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Ukraine says wants to be ‘flexible’ with its bondholders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s finance minister on Tuesday said the country wants to be “flexible” in its discussions with sovereign bondholders over renegotiating its debt, and is not ruling out any form of an agreement, including maturity extension. …read more Source:...
Israel election: The secrets of the Netanyahu campaign – and how he could win even if he loses
Aron Shaviv had handled elections in some tough places at tough times – Kosovo, Ukraine, Serbia. He was at the office of the Thai prime minister when the army staged a coup. But when the Israeli political strategist was asked to help get Benjamin Netanyahu back into office he knew it would be one of his more difficult assignments. …read...
Crimea, one year on: the Night Wolves howl for Putin
Many residents are still elated over the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula but critics face threats and prosecution – and a crude nationalisation process is crushing private enterprises …read more Source: The...
Crimean Tatars divided between Russian and Ukrainian promises
Ethnic Tatars have lived in region for more than 1,000 years and now report both entreaties and threats, from both Kiev and MoscowWith a Qur’an on his bookshelf and a large portrait of Vladimir Putin hanging on the wall above him, Zaur Smirnov is convinced that Russia’s annexation of Crimea is good news for his people – the Crimean...
Putin has started a ‘war with the whole civilised world’ which could leave MILLIONS dead
VLADIMIR Putin has started a war with the “whole civilised world” which could leave “ten million people dead”. …read more Source:...
Euphoria fades in Crimea after a year of Russian rule
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – A year after Russia’s takeover of Crimea sparked a wave of euphoria across the Black Sea peninsula, residents are suffering growing hardship as prices rise and many fear for the future. …read more Source:...
Obama, Italy’s Renzi to meet on Ukraine, Islamic State: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will meet April 17 to discuss a range of security issues, including the crisis in Ukraine and ongoing efforts to counter Islamic State, the White House said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Rebel ‘status’ row erupts in Ukraine
A row about the proposed “special status” of rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine threatens the country’s fragile ceasefire deal. …read more Source:...
Kremlin rules out handing back Crimea to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it would not hand back Crimea to Ukraine, despite warnings by the United States and European Union that they will not drop sanctions over the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation a year ago. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin is not dead
While his statements on Crimea are alarming, rumours of the Russian president’s death have been – oh, you know how it goes. A woman watches the Crimea documentary this week. Photo: DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Good news for those who have spent the last eleven days in the “Putin’s probably not dead” camp: the Russian president has...
