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Russia punishes Ukraine over EU deal
Russia tightens trade sanctions on Ukraine in retaliation for Kiev’s anti-Russian sanctions and its EU free trade deal. …read more Source:...
EU extends economic sanctions on Russia for six months
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday extended economic sanctions against Russia until the end of July next year after the deadline for raising objections passed without any member state challenging the decision. …read more Source:...
Russia’s PM Medvedev orders legal action against Ukraine over debt: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday ordered its government to prepare legal action against Ukraine if it does not repay $3 billion debt, Russian news agencies reported. …read more Source:...
Where is Russian cash, asks Crimea’s leader
The Kremlin-appointed prime minister of Crimea has said that the peninsula had not yet received “a single kopek” of the… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine: Still hoping for change
Expectations that sparked a revolution have not been met yet …read more Source: Financial...
Putin says will not abandon Russians in Ukraine to nationalists: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would not abandon Russians living in southeast Ukraine to Ukrainian nationalists, RIA news agency quoted him as saying in a documentary due to be broadcast later on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine refuses to repay $3bn loan owed to Russia after bitter row
Kiev’s rejection of payment proposal could hinder Ukrainian efforts to restructure country’s growing debt with international creditors Ukraine has refused to repay Russia a $3bn (£2.01bn) loan after a bitter row that could put on hold Kiev’s plans to restructure its growing debt with international creditors.The Ukrainian...
Ukraine’s rowdy parliament replaces its deputies with children – but only for a day
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Kiev has a nasty case of anti-communist hysteria
Ukraine has banned a party that is neither communist nor dangerous – clearing the way for a new left loyal to neither Russia nor the westAn anti-communist hysteria is prevailing in Kiev. After banning Soviet symbols earlier this year, a court has now outlawed the Communist party of Ukraine, preventing it from organising and taking part in...
