5 August 2014 – With thousands fleeing the intensifying violence in eastern Ukraine, senior United Nations officials today urged the…
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The European Commission said Monday it will hold further talks with Ukraine and Russia on resolving their gas supply dispute after outlining a possible price regime to secure supplies to June 2015. EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said talks…
A huge crowd of cheering ice hockey fans packed the central streets of Moscow on Tuesday to celebrate Russia’s world championship win over Finland. Tens of thousands of supporters turned out to hail Alexander Ovechkin, Yevgeni Malkin, Sergei Bobrovski…
Russia coach Fabio Capello has urged the country’s football bosses to toughen rules for foreigners playing in the domestic league as he grapples to find a team to play in the World Cup. The 67-year-old, who took over in 2012, has complained of the very…
Middle-aged municipal worker Masha bent down in her green parks department overall to tend the pristine flowerbeds on a tree-lined avenue in downtown Donetsk. “We don’t know who will be paying our salaries from now on,” she said, digging around in the…
The EU was intensifying diplomatic efforts Tuesday to get Ukraine’s leadership and pro-Moscow rebels to the negotiating table, as the OSCE said Moscow supports a de-escalation roadmap for the crisis. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier kicks…
Rebels in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region appealed on Monday to join Russia after what they claimed were resounding victories in independence referendums. Moscow said it “respects” the result of the weekend votes on self-rule, which were denounced…
Thousands of pro-Russian protesters assaulted Odessa’s police headquarters Sunday, days after deadly clashes and a fire there killed dozens of their comrades in what Kiev charged was a Russian plot to “destroy Ukraine”. The unrest in the southern port…
Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom posted a second successive drop in annual profits on Tuesday and warned that the escalating crisis in Ukraine could disrupt its crucial supplies to Europe. The world’s biggest gas producer admitted that the threat…
The Group of Seven rich countries agreed Saturday to impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, after Kiev accused Moscow of seeking to trigger a “third world war”. The G7 nations, in a joint statement, said they would “move swiftly…