Section: U.S. News (USA)
UN: Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine expel aid agencies
MOSCOW (AP) — The UN refugee agency has blasted Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine for shutting the door on international aid. …read more Source: U.S....
EU: Russia-Ukraine talks on gas supplies to resume
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine will resume talks aimed at trying to clinch a deal guaranteeing that Ukraine will receive shipments of Russian natural gas this winter. …read more Source: U.S....
High-profile trial of Ukrainian officer begins in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has begun hearing the high-profile case against Ukrainian officer Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine leader expresses wish to join NATO
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday told the country’s security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a “criminal” policy that his government is ready to reverse. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s richest man plays both sides of war’s frontline
KRASNODON, Ukraine (AP) — In this town deep in eastern Ukraine’s rebel heartland, about a quarter of the population works in the coal mines owned by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man. Here and elsewhere in territory controlled by the separatist insurgency, the tycoon keeps the lights on and people clothed and fed, with...
Putin, Berlusconi in Ukraine probe for drinking Crimea wine
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian prosecutors are reportedly preparing charges against the director of a winery in Russian-occupied Crimea for uncorking a 240-year-old bottle for Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian firm, CEO paying $30M to settle SEC charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Ukrainian firm and its CEO, alleged to be part of an international web of hackers and traders that made $100 million in a massive scheme, are paying $30 million to settle U.S. regulators’ charges against them. …read more Source: U.S....
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has extended by six months a visa ban and asset freeze targeting several close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin and others involved in Russia’s annexation of Crimea and other territorial disputes in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Elton John urges Ukraine to accept gays
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Elton John has called on Ukraine’s business leaders to accept gays in the workplace, telling them that policies “designed to repress LGBT citizens … hinder economic development.” …read more Source: U.S....
OSCE head says Sept. 1 cease-fire in east Ukraine holding
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says a renewed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine has held for more than 10 days, creating the possibility of progress on the political level to end the fighting. …read more Source: U.S....
