, has exhorted workers building a bridge between the Black Sea peninsula and Russia to fulfil a “historic mission” conceived by a Russian tsar. Russia seized Crimea from...
Exclusive: Ukraine’s Yanukovich says assets seizure is attempt to hide Kiev’s failings
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday Kiev’s new government was trying to obscure its failings by pushing through a law to confiscate his alleged offshore assets. …read more Source:...
Two years after annexation, Putin seeks to bind Crimea by bridge to Russia
Tuzla Island, CRIMEA (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin, marking the anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, on Friday exhorted workers building a bridge between the Black Sea peninsula and Russia to fulfil an “historic mission” first conceived by a Russian tsar. …read more Source:...
EU calls for more countries to impose sanctions over Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union called on Friday for more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula two years ago, saying European governments were very worried about Moscow’s military build-up in the region. …read more Source:...
Champions League draw: Man City face PSG, Atletico Madrid take on Barcelona
Manchester City will face Paris Saint Germain in their first ever Champions League quarter-final after seeing off Dynamo Kiev. …read more Source:...
