Section: News & Summaries
Iran deal may vindicate Obama
US president has long insisted that diplomacy trumps force and historic Iran nuclear deal appears to bear him out ||| RPT-Iran deal may vindicate Obama’s view that diplomacy trumps force(Repeats to additional subscribers) By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) – Barack Obama ran for president in part on the proposition that...
Pro-Russian terrorists shelled at the British Lord John Quentin Davies in Eastern Ukraine
Member of the British Labour Party Lord John Quentin Davies arrived in Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine to personally witness Russian aggression and violation of the Minsk agreements (February 12, 2015) by pro-Russian terrorists, and to verify the evidence of Russian involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. Lord John Quentin Davies reported about...
The IMF’s Very Tough Love for Ukraine
As Kyiv Slashes Spending, the Economy’s Real Shrinkage This Year May Be 10, Not 6, Percent The International Monetary Fund last month threw what looks like a much-improved financial lifeline to Ukraine—and indeed, the new loan program is welcome help for a desperate need. But a check on the math of one prominent IMF realist suggests that...
Russia trawler sinks, 54 dead
At least 54 crew on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters in the Western Pacific Ocean, officials said. ||| Moscow – At least 54 crew on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Western Pacific Ocean late on Wednesday,...
At the office of a “Sberbank Rossii” in Kyiv occurred the explosion
According to the press service of the State Ministry of Interior Affairs (MIA) of Ukraine in Kyiv, the message about the explosion at the door of the main entrance to the branch office of the Russian bank “Sberbank Rossii” in Kyiv, Ukraine, was received by the police at night, 04:13, April 02, 2015. According to preliminary...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined the Putin’s invitation to go to the Moscow parade
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refused the invitation from the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to come to the Moscow parade (Russia) dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the WWII Victory Day to held on May 9, 2015. As it is well known the peace treaty between Japan and Russia regarding the end of the World War II is still...
In Ukraine, the Real Fight is for Europe
Putin’s War is Not Over Donbas, but a New Russian Empire According to Vladimir Putin, Crimea and Ukraine are where the spiritual sources of Russia’s nationhood lie. And he “always saw the Russians and Ukrainians as a single people. I still think this way now.” People observing the crisis triggered by Putin’s aggression against...
US Paratroopers to Train Ukraine Army In Mid-April, 2015
From April 20 almost three hundred of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers. This is a part of US support to Ukraine in the conflict against pro-Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine. On March 30, 2015 Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov confirmed the militant trainings: “290 US paratroopers will arrive on April 20 at the...
Russia Plans Spring Offensive in Ukraine, Warns Ex-NATO Chief Wesley Clark
Russian-backed separatists are planning a fresh offensive in eastern Ukraine that could come within a matter of months, retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, warned March 30. “What is happening now is preparations for a renewed offensive from the east,” and this could take place following Orthodox Easter, on April 12,...
Japan to support Ukraine with $8.2 million grant
PHOTO:Embassy of Japan in Ukraine On Monday, March 30, 2015 was signed two grant contracts between the Japanese and Ukrainian governments on $ 8.4 million. As Ministry of Healthcare states, this assistance will be used to purchase equipment for medical institutions, and rebuilding Eastern Ukrainian regions. Agreement was signed by Ambassador of...