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Ukraine analysis: Russia may prefer an extended ‘frozen conflict’ but freezing conditions loom for all
When talks on Ukraine were convened in Minsk last September, they seemed to have come out of nowhere and the ceasefire agreement they produced was greeted with widespread scepticism. …read more Source: The...
‘Day of Silence’ aims to rebuild Ukraine truce but talks in doubt
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine plans a “Day of Silence” on Tuesday to try to rebuild a ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists that has all but disintegrated, but accompanying peace talks — the first in three months — look likely to be delayed. …read more Source:...
Russian soprano reaches out to rebels
Russian opera singer and international star Anna Netrebko gives 1m roubles (£12,000) to a theatre in rebel-held Ukraine and poses with a rebel flag. …read more Source:...
Ukrainians go underground: Families living in cellars in Donetsk feel they have been abandoned by the government in Kiev
Ilona already knows the sound a bomb makes. The three-year-old is keen to impress she can tell the difference between a mortar and the thud of the trap door, which periodically slams shut above her head. …read more Source: The...
Opera singer Anna Netrebko poses with Ukrainian separatist flag
Russian-Austrian soprano donates 1m roubles to opera theatre in rebel-held Donetsk and says she ‘just wants to support art’The Russian-Austrian opera soprano Anna Netrebko has given support to east Ukrainian separatists, posing with one of their top political leaders and holding up the flag of Novorossia, a self-declared amalgamation of...
Russia’s tough rhetoric over Ukraine does not tell the whole story
While Moscow appears publicly defiant, behind the scenes there are efforts to find a way out of the crisisAn angry claim by Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, that the US and its allies are plotting regime change in Russia is further evidence that the east-west standoff over Ukraine is hardening. But the public rhetoric does...
U.N. declares 2014 a devastating year for millions of children
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and the Palestinian territories. …read more Source:...
U.S. sanctions aimed at changing power in Russia: deputy minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian deputy foreign minister accused the United States on Monday of trying to bring down President Vladimir Putin by imposing sanctions on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine, TASS news agency reported. …read more Source:...
Putin ‘sabotaging next-door states’: Merkel accuses Russian president of ‘creating problems’ for countries that want closer ties with the EU
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Russia was creating problems for Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine – three countries that have decided to sign an association agreement with the EU. …read more Source: Daily...
Angela Merkel: Russia is punishing countries for leaning towards Europe
German Chancellor says Moscow is “creating problems” for Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova for seeking closer ties with the European Union …read more Source: The...
