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France and Russia settle Mistral dispute
Paris agrees to return money for helicopter carriers pulled amid Ukraine tensions …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine army gets help from classic car restorers
Vintage car fans fix kit for Ukraine army …read more Source:...
President-elect says Poland should be part of Ukraine peace talks: PAP
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland together with Ukraine’s other neighbors should be involved in resolving the crisis in eastern Ukraine, Poland’s president-elect Andrzej Duda said. …read more Source:...
Fish, meat and history: food markets of the new east – in pictures
In his travels across the former Soviet Union, photographer Gianluca Pardelli has documented the collision of past and present amid the bustling trade in cultural fare. The Calvert Journal reports … …read more Source: The...
‘Russia’s Troy’ under Kremlin control after row over priest’s appointment
Tauric Chersonesos archaeological site in Sevastopol, Crimea, to come under Russian control after anger at decision to put Orthodox priest in chargeThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has moved to put a key archaeological site in Crimea under federal control amid academics’ outrage that an Orthodox priest was appointed to run it.The...
Further conflict, debt dispute pose high risk to Ukraine recovery: IMF
KIEV(Reuters) – Further separatist conflict and the possibility of protracted debt restructuring talks still pose “exceptionally high” risks to Ukraine’s efforts to restore its financial stability, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
The museum of New Russia’s ambitions
State media has toned down the anti-Ukraine rhetoric but its message lives on, says Courtney Weaver …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine loses grip on militia ‘breaching ceasefire’
Ukraine is struggling to control its own paramilitary groups in the war-torn east with one of its most feared ultra-nationalist… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rebels kill four troops
Ukraine says pro-Russian rebels have killed four of its soldiers and injured 15 in the past 24 hours, in an escalation of the conflict in the east. …read more Source:...
Closing the London laundromat could be Cameron’s greatest legacy
A view across the “London laundromat”. © DncnH London’s bricks have become a global currency for corruption. Why? The answer is simple: you can buy them anonymously. The perfect Bitcoin for kleptocrats. Because when nobody knows who you really are, nobody knows where your money really comes from. And that’s exactly what criminals...
