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Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed, German foreign minister visits Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, the military said on Tuesday, as Germany foreign minister prepared to hold talks on the crisis in both Kiev and Moscow. …read more Source:...
The west must be tough on Putin – but it may take a generation to bring Russia back | John Kampfner
Putin is the author of his country’s misfortune, and he will probably outlast his western opponentsIn a few days Russia’s last remotely independent radio station could be silenced. Ever since the country’s energy conglomerate Gazprom took a majority holding, Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) has battled against censorship. The...
VIDEO: EU: Russia needed for Ukraine deal
Russia is both a “part of the problem” and “part of the solution” in Ukraine according to the European Union. …read more Source:...
European leaders fear growth of Russian influence abroad
Angela Merkel criticises destabilising strategy by Vladimir Putin to spread ‘sphere of influence’ beyond former Soviet statesEuropean governments are increasingly alarmed that Vladimir Putin is building on his destabilisation of Ukraine to extend Russian power and influence within the European Union, targeting the former Soviet bloc...
Putin claims west is provoking Russia into new cold war as ‘spies’ deported
Russian president denies fanning tensions and says Nato ‘expansion’ in Europe had been ‘geopolitical game changer’Vladimir Putin has suggested to a German interviewer that the west is provoking Russia into a new Cold War. The airing of the interview, which was recorded by the German channel ARD in Vladivostok last week, followed...
Homeless Ukrainian man becomes unlikely online fashion star
In pictures: Yurko Dyachyshyn spent two years photographing Slavik, a 55-year-old homeless man from Lviv, Ukraine, who has a unique sense of style …read more Source: The...
Isolated at G20, Putin shows he will do it his way in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – It may have looked in the West like Russian President Vladimir Putin fled this weekend’s G20 summit early with his tail between his legs after being berated over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
David Cameron’s Commons statement on the G20 summit: Politics Live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including this morning’s Rochester byelection hustings on BBC Radio Kent 3.28pm GMTDavid Cameron will be making his Commons statement on the G20 summit in about half an hour. It would normally start at 3.30pm, but there is an urgent question about the army...
MH17 plane crash: new footage emerges of aftermath – video
Newly-emerged footage of the immediate aftermath of Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine. The video, shot on a mobile phone and obtained by a Russian newspaper, shows people from the village of Rassipnoye running towards the crash site as black smoke billows over a wide area. Some 298 people were killed when the plane crashed in...
Artillery explosions shake Donetsk airport in east Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Loud explosions and artillery fire rocked Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine on Monday, despite attempts to negotiate an end to a battle that is undermining a ceasefire in regions held by separatists. …read more Source:...
