Section: The United Kingdom
Merkel, Putin express hope for gas talks success on October 29: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of reaching an agreement on gas supplies to Ukraine in a telephone call, the Kremlin said on Friday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis – the view from Russia
Former Russian spy chief Nikolai Patrushev challenges western perspectives on the standoff between Moscow and Kiev in an interview with Rossiyskaya GazetaThe last few months have witnessed a coup détat in Ukraine, military operations by the Ukrainian authorities against the people of Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts and rabidly anti-Russian policies...
VIDEO: Spirit of revolution simmers in Kiev
Steve Rosenberg visits Kiev to see how the recent violence in Ukraine has had an impact on who is running for parliament. …read more Source:...
Merkel says EU will discuss bridging finance for Ukraine next week
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Ukraine will discuss a bridging loan to Kiev next week so that the country can pay in advance for Russian gas deliveries for the coming months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. …read more Source:...
What to look for in Ukraine’s election
What to look for in Ukraine’s parliamentary election …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Land of chaos and courage
A journey across a Ukraine wracked by conflict …read more Source:...
G20: feelings about MH17 and Ukraine will have to be put aside for any productive discussion to happen | Malcolm Fraser
If Ukraine is to be a cohesive, peaceful, prosperous country, the pro-Europeans and the pro-Russians will need to cooperate together and learn the art of compromiseIf the G20 is to operate as an effective organisation, its membership must learn to behave with civility to each other. How Australias prime minister Tony Abbott and Russias president...
Ukrainian rebels set clocks to Moscow time in Luhansk People’s Republic
Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine will move their clocks to Moscow time on Sunday, in move that further integrates their self-declared state with Russia …read more Source: The...
Ukraine before the election: The battle for Ukraine’s future
ONLY a few photographs of dead fighters and flowers in the centre of Kiev recall the dramatic events that unfolded on Independence Square, or the Maidan, a year ago. The barricades and the encampment are long gone. The city feels subdued and traumatised as it awaits the parliamentary elections on October 26th. The energy and hope of a new...
Can an election calm the crisis in Ukraine?
Analysis: President Petro Poroshenkos bloc is campaigning on a message of peace and unity ahead of Sundays election. But with the country so bitterly divided, parliament is likely to become another battlefield, writes Balázs Jarábik for Eurasia OutlookOctober in Kiev has brought a gorgeous Indian summer. The reprieve from autumns slow creep...
