Section: International Business Times (USA)
Russia Skips Meeting With US, EU, Other Countries To Discuss 2016 Nuclear Security Summit
Russia chose not to attend a meeting on Monday to plan the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, The Associated Press, or AP, reported citing officials from the United States and European Union. Relations between Russia, the U.S. and EU have been frayed in recent months over the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: International Business...
“Russian” Troops Surge Into Ukraine As Donetsk And Luhansk Elections Reveal Winners
As pro-Russian winners were announced Sunday after an election in Donetsk and Luhansk, concerns intensify over a major military movement of troops and equipment from Russia into Ukraine. The movements, which began Sunday and were witnessed by a number of Western journalists, included up to 40 trucks of military equipment and troops. …read...
Pro-Russian Rebels Vote For Leaders In Eastern Ukraine
(Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce.” Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko won over 81 percent of the vote, according to the rebels’ exit polls of an election that has worsened a standoff...
EU Calls East Ukraine Vote Obstacle To Peace, Won’t Recognize It
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An election of separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine is an obstacle to peace and the European Union will not recognize it, the EU’s new foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Sunday. “I consider today’s ‘presidential and parliamentary elections’ in Donetsk and Luhansk...
Flight MH17: More Human Remains Found Amid Break In Eastern Ukraine Fighting
The Netherlands said Friday a break in fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists allowed a small team of Dutch investigators to recover more human remains from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The plane was shot down over Eastern Ukraine on July 17. The remains are headed to Amsterdam for analysis. Remains of nine of the 298...
Ukraine, Russia and EU To Sign Gas Deal
A long-simmering dispute over natural gas supplies between Russian and Ukrainian energy officials ended Thursday, as negotiators from the two countries and the European Union have agreed on a deal to resume Russian gas supplies to Ukraine. The two countries have faced growing international pressure to reach an agreement and the reported deal...
Ukraine Gas Supplies In Doubt As Russia Seeks EU Payment Deal
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s efforts to unblock deliveries of Russian gas as winter sets in were deadlocked on Thursday as Moscow’s negotiators were quoted demanding firmer commitments from the European Union to cover Kiev’s pre-payments for energy. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia Will Violate International Commitments By Recognizing Rebel Elections: John Kerry
The United States, on Tuesday, warned Russia against giving official recognition to elections planned by pro-Moscow separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, stating that it would be a “clear violation of the commitments made by both Russia and the separatists.” …read more Source: International Business...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Investigators Now Believe That Military Aircraft Involved In Downing Over Ukraine
Three and half months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, Dutch prosecutors investigating the tragedy now believe the aircraft may have been shot down by another aircraft, according to a senior prosecutor in a German media interview. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia Will Recognize Separatist Polls Organized By Rebels In Eastern Ukraine
Russia announced Tuesday that it will recognize the results of elections that separatist rebels have planned to hold in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 2. The latest announcement by the Russian government comes as Ukraine’s pro-Western leaders have reportedly negotiated for the formation of a coalition government. …read more Source:...
