Section: The United Kingdom
Crimean critics call foul as region votes in first Russian election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Six months after Russia annexed Crimea, residents of the Black Sea peninsula cast their first votes in a Russian election – an election many of them are calling unfair and undemocratic. …read more Source:...
Shelling in Donetsk ends Ukraine ceasefire
Heavy fighting and shelling erupted around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, scuppering hopes that the… …read more Source: The...
NATO countries have begun arms deliveries to Ukraine: defense minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defense minister said on Sunday that NATO countries were delivering weapons to his country to equip it to fight pro-Russian separatists and “stop” Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
Ukraine vows to protect delayed EU pact
Trade measures now set to come into force in December 2015 instead of November this year …read more Source: Financial...
Tough time to sell Ukraine president’s ‘mouthwatering’ candy empire
LONDON (Reuters) – A chance to buy the candy empire of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is the kind of opportunity in a fast-growing market that would normally have multinational confectioners – like Nestle or Cadbury’s parent Mondelez – drooling at the prospect. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: EU agrees a crucial Kiev trade delay to aid ceasefire
An unexpected decision by the European Union allowing Kiev to delay the implementation of a key trade agreement was part of a deal struck between Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko over the ceasefire in Ukraine’s civil war, according to senior diplomatic sources. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s threat to shun Russian telecoms hard to fulfill
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russian mobile firms face being squeezed out of Ukraine after Kiev signaled it would favor European companies in future airwave auctions to curb Moscow’s influence in the country. …read more Source:...
The world view of Scotland’s vote: Russia turns blue, China sees red
Newspapers and social media report the decision facing the Scottish people with a mixture of fervour, fear and indifferenceBeyond the confines of Britain, the prospect of an independent Scotland has produced a mixture of confusion, astonishment, glee and horror.India’s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, looked baffled when asked to comment on...
Russians are trying to ‘eliminate’ our country, says Ukrainian prime minister
Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that his nation stood in the path of Moscow’s desire to reshape the global order …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Putin wants to bring back Soviet Union and take us over, says Prime Minister
Ukraine’s Prime Minister has accused Vladimir Putin of wanting to “restore” the Soviet Union and claimed both sides were “still in a state of war”. …read more Source: The...
