Deadly gun attack in eastern Ukraine shakes fragile Geneva accord
World | Reuters | Sunday April 20, 2014
At least three people were killed in a gunfight in the early hours of Sunday near a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, shaking an already fragile international accord that was designed to avert a wider conflict.
Ukraine rebels call for Russian troops after deadly gunfight
World | Agence-France Presse | Sunday April 20, 2014
Pro-Kremlin rebels in east Ukraine appealed on Sunday for Russian "peacekeepers" to sweep in after a deadly gunfight killed at least two of their militants, shattering an Easter truce and sparking "outrage" in Moscow.
Kremlin calls claims of US sanctions against Vladimir Putin 'absurd'
World | Agence-France Presse | Sunday April 20, 2014
A Kremlin spokesman on Sunday dismissed as "absurd" claims that Washington could target President Vladimir Putin directly if it imposes further sanctions against Russia.
Ukraine forces accuse Russia of staging shooting
World | Reuters | Sunday April 20, 2014
Ukraine's police and intelligence service accused Russia of staging a fatal shooting incident on Sunday in which pro-Moscow separatists were killed in the east of the country.
Gunbattle in eastern Ukraine kills four: local leader
World | Agence-France Presse | Sunday April 20, 2014
Three pro-Russian militants and one attacker were killed in a gunbattle near the volatile eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk early Sunday, a local leader told journalists.
Camouflage and candles: Easter comes to Ukraine's rebel east
World | Agence France-Presse | Sunday April 20, 2014
Resurrection and rebellion -- in Ukraine's separatist east this weekend, those two themes collided as pro-Kremlin militants briefly subjugated their political passions to religious ones in a celebration of Easter.
Easter war of words breaks out between Ukraine and Russia
World | Agence France-Presse | Sunday April 20, 2014
Politics overshadowed Easter observances in Kiev and Moscow late on Saturday, with the Orthodox religious leaders in each capital trading barbs over the crisis in Ukraine - while the US reportedly prepared to send ground forces to neighbouring Poland...
Vladimir Putin welcomes new NATO head, says better ties with West possible
World | Reuters | Saturday April 19, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed NATO's selection of former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as its new head, saying on Saturday the pair had "very good relations" but that it was up to the West to improve ties.
Russia writes off 90 per cent of North Korea debt, eyes gas pipeline
World | Reuters | Saturday April 19, 2014
Russia's parliament has agreed to write off almost $10 billion of North Korea's Soviet-era debt, in a deal expected to facilitate the building of a gas pipeline to South Korea across the reclusive state.
Most in east Ukraine region against joining Russia: poll
World | Agence France-Presse | Saturday April 19, 2014
A majority of inhabitants in Ukraine's pro-Russian protest hub Donetsk do not want to join Russia but consider the government in Kiev to be illegitimate, according to a poll published Saturday.
Ukraine in 'pivotal period' as deal stalls, US warns Russia
World | Agence-France Presse | Saturday April 19, 2014
Russia was under intense US pressure on Saturday to convince pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine to give up eastern towns they are occupying, after Washington said the situation in the former Soviet republic was in a "pivotal period".
Russia plans student web surveillance in new anti-terror law
World | Agence France-Presse | Saturday April 19, 2014
Russia's education ministry has proposed a new anti-terrorism law calling for continuous monitoring of Internet use in schools and universities, a measure which critics say is aimed stamping out dissent.
East and west, Ukraine rival camps dig in
World | Reuters | Saturday April 19, 2014
If armies march on their stomachs, then Ukraine's rival protest camps could be in for a long campaign, judging by the cooks hard at work behind the barricades in Kiev and Donetsk on Friday.
Russia warns US against further sanctions as Ukraine deal stalls
World | Agence France-Presse | Saturday April 19, 2014
Russia said its military is massed on Ukraine's doorstep and warned against further US sanctions as a deal struck with Washington appeared to stall because of intransigence by Moscow-backed rebels in the former Soviet republic.
Russia warns US, declares military near Ukraine as deal stalls
World | Agence France-Presse | Saturday April 19, 2014
Russia declared on Friday that its military is massed on Ukraine's doorstep and warned against further US sanctions as a deal it had struck with Washington appeared to stall because of intransigence by rebels it backs in the former Soviet republic.
Russia plans student web surveillance in new anti-terror law
World | Agence-France Presse | Friday April 18, 2014
Russia's education ministry has proposed a new anti-terrorism law calling for continuous monitoring of Internet use in schools and universities, a measure which critics say is aimed stamping out dissent.
Ukraine army reclaims two vehicles seized by pro-Russians
World | Agence-France Presse | Friday April 18, 2014
Ukraine's embarrassed armed forces on Friday said it had recovered two armoured personnel carriers that were seized earlier in the week by pro-Russian rebels when a military offensive turned to humiliation.
Edward Snowden defends participation in Vladimir Putin phone-in
World | Agence France-Presse | Friday April 18, 2014
Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Friday defended his decision to question President Vladimir Putin in a televised phone-in over the extent of Russia's surveillance activities.
Pro-Russian militants in Ukraine defiant despite deal
World | Agence-France Presse | Friday April 18, 2014
Pro-Russian rebels kept their grip on seized government buildings in Ukraine on Friday, a day after Kiev struck a deal with Russia and the West aimed at easing the crisis in the ex-Soviet republic.
China calls on Russia, central Asia allies to tighten Internet controls
Reuters | Friday April 18, 2014
China on Thursday urged Russia and Central Asian partners in a six-nation security alliance to tighten control over the Internet.
