Section: US & Canada
Russian court keeps Ukrainian pilot behind bars
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has rejected an appeal to release a Ukrainian pilot who has been on hunger strike since mid-December. The case of Nadezhda Savchenko has attracted high attention in recent weeks as concerns rise about her health. Savchenko has been in Russian custody since June on charges that she provided information for a mortar...
France’s Top Appeals Court Upholds Extradition Of Fugitive Kazakh Banker
The top French appeals court has upheld the extradition of fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to either Russia or Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
One confirmed dead in coal mine blast in rebel-held Donetsk, Ukraine
An explosion ripped through a coal mine before dawn Wednesday in war-torn eastern Ukraine, killing at least one miner, rebel and government officials said. An injured miner reported seeing five bodies. …read more Source: CTV...
EU ready with sanctions if Ukraine ceasefire violated, Merkel says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia on Wednesday that any serious violation of the current ceasefire in east… …read more Source:...
Russian court rejects appeal to free Ukrainian pilot Savchenko
A Russian court has rejected an appeal to release a Ukrainian pilot who has been on hunger strike since mid-December. …read more Source: FOX...
Top French Court Approves Extradition of Kazakh Banker
Top French court approves extradition of Kazakh dissident banker to Russia or Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...
Russia: The car used in Putin critic’s murder belongs to a ‘in house security service’
Russia’s Finance Ministry says that the car being sought in connection with the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov belonged to a “in-house security service” for the ministry, according to the Russian news agency TASS. Nemtsov was shot dead last week in the highest-profile murder during Putin’s 15-year reign. Because of...
More Than 30 Killed in Mine Blast in Rebel East Ukraine
An early morning mine blast in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed more than 30 people and injured 14, a local official said on Wednesday (March 1), but Reuters cold not independently verify the number of dead. Approximately 70 people were working underground at the time of the explosion, a local emergencies ministry official...
Ukraine: 1 dead, over 30 trapped after mine blast
The explosion happened at the Zasyadko mine in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk. …read more Source: USA...
Top French court approves extradition of Kazakh banker
PARIS (AP) — France’s top appeals court has approved the extradition of a Kazakh oligarch-turned-dissident to Russia or Ukraine.Mukhtar Ablyazov’s… …read more Source:...
