Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Russia to ban food imports from Ukraine; Kiev expects embargo will cost upwards of $600M
Russia said it will ban food imports from Ukraine starting in 2016 as the neighboring nations remain at odds following Kiev’s decision to adopt Western-imposed sanctions of its own. Alexei Ulyukayev, Russia’s minister of economics, confirmed plans to implement the ban beginning next year, Kremlin-run media reported Wednesday....
Vladimir Putin approval rating hits new high as Russia’s state media sells Syria campaign
MOSCOW — Not so long ago, Russia’s state media were dominated by stories about eastern Ukraine’s war-torn cities and the heroic exploits of Russian-backed separatists battling the government in Kiev. These days, however, Syria’s battlefields and the derring-do of Russian pilots are the overwhelming focuses of broadcasts by...
White House calls for ‘justice’ in downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014
In another simmering feud between Washington and Moscow, the White House called Tuesday for punishment for the Russia-backed separatists who shot down a passenger jet over Ukraine last year, killing all 298 persons aboard. “The United States will fully support all efforts to bring to justice those responsible,” said National …...
Dutch Safety Board: Buk missile downed MH17 in Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was destroyed by a Buk surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board said Tuesday as it presented the results of an official probe into the crash. The missile’s Russian maker, however, presented its own report hours earlier, trying to … …read more...
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 …...
Russian maker of missile that took down MH17 to offer alternative explanation of disaster
The Russian manufacturer of the missile system blamed for taking down commercial flight MH17 in Ukraine said Friday it would unveil the “real reasons” for the disaster on Tuesday. Almaz-Antey, the maker of the BUK surface-to-air missile system that western powers and Kiev believe downed the flight, said it would … …read...
France tells Putin to confine airstrikes to Islamic State
PARIS (AP) – With Russian warplanes bombing Syria for a third day, French President Francois Holland told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Moscow’s airstrikes must be confined to attacking Islamic State militants, not other rebels opposing the Damascus government. Hollande used a meeting on Ukraine to address Western concerns...
Ukraine to pull out small-caliber weapons from war-torn east
MINSK, Belarus (AP) – Ukrainian government forces will pull out small-caliber weapons from the war-torn east in two days’ time if the cease-fire holds, the defense minister said on Thursday. A military conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has been raging since April 2014, leaving more...
Negotiators reach deal on weapons withdrawal in east Ukraine
MINSK, Belarus (AP) – Representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have reached a long-awaited agreement on the withdrawal of weapons of less than 100 mm caliber from the frontline in eastern Ukraine. The deal supplements a broad agreement signed in February aimed at … …read more...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Obama, Putin holding rare meeting to confront deep differences on Syria and Ukraine NEW YORK (AP) – Face-to-face for the first time in nearly a year, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday will confront rising tensions over Moscow’s military engagement in Syria, as well as the … …read more...
