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Ukrainian Bessarabia: Towards the unknown region
THE isolated region of Ukrainian Bessarabia, which is also known as Budjak, has become one of the latest places for Ukraine-watchers to worry about. Many of the inhabitants fear a spread of the war from eastern Ukraine. Geography gives their region great strategic importance, especially if the Russians were ever tempted to try to carve a land...
Wealthy Russians mock rouble crisis by posting pictures of caviar under #whatcrisis hashtag
Не дождетесь!) #Whatcrisis #Russia #sanctions You are not able to destroy us) @MailOnline pic.twitter.com/4cpI6VVgZ0 — Tatiana Felitsina (@TanyaFelice7) December 30, 2014 As the Russian economy spirals downwards due to western trade sanctions, a few citizens are eager to prove that a slight drop in the rouble hasn’t put a dent in their...
Obama suggests Putin ‘not so smart’
US President Barack Obama suggests Russia’s Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea earlier this year turned out to be “not so smart”. …read more Source:...
Nuclear reactor shutdown at Ukraine’s biggest power station after ‘electrical malfunction’
One of six reactors at the Zaporizhia power station in the south-east of the country was automatically disconnected by the plant’s ‘internal defence mechanism’ at 6am yesterday morning. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says to meet Putin, Merkel, Hollande on January 15
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday he would meet with French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Jan. 15. …read more Source:...
Urban photos of the year – in pictures
Fire in Valparaiso, umbrellas in Hong Kong, a wall of snow towering over Buffalo … here are 13 of the most powerful images from cities around the world in 2014 … …read more Source: The...
Russia’s Lavrov sees chance to solve Ukraine crisis in 2015: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sees a real opportunity to solve the Ukraine crisis in 2015, Interfax news agency quoted him as saying on Monday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine turns off reactor at its most powerful nuclear plant after ‘accident’
Ukraine shut down one of the six reactors in its most powerful nuclear power plant today – for the second time in a month – because of an apparent electrical malfunction. …read more Source: The...
Kiev targets oligarchs with budget bill
Ukraine budget adopted in extraordinary 4.15am vote …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine’s parliament approves austerity laws needed for draft budget
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament backed on Sunday the final reading of laws that will simplify tax legislation and impose additional duties on imports, improving the chances a 2015 budget will be approved soon as required by the country’s Western backers. …read more Source:...
