Section: The United Kingdom
EU to extend Russia sanctions, add new names, prepare new steps
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will extend by six months sanctions imposed on Russia last March over its annexation of Crimea, add new people to those under sanctions and prepare new measures, draft conclusions for an EU foreign ministers meeting showed. …read more Source:...
US warns of more sanctions on Russia
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew threatens a possible extension of sanctions on Russia because of the escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Kazakhstan bans rallies, fearing Ukraine-style turmoil: U.N. report
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan says it has clamped down on peaceful rallies out of fear of a repeat of the protests that brought chaos to Ukraine, a United Nations special rapporteur said in a critical report on the central Asian state. …read more Source:...
Putin eyes benefits as rebels gain in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Boxed into a corner by a financial crisis and the West’s refusal to drop sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out fighting. …read more Source:...
U.S. provides more aid to Ukraine, threatens to step up sanctions on Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – The United States signed an agreement on Wednesday to provide $2 billion in loan guarantees to help war-torn Ukraine with “near-term social spending” in 2015 and said it was prepared to step up economic sanctions against Russia if necessary. …read more Source:...
Obama, Merkel want Russia held accountable for violence in Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed their concern about Russia’s role in rising violence in eastern Ukraine in a phone call late on Tuesday and agreed on the need for funds to stabilise the Ukrainian economy. …read more Source:...
U.S. to work with allies ‘to increase pressure on Russia’: Treasury Secretary Lew
KIEV (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday signed an agreement providing war-torn Ukraine with $2 billion in loan guarantees to help it with “near-term social spending” in 2015 and said it was prepared to step up sanctions against Russia if necessary. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: EU threatens Russia with new economic sanctions
European Union heads of government have threatened Russia with an escalation of economic sanctions, saying they held Moscow responsible for supporting separatists who are accused of killing 30 civilians in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol over the weekend. …read more Source: The...
West questions Kremlin’s Ukraine strategy
Putin’s opportunistic approach is giving way to fixed goals …read more Source: Financial...
Holocaust Memorial Day 2015: Enormous tent lit up over Auschwitz gate
Polish born Holocaust survivor Halina Birenbaum, seen on top screen, speaks in a tent raised at the entrance of the Birkenau Nazi death camp (Picture: AP Photo//Czarek Sokolowski)Around 300 Holocaust survivors have gathered with world leaders under an enormous tent over the gate and railroad tracks that marked the last journey for more than a...
