Section: KXAN (USA)
Ukrainian man gets 6-year prison term in Russia for spying
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has sentenced a former defense factory chief from Ukraine to six years in prison on espionage charges, a verdict that comes amid continuing tensions in Russia-Ukraine ties. The Moscow City Court on Wednesday found Yuri Soloshenko, the 73-year-old former head of the Znamya electronics plant in Poltava, guilty of...
Dutch to hold non-binding referendum on EU-Ukraine links
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch electoral commission says that an activist group has gathered enough signatures to force a non-binding referendum in the Netherlands on a European Union pact with Ukraine. The electoral commission announced Wednesday that nearly 428,000 messages of support were collected by a group called GeenPeil seeking a...
Russia appeals to UN aviation body to open new MH17 probe
MOSCOW (AP) — The chief of the Russian aviation agency says Russia has appealed to the International Civil Aviation Organization to open a new probe into last year’s downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. The Dutch Safety Board said in its final report released on Tuesday that the Boeing 777 was destroyed on July 17,...
French president is looking to sell new ships to Russia
SAINT-NAZAIRE (AP) — France is looking to sell new ships to Russia in the future despite the cancellation of a controversial deal for two Mistral-class warships this year, French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday. “Things went well with Russia, which has agreed to cancel the contract. And I even think we’ll get partnerships for new...
The Latest: Relatives told Buk missile downed MH17
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The latest news on the report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine last year. All times local. ___ 12:10 p.m. The cousin of a woman killed on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 says that the official investigation into the cause of the disaster last year has concluded that a Buk missile downed...
Russian missile-maker contradicts Dutch MH17 crash report
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian state-controlled missile-maker said Tuesday its investigation of last year’s crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane over rebel eastern Ukraine contradicts conclusions from a Dutch probe. Ukraine and Western countries contend the airliner was downed by a missile fired by Russia-backed rebels or Russian forces from...
Russia resumes gas supply to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom says it has resumed supplies to Ukraine that will help the country meet its energy needs through the harsh winter months. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said supplies, which were suspended in the spring, recommenced earlier Monday after the company received $234 million in prepayments from Kiev. The...
Official: Moscow could hand over imprisoned Ukrainian
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s justice minister says Moscow is open to discussing handing over to Kiev a Ukrainian pilot charged with the murder of two journalists. Nadezhda Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot who served in a volunteer battalion fighting alongside government troops against Russia-backed rebels, says she was kidnapped by Russians after she...
Merkel, Zerai, Pope Francis all in Nobel Peace Prize buzz
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Europe’s record-breaking refugee crisis was a hot topic ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday, but a Saudi blogger, a pope who reveres the Earth and its poorest people and the key players in the Iranian nuclear deal were also generating buzz. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has given no clues but those...
UN: Polio vaccines in Ukraine safe despite local concerns
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says it’s worried that millions of doses of polio vaccine might be wasted in the Ukraine after concerns were raised by a patient group that the doses are unsafe. The oral polio vaccine must be kept frozen while being stored, according to WHO guidelines. The all-Ukrainian Council for...
