Section: The United Kingdom
Monks at Putin monastery set up mozzarella factory as food-import ban takes its toll
Farm manager from Valaam monastery travels to Italy to learn new cheese-making techniques after Ukraine crisis led to food bans …read more Source: The...
Monks at ‘Putin monastery’ to set up mozzarella factory to get around food-import ban
Farm manager from Valaam monastery travels to Italy to learn new cheese-making techniques after Ukraine crisis led to food bans …read more Source: The...
Serbia’s government: Europe or Russia?
Not the best way to play the game UNDER Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s prime minister, the country is caught between its European ambitions and his autocratic drift. This week’s visit by Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, highlights Serbia’s dilemmas. Its main strategic goal is to join the European Union, yet it is refusing...
Putin Accuses Obama Of ‘Hostile’ Attitude
The Russian president criticises a speech in which Mr Obama branded Moscow’s actions in Ukraine a top global threat. …read more Source: Sky...
Russia’s Putin warns of repeat of 2008 gas crisis
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Russia will reduce gas supplies to Europe if Ukraine steals from the transit pipeline to cover its own needs, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, adding that he was “hopeful” it would not come to that. …read more Source:...
MH17 wreckage still littering Ukrainian countryside: in pictures
MH17 wreckage is still scattered around a field near the village of Rassipnoe …read more Source: The...
Hungary questions EU sanctions on Russia
Comments expose uncomfortable gaps between EU member states in their response to Ukraine crisis …read more Source: Financial...
Majority of Russians say Western sanctions will help economy: poll
MOSCOW (Reuters) – More than half of Russians believe their economy will benefit from Western economic sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis and from the countermeasures adopted by Moscow, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Femen protesters target Vladimir Putin before meeting with Ukraine president
Topless demonstrators accuse ASEM summit in Milan of welcoming a killer before Russian leaders expected meeting with Petro PoroshenkoThe Ukrainian feminist protest group Femen has staged a two-woman demonstration against Vladimir Putin in Milan, where he is expected to attend a major summit of world leaders on Thursday.The protesters stood in...
Merkel says Russia sanctions do not preclude dialogue
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a speech in parliament on Thursday that sanctions against Russia over Ukraine were necessary but they did not preclude dialogue with Moscow. …read more Source:...
