Section: The United Kingdom
Russia to analyze possible consequences of new Ukraine sanctions: RIA cites deputy PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will analyze the possible consequences of new sanctions introduced by Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted by RIA news agency as saying on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine condemns rebel election move
A move by rebels in Ukraine to hold elections poses a “great danger” to the peace process, President Petro Poroshenko warns, as he announces sanctions. …read more Source:...
Ukraine bans journalists who ‘threaten national interests’ from country
BBC journalists Steve Rosenburg and Emma Wells included in ban by president Petro Poroshenko, along with Russian state media channelsPresident Petro Poroshenko has banned two BBC correspondents from Ukraine along with many Russian journalists and public figures.The long-serving BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg and producer Emma Wells have...
Ukraine president bans journalists discredited by crisis from country
BBC journalists Steve Rosenburg and Emma Wells among those sanctioned, with Petro Poroshenko saying they pose a ‘threat to national interests’President Petro Poroshenko has banned two BBC correspondents from Ukraine along with many Russian journalists and public figures.The long-serving BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg and producer...
Ukraine extends or applies sanctions on over 400 individuals, 90 legal entities -decree
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Wednesday to extend or apply sanctions on over 400 individuals and 90 legal entities in response to a decision by separatist rebels to set the date for “illegal elections.” …read more Source:...
Kiev fears default if debt reform stalls
Ministers fear backlash as Ukraine parliament prepares to vote on $18bn plan …read more Source: Financial...
US open to more money for Ukraine
New loan guarantee would aid in $18bn debt restructuring …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine wants Western weaponry if Minsk deal fails: official
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine will renew its calls for lethal defensive weaponry from its Western allies if the Minsk peace deal fails, the country’s top official to NATO said on Tuesday, urging help to reestablish control over its eastern border with Russia. …read more Source:...
Techno, parties and prayer – celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Ukraine
Every year thousands of Hasidic Jews fly in from around the world to visit their spiritual leader’s grave in Uman – much to the consternation of some of the localsThe shops take payment in shekels, Israeli police patrols move through throngs of Hasidic Jewish men in white prayer robes, and everywhere there are signs and adverts in Hebrew....
Infidelity, vodka and gloom: Chekhov’s stories lurch onto the stage
Watching dramatisations of Chekhov’s early short stories, Michael Billington finds the writer sketching out his caustic portrait of the Russian character – complete with drunken fishermen and flirtatious wivesGiven the bleakness of the news coming out of Ukraine, it is a pleasant shock to find a short season celebrating the country’s...
