Section: The United Kingdom
EU sanctions on Russia ‘on Friday’
The European Union agrees to impose on Friday new sanctions on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis, diplomatic sources say. …read more Source:...
EU seeks compromise with Russia over Ukraine free-trade pact
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU will offer Russia more time to adjust to a European trade pact with Ukraine, diplomats say, moving to ease bilateral tensions over an accord at the center of the crisis in Ukraine as a ceasefire there takes hold. …read more Source:...
Mother of Ukrainian rebel hostage ‘received his head in the post’
Reports of the woman receiving the severed head in a wooden box came as the organisation said they had documented evidence both sides have committed human rights abuses. …read more Source: Daily...
Russia reduces gas exports to Poland
Russia’s gas supplies to Poland have dropped by 45%, Poland’s state gas firm PGNiG says, amid tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Putin orders combat readiness checks for troops in Russia’s east
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has ordered snap checks of troops’ combat readiness in Russia’s far east, the latest in a series of military drills this year as tensions have mounted over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebels mockingly compare battle for Ukraine with Scottish independence
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine have offered their own idiosyncratic take on the debate over Scottish independence as they back the Yes vote. …read more Source: Daily...
Putin announces Russia is developing new nuclear and conventional weapons to counter moves from Nato and the US in wake of Ukraine crisis
Russia’s President revealed the move today amid a worsening stand-off between the Kremlin and the West which has seen Nato create a ‘spearhead’ force to defend eastern Europe. …read more Source: Daily...
Cold war looms as Russia cuts gas supplies to West
Fears of a gas war caused by the conflict in Ukraine increased yesterday when Poland, Slovakia and Germany all said… …read more Source: The...
Russia stokes tensions with the west by cutting gas exports to Poland
Gazprom claims maintenance is behind the shortfall, as it is accused of penalising Poland over supplying gas to UkraineA decision by Russia to cut its gas exports to Poland without warning rekindled fears last night about Europe’s reliance on Siberian gas at a time of increasing tension between Moscow and the west.The Polish state energy...
Ukraine offers concessions to pro-Russian separatists
Ukraine’s President says Russia has removed the bulk of its forces from his country, raising hopes for a peace drive now underway after five months of conflict in which more than 2,600 people have been killed. He has offered an olive branch to pro-Russian separatists, saying regions under rebel control would get special autonomy....
