Latest in Tag: Ukraine Highlight
Latest in Tag: Ukraine
Dark days on Crimea: Russia and Ukraine rattle sabers
Electricity cables cut, no trade between Ukraine proper and the Crimean Peninsula, no gas supply: Once again Ukraine and Russia seem headed for confrontation. The US and Europe fear for the future of the Minsk Protocol. Crimea has recently experienced its darkest hours in memory – literally. The peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, was …
Russia halts gas deliveries to Ukraine, Kyiv responds
Russia has said it is halting its gas supplies to Ukraine, waiting for Kyiv to make more upfront payments. Energy giant Gazprom sees serious risks to secure gas transit to Europe via Ukraine this winter. Russian state giant Gazprom on Wednesday said it had halted gas deliveries to Ukraine after Kyiv failed to make upfront …
Playing with fire in Donbass
Most tanks have apparently been withdrawn from the buffer zone in eastern Ukraine but not the heavy artillery, complains the OSCE. The truce is still on shaky ground. DW’s Frank Hofmann reports from Kyiv. Eastern Ukraine is far from Kyiv: there, barely anyone has witnessed the disputes that observers of the Organization for Security and …
Russia proposes Ukraine debt restructuring
On the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Turkey, Russia has made a proposal to the International Monetary Fund on Ukraine’s debt to Moscow. The IMF welcomed the Kremlin’s move, calling it “a positive step.” In a surprise announcement at the G20 summit in Turkey on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country was …
Russia rejects Dutch MH17 crash report
The Dutch report into the downing of MH17 was not designed to apportion blame for the shooting, but Russia seems to be going out of its way to say it wasn’t its missile. Fiona Clark looks at some of the reasons why. They say the first casualty of war is the truth, and the conflict …
Russia resumes gas deliveries to Ukraine
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has resumed shipments of natural gas to its embattled neighbor Ukraine for the first time since last July, when Moscow halted deliveries over a pricing dispute with Kyiv. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said his company had reopened the pipelines to Ukraine after receiving a prepayment of $234 million (205.3 million euros) …
Putin’s new war, old foes
As Russia embarks on an anti-“Islamic State” bombing campaign in Syria, President Vladimir Putin seems to be reverting to tried and true tactics. Fiona Clark reports from Moscow
Ukraine and Russia strike deal on winter gas supplies
Ukraine and Russia have finalized an agreement providing Kyiv with gas supplies for the upcoming winter. A full agreement involving the European Commission is due to be signed shortly. The deal between Russia and Ukraine provides Kyiv with gas supplies for the winter according to European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic, who brokered the talks. …
Wheat reserves sufficient until March 2016
GASC contracts to buy 23,000 tonnes of wheat from Europe
Venice Film Festival draws Hollywood stars despite Canadian competition
The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world – and the one with the most beautiful backdrop. This year’s program boasts veteran filmmakers and Hollywood buzz. But who’ll be on the red carpet? For the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, director Alberto Barbera has prepared a mix of Hollywood productions, European …
Russia’s week: no food, cheap alchohol and ‘bling-bling’ watches
As the price of staples rises in Russia, the government has started destroying tons of imported food which critics say should be given to those in need. Fiona Clark in Moscow looks on in dismay. Earlier this week Russia started destroying the 552 tons of illegally imported food products smuggled into the country in the …
Foreign interest rises in France’s Mistral ships
Several countries appear to be willing to buy the two Mistral helicopter carriers that France had initially intended to sell to Russia. After the canceled deal, there’s no shortage of other potential recipients. Some 10 countries voiced their interest in buying two French Mistral warships whose planned sale to Russia had been canceled due to …
OSCE turns 40 with a wary eye on Russia and Ukraine
Detente policy in the Cold War, conflict prevention and protection of human rights were the goals set when the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe was founded 40 years ago. How has the OSCE managed? Not too long ago, the Ukrainians were the ones who wanted to help others. When Ukraine took over the …
Sieren’s China: Ukraine is China’s breadbasket
After more than a year of sanctions against Russia, the Chinese have been increasing their investments in Ukraine. They’re having the last laugh, writes DW columnist Frank Sieren. More than a year has gone by since the European Union imposed sanctions against Russia. While Russia and the West have scarcely approached each other, Beijing has …
Ministry of Tourism cancels participation in March Kyiv Exhibition: ETPA Official
Volatile Ukranian security due to armed conflict led Egypt to cancel participation in tourism exhibition
Wheat stock sufficient until March: Supply minister
Egypt will receive 235,000 tonnes of wheat from France and Ukraine in December
Putin asks lawmakers to revoke authorisation to invade Ukraine
NATO last week accused Moscow of deploying more troops near the border while the United States said it would not accept use of Russian force in the country “under any pretext.”
