Section: The United Kingdom
Germany and Russia: A new Ostpolitik
Putin wags a finger at Mutti OVER the past year, Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, has become the West’s diplomatic shield against Russia’s Vladimir Putin. That is partly because America’s Barack Obama is distracted and weakened by his midterm elections. It is also because nobody else in the European Union has the same...
The Cyprus problem: Intractable—or insoluble?
EUROPEAN UNION countries loudly criticise Russia for creating frozen conflicts in Georgia, Moldova and, now, Ukraine. Yet they are quieter about their own case of Cyprus, an EU member with an unrecognised Turkish-Cypriot north. This frozen conflict is older: over 50 years have passed since clashes broke out between Turkish- and Greek-Cypriots, 40...
Propaganda warning over Ukraine conflict
Europe’s governments told to get out of news business …read more Source:...
New parliament coalition proposes Yatseniuk stays on as PM
KIEV (Reuters) – A newly formed five-party coalition in the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday nominated Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk to stay on as head of the government. …read more Source:...
Aim of sanctions not to bash Russian economy: German foreign minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – The goal of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis must not be to wear down Russia economically, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
EU expects stable gas supply even as Russian shipments yet to start
ASTANA (Reuters) – The European Union expects stable gas supplies this winter under a deal by Russia and Ukraine, a senior EU energy official said, even while Moscow has yet to resume shipments and Kiev has yet to pay in advance as agreed. …read more Source:...
West struggles with Russia’s ‘ambiguous warfare’ tactics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Russians crossed the border to fight with rebels in eastern Ukraine earlier this year, Moscow said the soldiers had not been deployed but had gone on their own vacation time. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s solvency under renewed threat
Government borrowing costs hit record high …read more Source: Financial...
Guardian’s Luke Harding wins prestigious James Cameron prize
Ex-Moscow bureau chief recognised for his work on WikiLeaks, Ukraine and Russia, as well as the Snowden revelationsThe Guardian foreign correspondent Luke Harding has won the prestigious James Cameron prize for 2014 for his work on Russia, Ukraine, Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks.The honour is given in memory of the celebrated foreign correspondent...
Ukraine banks axe services in pro-Russian regions
Cash machines and credit cards suspended after central bank orders cessation of all operations in rebel heartlandsUkraine’s government has begun cutting off payments and banking services to areas of the country under the control of pro-Russian rebels, in a further sign that Kiev has given up trying to control the territory.There has been a...
