Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Putin, Macron to meet for French-Russian talks before G-7
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in southern France to discuss the world’s major crises, including Ukraine, Iran and Syria, and try to improve Moscow’s relations with the European Union. Macron has invited Putin on Monday afternoon to his summer residence, the …...
Ukraine protests Putin’s trip to motorcycle show in Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has protested Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Crimea, where he attended a pro-Kremlin motorcycle club’s annual festival. The Foreign Ministry on Sunday called Putin’s trip “a crude violation by the Russian side of state sovereignty and the territorial...
Romania says Russian military equipment for Serbia blocked
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Romania has blocked a Russian military shipment of battle tanks and armored vehicles to Serbia because of international sanctions that are in place against Russia over its actions in Ukraine. The Romanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday that it could not issue a transit … …read more Source:...
Questions abound over Ukraine’s seizure of Russian tanker
KIEV | It was a move both obvious and ominous. Ukraine on Thursday seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker Thursday at the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Izmail. Kiev alleges the vessel was the same tanker used by the Kremlin to block the Kerch Strait in the violent naval clash between … …read more Source: The Washington...
Ukraine seizes Russian tanker in Black Sea
MOSCOW (AP) – Officials in Ukraine said Thursday they have seized a Russian tanker moored in the Black Sea in a move that could undermine a much-anticipated prisoner swap between the two countries. The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said in a statement that it seized the Russian tanker moored in … …read more Source: The...
Ukraine election: President’s party leads, majority unclear
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party has the most support in opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections, but obtaining a solid majority in the Verkhovna Rada is far from certain. Zelenskiy, who took office in May, has been stymied by a parliament dominated by his …...
Ukraine language law debate spills into UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A clash over a new Ukrainian language law played out Tuesday in the U.N. Security Council, where Ukrainian and Russian representatives sparred over whether the legislation promotes Ukrainian unity or jeopardizes the interests of the country’s Russian-speaking population. The discussion came amid political...
Biden’s son scoffs at Trump’s calls for probe into Ukraine business ties; ‘F*** you, Mr. President’
Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, dismissed threats by the Trump administration to investigate his business dealings in Ukraine in an interview published Monday. Mr. Biden told The New Yorker that the first time he heard of the potential probe, a helicopter happened to be … …read more Source: The Washington...
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe eases Russian sanctions
A pan-European parliamentary body voted early Tuesday morning to restore full voting rights for Russia, a move critics say is the first major weakening of the sanctions imposed on the Kremlin after its invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014. The vote in the Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly of the Council … …read more Source:...
Ukraine recalls Council of Europe envoy over Russia vote
MOSCOW (AP) – Ukraine’s foreign minister has recalled the country’s permanent representative to the Council of Europe after the human rights organization’s assembly approved a resolution to restore Russia’s participation. The parliamentary assembly stripped the Russian delegation of voting rights in 2014 over...
