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Russia Sends Second Humanitarian Convoy Into Ukraine — And No One Said A Word About It
The first 35 vehicles in a second Russian aid convoy heading for rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine have crossed the border, Russian news agencies reported late Friday. “Russian customs officers and border guards completed processing the first group of trucks… Now all 35 trucks have left the border crossing point towards Ukraine,”...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame as fighting tests truce
Kiev (AFP) – Tensions over Ukraine festered on Saturday after Kiev accused the Kremlin of seeking to “eliminate” the pro-Western former Soviet nation while Moscow charged Washington with orchestrating the entire crisis.The bitter exchange in the wake of the toughest Western sanctions yet on Russia came with a fragile nine-day...
Ukraine’s PM Says Putin’s Goal Is To ‘Take The Entire Ukraine’
KIEV (AFP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wanting to wipe out Ukraine as an independent country despite a truce deal. “His aim is not just to take Donetsk and Lugansk,” Yatsenyuk said at a conference in Kiev, referring to the separatist regions in eastern Ukraine...
Ukraine PM accuses Putin of seeking to ‘eliminate’ country
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wanting to wipe out Ukraine as an independent country despite a truce deal.”His goal is to take the entire Ukraine… he wants to eliminate Ukraine as an independent country,” Yatsenyuk said in English at an...
Russian aid convoy crosses border into Ukraine: reports
Moscow (AFP) – The first 35 vehicles in a second Russian aid convoy heading for rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine have crossed the border, Russian news agencies reported late Friday.”Russian customs officers and border guards completed processing the first group of trucks… Now all 35 trucks have left the border crossing point...
EU delays implementing Ukraine free trade deal
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union said Friday it will delay implementation of a free trade deal with Ukraine by more than a year until the end of 2015.EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht said, after talks with Russian and Ukrainian ministers, that while the free trade agreement would be delayed, Brussels would still extend temporary...
Poland resumes gas deliveries to Ukraine
Warsaw (AFP) – Poland’s state-owned pipeline operator on Friday said it resumed gas deliveries to war-torn Ukraine, following a brief interruption brought on by slashed supplies.Warsaw stopped sending the daily four million cubic metres of gas to Ukraine on Wednesday, accusing Russia’s Gazprom of only delivering 45 percent of...
West imposes new Russia sanctions, Putin defiant
Kiev (AFP) – The United States and European Union hit Russia with tough new sanctions Friday in a coordinated riposte to Moscow’s “unacceptable behaviour” in Ukraine.Moscow responded by accusing its foes of seeking to derail a fragile ceasefire that came into force just a week ago, aimed at halting a conflict that has...
Obama May Have Just Dealt A Crushing Blow To Russia’s Oil Exploration
New U.S. sanctions handed down on Friday are designed to effectively “shut off” Russian oil conglomerates from oil exploration projects, U.S. officials said, in a move aimed squarely at Russia’s $425 billion-a-year petroleum industry. The measures are “designed to effectively shut down this type of oil exploration and...
The Dollar Is On A Tear
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar headed for its ninth straight week of gains on Friday, some measure of how the economic fortunes of the United States and its major economic peers are diverging after six years of financial turmoil. Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields rose to their highest in over a month, while European stocks shrugged...
