Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Pays $15 Million Toward Russian Gas Bill
Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom said on Thursday that it had received a $15 million prepayment from Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz following warnings supply could be cut off if no payment was made. The payment is enough for 45.6 million cubic meters of gas, or about five days’ supply at current rates of delivery, Gazprom said by...
Italian PM visits Moscow, set to discuss Russia-EU ties and Ukrainian crisis
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is visiting Moscow for talks focusing on Russia-EU ties, which have been badly strained by the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: FOX...
Russian NGO ousted from Gulag prison camp museum
MOSCOW (AP) — An independent Russian organization says it has been ousted from the Gulag prison camp museum that it has run from 1992. Viktor Shmyrov, director for the Perm-36 museum in central Russia, told The Associated Press Thursday that his organization had lost the property after losing a lawsuit against the regional Ministry of Culture,...
Death toll from Ukraine mine accident rises to 32
Officials in a separatist rebel-held city in east Ukraine say the death toll from an accidental explosion at a coal mine has risen to 32. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s ex-finance minister arrested on fraud, embezzlement charges
Amy R. ConnollyMADRID, March 5 (UPI) — Yuri Kolobov, Ukraine’s former finance minister, has been detained in Spain. He is wanted in connection to large-scale fraud and theft. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine bans Russian media outlets from official events
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agency Tass says that Russian media outlets are no longer granted access to official events in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine bans Russian media outlets from official events
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agency Tass says that Russian media outlets are no longer granted access to official events in Ukraine. Tass quoted an unidentified Ukrainian foreign ministry official as saying, “from this week we no longer accredit Russian media.” On Feb. 12, Ukraine’s parliament voted to ban accreditation for Russian media...
Ukraine Bans Russian Media Outlets From Official Events
Ukraine bans certain Russian media outlets from reporting official events …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine bans Russian media outlets from official events
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agency Tass says that Russian media outlets are no longer granted access to official events in Ukraine. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Ukraine bans certain Russian media outlets from reporting official events
Russian news agency Tass says that Russian media outlets are no longer granted access to official events in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
