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Ukraine raises interest rates to 30%
Ukraine’s central bank sharply raises interest rates from 19.5% to 30% in an effort to curb inflation and prop up its beleaguered currency. …read more Source:...
MH17 families view plane wreckage
Families of passengers who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine, view the wreckage of the plane at a Dutch air base. …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 relatives see wreckage of plane at Dutch airbase
Friends and family of those who died on flight last year invited to military base to inspect ruins of jet downed over UkraineRelatives of those killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine have visited a Dutch airbase to view the wreckage of the plane.For almost all of them, it was the first chance to see the twisted...
VIDEO: Grim remains of MH17 shown
All 298 people on board MH17 died when the airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine on 17 July, close to the border with Russia. …read more Source:...
Boris Nemtsov: conspiracy theories begin to emerge
Credits: OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/GettyAlt Text: Russia’s opposition supporters march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov Was Nemtsov killed by Islamists, the West, Putin’s opponents or the Russian president himself? Analysis Tuesday, March 3, 2015 – 2:07pm See related: Boris Nemtsov: will his killers be brought to...
Obama set to discuss Ukraine crisis with European leaders
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Long queues form in Moscow for funeral of Boris Nemtsov
People file past open coffin of murdered Putin critic before funeral in Moscow on TuesdayMourners in Moscow are paying their respects to Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, who was killed on Friday.Nemtsov’s body has been laid out in a coffin in the Sakharov Centre – named after the late Soviet-era dissident and Nobel peace prize...
Ukraine says return of Crimea a must for mending ties with Russia
TOKYO (Reuters) – No normalization of ties between Ukraine and Russia is likely unless the region of Crimea, now under Russian control, is returned to Kiev’s sovereignty, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours: Ukraine military source
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine were wounded in the last 24 hours in the country’s east where government troops are fighting with pro-Russian rebels, a Ukrainian military source told Reuters on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Three killed as fighting continues in eastern Ukraine
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