Russia concerned Ukraine military operation has ‘intensified’
Lavrov also said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan announced on Friday did not go far enough.
Worst rebel attack yet on Lugansk airport in east Ukraine
AFP- Pro-Russian rebels fighting Ukraine’s Western-backed government have launched their most serious attacks yet on Lugansk International Airport in the east of the country, a military source said Sunday. The assaults, which took place Saturday evening and Sunday morning in the immediate wake of the inauguration of Ukraine’s new President Petro Poroshenko, did not result …
Ukraine swears in new president amid glimmers of hope
Poroshenko took the oath of office in Kiev’s parliament one day after holding his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, since a dominant May 25 election victory handed him the mandate to try and save Ukraine from disintegration and economic collapse.
Poroshenko faces mammoth task after poll ‘victory’
Poroshenko, a 48-year-old former cabinet minister, had said Sunday he would work immediately to end a bloody pro-Russian insurgency that prevented voting across swathes of the industrial east and to fix a recession-hit near bankrupt economy.
Ukraine holds key vote shunned by rebel-held east
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk had issued an appeal for voters to turn out in force on Sunday to “defend Ukraine” in the face of a crisis that has plunged relations between East-West relations to a post-Cold War low.
Carell surprise, British biopic lead race for Cannes gold
An international critics’ poll in British film magazine Screen had Mike Leigh’s “Mr Turner” a whisker ahead of the slow-burn domestic drama “Winter Sleep” by Nuri Bilge Ceylan of Turkey, whose career Cannes has long championed.
10,000 people displaced in Ukraine since start of crisis: UN
For the most part, the 10,000 people have been internally displaced – staying within Ukraine.
Lithuania’s ‘Iron Lady’ poised for victory amid Russia fears
A candidate must win half of the votes cast with a turnout of at least 50% to win in round one.
Death toll rises in Ukraine, fresh warnings of civil war
Kiev and its Western backers see Moscow’s main aims as making sure Ukraine’s east holds a planned “referendum” on Sunday calling for autonomy, and sabotaging all possibility of a nationwide presidential election two weeks later.
Deadly battles rage on fringe of east Ukraine town
One Ukrainian military commander said the shooting involved automatic small arms and heavy weaponry, believed to be from armoured vehicles the rebels captured last month as well as other big-calibre weapons and mortars.
Al-Jazeera trial and Ukraine abduction set dark tone for World Press Freedom day
By James Rodgers The outrage is palpable across the centuries. In the first issue of his provocative newspaper The North Briton, John Wilkes championed the “liberty of the press”. It was “the terror of all bad ministers; for their dark and dangerous designs, or their weakness, inability, and duplicity, have thus been detected.” Wilkes was …
Timeline of unrest in east Ukraine
The unrest started in the east and south of the former Soviet republic after pro-European protesters forced the Kremlin-backed government in Kiev from power on 22 February.
Blood and gunfire in Ukraine army attack on rebel checkpoint
From nearby trees, separatist gunmen shoot back with the clack-clack-clack of sporadic automatic gunfire.