Section: KXAN (USA)
Ukraine convicts 2 captured Russian servicemen of terrorism
MOSCOW (AP) — A Ukrainian court has convicted two Russian servicemen captured last year of terrorism and waging a war in eastern Ukraine. Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev have acknowledged being Russian servicemen and said they were on a reconnaissance mission. Russia’s Defense Ministry, however, said they had resigned from active...
Problems fixes all over Russia after appeals on Putin’s show
MOSCOW (AP) — In just one day, roads of a Siberian city were repaired, swindled fishery workers got wads of cash and a child prodigy was invited to go a Crimean summer camp. The one thing that made it possible was President Vladimir Putin’s call-in show where distressed Russians appealed to the country’s leader to solve their...
Russia’s top diplomat in Japan to discuss leaders’ meetings
TOKYO (AP) — Top diplomats from Japan and Russia were making preparations in Tokyo on Friday for their leaders’ meetings later this year, hoping to deepen relations overshadowed by a World War II territorial dispute and the conflict in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s trip came days after Japan hosted foreign...
Russia rejects criticism of fly-by near US Navy destroyer
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense ministry has rejected complaints by U.S. officials who said Russian attack planes buzzed dangerously close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea this week. The U.S. European command says the Russian planes buzzed a U.S. ship multiple times Monday and Tuesday in what the U.S. officials described as an...
Ukraine recovers 4 stolen Dutch paintings
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials have announced the recovery of four paintings from a trove of Dutch Golden Age art that was stolen from a Dutch museum more than a decade ago. At a Thursday briefing showing the four paintings, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said work will continue to recover other pieces of art burglarized from the...
The Latest: Putin: Syrian army well shored up by Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s marathon call-in TV show (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia has shored up the Syrian army to the point where it can conduct offensive operations despite a Russian military drawdown. Putin, who was speaking Thursday in a marathon call-in TV...
Putin: Russian economy is on the road to recovery
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says Russia’s agricultural production has risen even though its national economy has plunged into recession, and predicts that the economy will start growing next year. Putin was speaking Thursday during his highly scripted marathon call-in TV show. The Russian leader uses the annual event to burnish...
Ukraine’s president nominates ally for prime minister
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has nominated an ally to become prime minister in an effort to end a political impasse. Poroshenko announced in parliament on Thursday the nomination of Volodymyr Groysman, currently the parliamentary speaker. The chamber is expected to hold a vote for the new government later on Thursday....
Lithuania blacklists 46 Russians for prosecuting Ukrainians
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The Lithuanian government said Wednesday it has blacklisted 46 Russian citizens involved in criminal prosecutions of several Ukrainians including the imprisoned pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius urged other EU countries to join Lithuania in banning Russian judges and prosecutors. He did not...
Russians worried about economy before Putin call-in show
MOSCOW (AP) — Before President Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show on Thursday, the Kremlin has been sifting through more than 1 million questions from Russians across the country. Chief among concerns this year are the rising cost of utilities — a perennial issue — and the state of Russia’s roads, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...
