Section: South America
Russian bank VEB says execs had talks with Trump son-in-law
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia’s incursion into Ukraine disclosed yesterday that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a top White House adviser, during the 2016 election campaign. …read more Source: Stabroek...
Ukrainian President: Murder of Former Russian MP Is State Terrorism by Russia
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko accused the Kremlin on Thursday of being behind the assassination of a former Russian member of parliament in Kiev, calling it an act of state terrorism carried out by Russia. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Large Explosion at Ammunition Depot in Ukraine Triggers Evacuation, No Victims
Ukrainian officials evacuated around 20,000 people from the vicinity of a huge munitions dump that exploded on Thursday and went up in a ball of flames, authorities said. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Moscow Laments Ukraine’s Entry Ban on Russian 2017 Eurovision Contestant
Moscow denounced Ukraine’s decision to ban a Russian Eurovision contestant from entering the country and called on Thursday upon the Kiev Government to reverse the measure. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine Bans Russian Contestant Ahead of 2017 Eurovision Contest in Kiev
Ukraine’s security services on Wednesday banned a Russian singer from entering the country, just two months before she was due to take part in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
EU, Ukraine, Russia to Hold Three-party Gas Talks
“The aim of the trilateral meetings is to ensure continued gas supplies and transit,” the European Commission said in a statement. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko Proposes Bill to Bulletproof Sovereignty on Eastern Ukraine
The political debate over the sovereignty of the eastern Ukrainian regions was ongoing on Thursday following a televised interview in which Ukraine’s president said he would propose a bill to secure Kiev’s authority in the restive Donbass area. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine Ends Ceasefire at MH17 Site
Fighting could resume around the crash site of a Malaysian Airlines flight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Italian Punks Banda Bassotti Rocking Donetsk
One of Italy’s most prominent left-wing punk bands says it’s bound for eastern Ukraine later this year. …read more Source:...
Canadian Foreign Minister Scapegoats Russian Hackers for Exposing Nazi Grandfather
While Foreign Affairs Minister Chyrstia Freeland dismissed the news as Russian propaganda, it was actually Ukrainian Canadians that unearthed the information. …read more Source:...
