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Hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot could die before Russia sentences her: lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two Russian journalists could die before a Russian court sentences her as the state of her health is worsening, her lawyer said. …read more Source:...
Why Ukraine needs Russia more than ever
With country at risk of becoming a failed state, Kiev must recognise that economic survival depends on Moscow not the westIn January Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, congratulated the country on surviving its first winter without buying Russian gas. It had instead bought European gas which, as Poroshenko pointed out proudly, was 30%...
Ukrainian pilot on hunger strike attacks ‘farce’ of Russian trial
Nadezhda Savchenko gives closing statement to court before judge retires to consider verdict on claim she directed deadly artillery strikeA Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia has given her closing statement in the case, five days after she began a hunger strike that she has pledged to continue unless she is returned to Ukraine. Russia has...
Syria’s “ceasefire” is holding—but for how long?
A Syrian boy rides a bicycle through a devastated part of the city of Homs, Syria, 26th February, 2016. ©Hassan Ammar/AP/Press Association Images : What is Putin’s agenda in Syria and Ukraine? The cessation of hostilities in Syria that was brokered by the US and Russia and began on 27th February is just about holding. Aid organisations have...
‘I will return home, dead or alive,’ says Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia
As Nadiya Savchenko’s court case resumes, here is a translation of the statement she was prevented from delivering last week The trial of Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot jailed in Russia, is expected to resume today with a verdict possible later in the week. Savchenko, 34, has been charged with complicity in the killing of two Russian...
Ukraine pilot to make closing statement
A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two journalists is due to make her closing statement after five days on hunger strike. …read more Source:...
Ukraine finance minister aims for top post
Former fund manager works on programme for technocratic, reformist government …read more Source: Financial...
Doctors ‘given access’ to Ukraine pilot
A Ukrainian lawmaker says doctors have been granted access to Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who is refusing food and water in detention in Russia. …read more Source:...
Chernobyl 30 years on: former residents remember life in the ghost city of Pripyat
Evacuees from the Chernobyl nuclear accident remember relatives, friends and colleagues who died – and the abandoned city declared unsafe for 24,000 yearsIn a biting winter wind, Alexander Petrovich Zabirchenko walks slowly along a memorial to firefighters and workers who died in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, touching each of the portraits...
Ukraine protest at pilot’s detention
Hundreds of people gather outside the Russian embassy in Kiev, calling for the release of hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. …read more Source:...
