Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
MH17 victims families face lengthy battle for compensation
Australian law firm says families could receive as much as $10m each as it urges the government to join with other nations to fight for reparationsThree months after the shooting down of a civilian airliner over eastern Ukraine, the families of the 298 victims face a complex and lengthy journey towards compensation. One leading law firm...
Tony Abbotts threat to shirtfront Putin immature, Russian official says
Embassy official says Australian-Russian relations at a historic low and Abbott more interested in muscle flexing than investigating MH17 Tony Abbotts threat to shirtfront Vladimir Putin has been labelled as immature by a Russian embassy official, who pointed out while Abbott may be a fit cyclist, the Russian president was a judo champion....
Quotation quiz: was it Tony Abbott or Vladimir Putin? Who said what?
Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, has been shaping up to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ahead of the G20 in Brisbane next month, saying he is going “shirtfront” him. But do these two macho leaders have more in common than they realise? Can you tell who uttered what? … …read more Source: The...
Booming Chinese frontier town reveals growing Russian ties and old divide
Manzhouli is thriving as China sucks in Russian raw materials and exports its consumer goods, but mutual distrust persists At the base of the giant matryoshka, five storeys high, restaurant is spelt out in Cyrillic script: PECTOPAH. But the face on the Russian doll is evidently Asian and the welcome to diners scrolls across a screen in Chinese...
utin’s Russia is weak – the UK in many ways is stronger
Plea to put Ukraine crisis in perspective Western commentators guilty of exaggeration Russian economy in deep troubleRussia is weak. It is not in any relevant, meaningful, sense, a “Great Power”. Indeed, it is less powerful in many ways, than Britain. … …read more Source: The...
Vladimir Putin not welcome at G20 summit in Brisbane, says Bill Shorten
Opposition leader says Russian president is thumbing his nose at the rest of the world over the shooting down of MH17Australia should not welcome Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit because the Russian leader is thumbing his nose at the rest of the world over the shooting down of MH17, the opposition leader Bill Shorten says.The government has...
Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops to return to base near Ukraine border
President to meet Ukraines Petro Poroshenko as Nato reports significant pullback of Russian forces since September ceasefireVladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, Russian news agencies have reported.The news came before an expected...
Ukrainian Darth Vader strums acoustic Imperial March for election run – video
Who knew Star Wars villain Darth Vader was in fact a Ukrainian Cossack at heart? The Sith lord has appeared in a commercial for the Ukrainian Internet Party, announcing his candidacy for the country’s parliamentary election on 26 October. Vader is seen strumming a traditional Ukrainian instrument and instructing his followers not to let...
France-Russia warship deal in choppy waters amid sanctions against Putin
Francois Hollande reluctant to renege on controversial 1.2bn contract signed with French shipyard before conflict in UkraineAt the shipyard in Saint Nazaire the superstructure sticks out like a sore thumb, a great tower surrounded by cranes and lifting devices that signal to the town that the helicopter carrier is moored here, in the oily waters...
Belarus police detain Ukraine fans for singing anti-Putin songs
15 people held after Belarus v Ukraine qualifier in Borisov Ukraine government: They are accused of sticking up postersBelarus police detained scores of Ukrainian and Belarussian football fans who shouted patriotic Ukrainian slogans and chanted abuse against Russian President Vladimir Putin at a match, a rights organisation and local media said...
