Section: The United Kingdom
Rumours swirl in Moscow about Vladimir Putin’s health
Vladimir Putin was last seen in public when he met with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on 5 March, pictured. It was claimed the Ukraine crisis may have contributed to his failing health. …read more Source: Daily...
IMF says “high risks” to Ukraine rescue
Agency’s economic forecasts depend on ceasefire with Russia holding …read more Source: Financial...
New mystery ‘suicide’ in Ukraine
A former regional governor becomes the latest ally of Ukraine’s deposed president to be found dead in mysterious circumstances. …read more Source:...
EU leaders unlikely to tighten Russia sanctions at meeting next week: diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders are unlikely to tighten sanctions on Russia when they meet next week but will haggle over whether they need to act now to prolong economic sanctions on Russia expiring in July, diplomats said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
OSCE will extend Ukraine mission one year, may expand its size
VIENNA (Reuters) – The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will extend its observer mission to Ukraine for one year, until March 2016, and may double its size to 1,000 observers, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
When relief looks barely enough
THERE was relief in Ukraine’s corridors of power on March 11th when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved its long-awaited bail-out for Ukraine. The fund’s promised loan amounts to $17.5 billion over four years. Other donors have pledged several billion more. The first tranche has already brought in a badly needed $5 billion,...
Exclusive: From ‘Red October’ village, new evidence on downing of Malaysian plane over Ukraine
CHERVONYI ZHOVTEN, Ukraine (Reuters) – Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot out of the sky on July 17 last year, providing the most detailed accounts to date that suggest it was fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels. …read more...
Ukraine to air ‘post-Maidan’ TV drama
A Ukrainian TV channel trails new series on the National Guard’s fight against separatists in the country’s east. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin health fears: Kremlin denies rumours President is ill after he cancels second meeting in two days
Russian officials have denied reports that Vladimir Putin has fallen ill after the cancellation of two state events, but admitted the president’s schedule due to the Ukraine crisis was “very intensive”. …read more Source: The...
Russia holds military drills in Crimea, Georgian breakaway regions: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has started military exercises in the country’s south, as well as in Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and in Crimea, annexed from Ukraine last year, news agency RIA reported on Thursday, citing Russia’s Defence Ministry. …read more Source:...
