Section: The United Kingdom
Vladimir Putin blames US for Islamist terrorism and Ukraine conflict
President denies Russia has been aggressive in Ukraine and has encroached on the sovereignty of its neighboursVladimir Putin used a meeting with foreign journalists and Russia experts to rail against the United States and the current world order, blaming Washington for many current global problems, including unrest in Ukraine and Islamic...
French court approves Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov’s extradition to Russia
LYON France (Reuters) – A French appeals court approved on Friday the extradition from France to Russia or Ukraine of jailed Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling up to $6 billion from his former bank BTA. …read more Source:...
Rightwing muscles in on Ukraine election
Concerns rise about xenophobic candidates …read more Source: Financial...
U.S. diplomat criticizes PM Orban’s Russia policies
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary should back European Union sanctions against Russia and not talk about granting autonomy for ethnic Hungarians living in Ukraine at this time of instability, an American diplomat said in Budapest on Friday. …read more Source:...
Russia ‘helped Yanukovych to flee’
Vladimir Putin says for the first time that Russia helped Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych to flee after he was ousted in February. …read more Source:...
Putin accuses United States of damaging world order
LAURA Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of endangering global security by imposing a “unilateral diktat” on the rest of the world and shifted blame for the Ukraine crisis onto the West. …read more Source:...
Ukraine elections mark generational shift
Young hopefuls emerge from crisis-torn country …read more Source: Financial...
In eastern Ukraine, parliamentary election deepens divide
NOVOTROITSKE Ukraine (Reuters) – Standing at the village polling station where she will oversee Ukraine’s parliamentary election on Sunday, Irina Sobko points across a field of wilted sunflowers to a town controlled by Russian-backed rebels where she says there won’t be any voting. …read more Source:...
Ukraine vote could push the country into chaos
Ukraine’s vote could bring conflict, not peace …read more Source:...
Russia still has troops in Ukraine, NATO says
MONS Belgium (Reuters) – Russia still has some troops in eastern Ukraine and retains a very capable force on the border despite a partial withdrawal, NATO’s top military commander said on Friday. …read more Source:...
