Section: International Business Times (USA)
Ukraine Welcomes Pilot Savchenko As Hero After Russian Prisoner Exchange
MOSCOW — Freed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko arrived Wednesday in Kiev to a hero’s welcome, military awards and speeches alongside President Petro Poroshenko after being swapped for two alleged Russian intelligence officers who were returned to Moscow. Savchenko was met at Kiev’s Boryspil airport by her mother and sister,...
Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko Free After Russia And Ukraine Launch Prisoner Swap
MOSCOW — Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko was released Wednesday by Russia in a long-awaited exchange for two Russian intelligence officers held by Ukraine, according to multiple media reports. The three prisoners were reportedly returned to their countries on separate aircraft after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations. Sentenced to 22...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Australian Law Firm Names Russia, Putin In Compensation Claim, Report Says
An Australian law firm has filed a compensation claim against Russia and President Vladimir Putin in the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of families of victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, shot down in 2014, media reported. The jetliner crashed in Ukraine in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people...
New Police Force Finds Old Habits Die Hard In Ukraine
The launch of Ukraine’s new police patrol force last year sparked an internet craze of citizens posting selfies with newly recruited officers. Their popularity stemmed not from their uniforms, body cameras and tablets, but the fact they did not demand bribes. The most visibly successful reform to have emerged from the pro-European Maidan...
Russia To Upgrade Crimean Radar Station To Detect Missile Launches From Black Sea, Mediterranean
Russia will upgrade a radar station near Sevastopol in Crimea to detect potential missile launches from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Sputnik News reported Tuesday, citing Izvestia newspaper. The development comes on the heels of a U.S. missile shield going operational in Romania — a move Moscow views as a threat to Russia’s...
Amid Russian Aggression, Nordic States Determined To Maintain Sanctions After Obama White House Meeting
The leaders of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden had one nation on their minds while attending a summit at the White House on Friday — Russia — and its airspace violations and aggressive posturing. While meeting with President Barack Obama, the leaders all agreed on the need to maintain sanctions against Russia following the illegal...
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Germany Pushes Peace Talks, Local Elections In Eastern Ukraine
More than a year after Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine agreed to a second ceasefire on Feb. 12, 2015, fighting between the two sides has reduced but is far from over. At a meeting of foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in Berlin Wednesday, Germany is expected to tell both...
Amid Russian Nuclear Tensions, NATO Military Buildup On Eastern European Border Urged By US Defense Chief
The NATO military alliance may increase its presence on the eastern borders of Europe in response to perceived aggression from Russia, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday. Carter’s remarks come as tensions have risen between NATO and Russia over the annexation of Crimea as well as Moscow’s nuclear ambitions and military...
Amid Russian ‘Nuclear’ Tensions, NATO Military Build-Up On Eastern European Border Urged By US Defense Chief
The NATO military alliance may increase its presence on the eastern borders of Europe in response to perceived aggression from Russia, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday. Carter’s remarks come as tensions have built between NATO and Russia over the annexation of Crimea as well as Moscow’s nuclear ambitions and military...
Finland-NATO Controversy: ‘Serious Crisis’ Possible With Russia If European Nation Joins, Report Says
Finland could see a “serious crisis” with Russia if it joins NATO, experts warned in a report commissioned by the Finnish government. The report comes as tensions between the two countries have heightened amid Russian military ambition in the Arctic Circle and in Ukraine. …read more Source: International Business...
