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IMF to stand by $40bn Ukraine bailout
Jun13

IMF to stand by $40bn Ukraine bailout

Fund warns creditors it will back Kiev even if it defaults …read more Source: Financial...

U.S. and Russian navies hold talks on avoiding accidental clash
Jun12

U.S. and Russian navies hold talks on avoiding accidental clash

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.S. and Russian navies met this week for the first time since the Ukraine crisis began to discuss how to avoid an accidental clash at sea or in the air, a U.S. naval commander said on Friday. …read more Source:...

Merkel stresses Germany wants good relations with Russia
Jun12

Merkel stresses Germany wants good relations with Russia

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Berlin was keen to have good relations with Moscow and was striving for a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

Malaysia Airlines: MH148 in emergency landing after ‘fire’
Jun12

Malaysia Airlines: MH148 in emergency landing after ‘fire’

Description . 20 May: Book claims missing plane was shot down By May, a book had been rushed out with sensational claims that the missing Malaysian Airways flight MH370 may have been shot down accidentally by US-Thai joint strike fighters in a military exercise that went wrong in the South China Sea. The book also claimed that search and rescue...

Georgian leader’s appointment makes Ukraine personal for Vladimir Putin
Jun12

Georgian leader’s appointment makes Ukraine personal for Vladimir Putin

“I discussed this personally with Putin a while ago. I said: ‘Vladimir Vladimirovich, the payback for your country for supporting separatists would be that violence would come back to hit you as well.’ Putin said: ‘If anyone tries anything against us, we shall crush them like cockroaches.’” …read more Source: The...

US relaxes line on Russia business forum
Jun11

US relaxes line on Russia business forum

White House confirms it will not ask executives to stay away despite Ukraine sanctions …read more Source: Financial...

Ukraine’s creditors must share its pain
Jun11

Ukraine’s creditors must share its pain

Private bondholders should accept a haircut in debt talks with Kiev …read more Source: Financial...

Shell pulls out of gas project in Ukraine
Jun11

Shell pulls out of gas project in Ukraine

Anglo Dutch company’s decision reflects heightened geopolitical risk and fall in oil prices …read more Source: Financial...

Ukraine’s debt deadline looms
Jun11

Ukraine’s debt deadline looms

Talks stall with both sides accusing the other of intransigence …read more Source: Financial...

Russia plans giant Vladimir the Great statue in ‘one-upmanship with Kiev’
Jun11

Russia plans giant Vladimir the Great statue in ‘one-upmanship with Kiev’

Activists say plans for 330-ton, 79ft monument of medieval prince risk landslide at Moscow landmark …read more Source: The...