Section: The United Kingdom
Dutch shift focus in MH17 crash to investigating culprits
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Thursday that, with nearly all of the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 identified, efforts had shifted to finding those responsible for shooting the plane down as it crossed Ukraine last July. …read more Source:...
Russia-Japan relations over disputed islands unchanged after Crimea: Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s relations with Japan over disputed Pacific Islands have not changed following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Fight the good fight
FROM the Sea of Azov to Aleppo, fighters from the western Balkans are at war. So worried are their governments that laws have been passed to make fighting abroad illegal, and their security services co-operate with foreign ones to monitor them. The numbers are small, but the Balkans looms relatively large on foreign battlefields. Orthodox...
How Vladimir Putin tries to stay strong
A RELATIVE hiatus in the fighting in eastern Ukraine (at least until this week) and a relative stabilisation in the Russian economy are prompting two questions. Is the worst of the war over and might better economic news calm the Kremlin—or is this a lull before a new storm? The economic situation is not as bad as many predicted four months ago....
Ukraine Journalist Killed By Masked Gunmen
Oles Buzina, who held pro-Russian views, is the latest ally of former president Viktor Yanukovych to die violently this year. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine: President orders investigation into murders of prominent pro-Russians
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Oleg Kalashnikov, ally of deposed Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych found shot dead
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of the Ukrainian parliament, was found dead Wednesday evening. He was an ally of Viktor Yanukovych (pictured). …read more Source: Daily...
Pro-Russian journalist killed in Kiev
Leading pro-Russian journalist Oles Buzyna, shot dead in Ukrainian capital Kiev, officials say. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian journalist shot and killed in Kiev
Oles Buzyna, a former editor-in-chief and one-time parliamentary candidate, was killed on Thursday by shots from a passing carA Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views has been gunned down in Kiev.The Ukrainian interior minister, Anton Herashchenko, said in a Facebook post that Oles Buzyna, who was editor-in-chief of a leading daily...
Putin condemns Kiev over ‘blockade’
Russia’s President Putin tells a live TV audience that Ukraine’s government is deliberately cutting off rebel-held areas in the east of the country. …read more Source:...
