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NATO, Russia exchange barbs
Mar06

NATO, Russia exchange barbs

Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin following a meeting with Italian PM Matteo Renzi. AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin BY RAF CASERT AND VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The Associated Press RIGA, Latvia – NATO and Russia exchanged heated language reminiscent of Cold War days on Thursday with accusations of sinister geopolitical plotting and human rights abuses flying...

EU Keeps Sanctions Against Russia for Ukrainian Crisis
Mar06

EU Keeps Sanctions Against Russia for Ukrainian Crisis

06 de marzo de 2015, 15:32Riga, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) Despite efforts to guarantee the implementation of the peace agreements for Ukraine, signed in Minsk, the European Union (EU) Foreign ministers decided today keeping the unilateral sanctions against Moscow. …read more Source: Prensa...

Deputy Denounces Repression in Ukrainian Province
Mar06

Deputy Denounces Repression in Ukrainian Province

Political repression in Ukraine Kiev_ The vice president of the Ukrainian parliamentary faction Opposition Block, Alexander Vilkul, denounced the political repression exercised in the province of Dnepropetrovsk, In demand that President Petro Poroshenko issue a statement today, in demand that President Petro Poroshenko issue a statement today,...

U.S. Lawmakers Urge Obama to Send Lethal Weapons to Ukraine
Mar06

U.S. Lawmakers Urge Obama to Send Lethal Weapons to Ukraine

Washington, March 6 (RHC)– U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and a group of senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers are urging President Barack Obama to send “lethal” weapons to Ukraine. “We urge you to quickly approve additional efforts to support Ukraine’s efforts to defend its sovereign territory, including...

Ukraine Makes $15mn Advance Payment for Gas to Russia
Mar06

Ukraine Makes $15mn Advance Payment for Gas to Russia

06 de marzo de 2015, 14:12Moscow, 6 Mar (Prensa Latina)Gazprom has received another $15 million as prepayment from Ukraine for Russian gas, bringing the total prepaid volume to 63.3 million cubic meters, says Gazprom spokesperson Sergey Kupriyanov. …read more Source: Prensa...

Ukraine Violates Minsk Agreements With a Blockade
Mar06

Ukraine Violates Minsk Agreements With a Blockade

06 de marzo de 2015, 13:08Kiev, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) The minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications of the insurgent People””s Republic of Lugansk (PRL), Alexándr Chumachenko, denounced today that Ukraine breaks the agreements of Minsk on having prohibited the transit towards this region. …read more Source:...

Deputy Denounces Repression in Ukrainian Province
Mar06

Deputy Denounces Repression in Ukrainian Province

06 de marzo de 2015, 08:14Kiev, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) In demand that President Petro Poroshenko issue a statement today, the vice president of the Ukrainian parliamentary faction Opposition Block, Alexander Vilkul, denounced the political repression exercised in the province of Dnepropetrovsk. …read more Source: Prensa...

Putin condemns slaying of critic
Mar05

Putin condemns slaying of critic

Boris Nemtsov’s mother Dina Eidman (C), relatives and friends stand at his coffin. AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev BY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The Associated Press MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin Wednesday called the slaying of his top critic a “disgrace” to Russia, while the opposition promised to complete Boris Nemtsov’s work on a report...

Mine blast hits Ukraine troops
Mar05

Mine blast hits Ukraine troops

24 killed, 9 missing in methane gas incident AP GRAPHIC INFOGRAPHIC BY NATALIYA VASILYEVA The Associated Press DONETSK, Ukraine – A rebel-held city scarred by months of conflict in eastern Ukraine suffered more tragedy Wednesday when a methane gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 24 workers and left nine missing. As rescue efforts...

We Should Give Lethal Aid to Ukraine-US Gen. Martin Dempsey
Mar04

We Should Give Lethal Aid to Ukraine-US Gen. Martin Dempsey

04 de marzo de 2015, 15:08Washington, 3 Mar (Prensa Latina)Itâ€Ã–s the first time that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, has spoken out in favor of supplying Kiev troops with American lethal weapons in the context of NATO. …read more Source: Prensa...