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13 convicted prisoners escape from Chornukhyne prison after jail shelling on Tuesday
Gunmen’s shelling ruined part of the fence of Chornukhyne maximum security prison making a way for escape of 13 convicted prisoners, according to the statement made on the official website of Luhansk regional administration chief Hennady Moskal. “The jail in the village of Chornukhyne near town of Popasna, 80 kilometers east of Luhansk, was...
Irish President outlines strategy for resolving Donbas conflict
Irish President Michael D. Higgins has outlined a strategy that, in his opinion, will help resolve the conflict in Ukraine from the rostrum of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He outlined his vision, speaking on Tuesday before the European parliamentarians at the PACE session hall in Strasbourg, an Ukrinform correspondent...
Draft resolution on release of Nadiya Savchneko introduced in U.S. Congress
Five members of the U.S. House of Representatives, all members of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, have introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the release of Nadiya Savchenko. This has been announced by one of the authors of the document, Congressman Sander Levin, on his official webpage, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We...
Report on MH370 due in March
Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation will release the interim report on the missing plane early in March. ||| Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation will release an interim report on the investigation into the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 7, a day before the one-year anniversary of the...
EU threatens new Russia sanctions
European Union leaders have threatened new sanctions against Russia over a rebel offensive in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia applies a copy of Transnistrian scenario in Ukraine – former Moldova’s foreign minister
Russia applies a copy of Transnistrian scenario that was played out in the Republic of Moldova, when in the 1990s unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic was established with the direct participation of Russia. The former first Moldova’s foreign minister Nicolae Tiu expressed his opinion in an interview with Moldovan media...
Poroshenko: we need to compel Russia to negotiate
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a demand to perform the Minsk agreements and to release all hostages, including Nadia Savchenko. He said this in an interview with TVN-24 television channel. “The day before yesterday I sent a letter to President Putin, one of the main elements...
PACE calls upon Russia to refrain from financing terrorism
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling upon Russia to refrain from financing terrorism, an Ukrinform correspondent has reported. “The resolution (which includes the corresponding amendment) was supported by 140 MPs, seven voted against, eight abstained,” chair of the...
Emerging markets could get hurt – IMF
The “normalisation” of US monetary policy, no matter how well implemented, could hurt emerging markets and undermine financial stability, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said. ||| THE “normalisation” of US monetary policy, no matter how well implemented, could hurt emerging markets and undermine financial...
S&P downgrades Russia’s rating to junk
Russia’s first junk rating in a decade pushed the nation’s bond lower for a second day and stocks declined as the threat of fresh sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine and an oil-price slump batter its economy. ||| Vladimir Kuznetsov MoscowRUSSIA’S first junk rating in a decade pushed the nation’s bond lower for a second...