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Tough task for central bankers, ministers
Finance ministers and central bankers face a tough task co-ordinating action to spur global growth at G20 meetings this week, with major economies running at different speeds and monetary policies diverging. ||| Nick Tattersall IstanbulFINANCE ministers and central bankers face a tough task co-ordinating action to spur global growth at Group of...
Putin pressed to back Ukraine peace bid
Western leaders challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday to prove he wants peace in Ukraine, warning both sides a new Franco-German peace drive may be a “last chance” to stop all-out war. …read more Source:...
Russian Army’s tanks are moving to Ukraine
In the Internet is spread the video on which Russian mercenaries from all over the Russian Federation are telling that they go to town Vuhlehirsk in Donbas area, Ukraine. In this video militaries with non-slavic faces also say “hello” to different Russian cities such as Ulan-Ude (Republic of Buryatia), Chita (Zabaykalsky Krai),...
Ukraine peace plan close
The leaders of Russia, Germany and France agreed during late-night talks in Moscow to draw up a plan to end fighting in Ukraine as rebels wage a deadly offensive in the country’s east, officials said Saturday. …read more Source:...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden states that Russia wants to redraw the map of Europe
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will attend the 51st Munich Security Conference on February 6-8, and discuss the political situation in Ukraine with the Ukrainian President, German Chancellor and top EU officials. Joe Biden came to Europe as the US has an open discussion how to help to solve the situation in Eastern Ukraine. Besides whether to...
Amid Escalated War, U.S. Weighs Defensive Weapons for Ukraine
France & Germany Use Specter of a Better-Armed Ukraine to Press Putin The Obama administration has announced no decision on whether to help Ukraine use US-made weapons to defend itself against Russian-sponsored attacks. But France and Germany are probing to see whether that threat alone might be enough to push Russian President Vladimir...
Ukraine forex market in confusion
Move by central bank to ditch unofficial peg for hryvnia has plunged foreign exchange market into confusion. ||| Kiev – A move by Ukraine’s central bank to ditch an unofficial peg for the hryvnia has plunged the foreign exchange market into confusion, with buyers of hard currency putting off purchases and sellers holding out for...
Merkel and Hollande want to offer Putin a peace plan to resolve the conflict in Eastern Ukraine
On February 6, after their visit to Ukraine, French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are going to Russia to hold the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The EU leaders had a secret closed meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on February 5. During the meeting that lasted more than five hours...
UN conditions to deployment of “blue helmets” in Ukraine
UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq listed the conditions that are needed to dispatch of a peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine: “The appropriate request from the country, as well as the mandate, approved by the Security Council, are needed. So far, we do not have any of the things” Farhan Haq underlined. For this moment the Security...
Arseniy Yatsenyuk held the meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
On February 5, United States Secretary of State John Kerry during the visit to Ukraine has met with the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk. There were discussed such topics as the financial assistance from the IMF and providing reforms in Ukraine. During a briefing after the meeting John Kerry stated that the only way to deal with the...