Section: News & Summaries

      Denmark: Carlsberg posts lower profit

      Danish brewer Carlsberg’s third-quarter net profit dipped to 2.1 billion kroner (R3.9bn), it said yesterday, citing falling beer sales in Russia and eastern Europe amid challenging market conditions. ||| DANISH brewer Carlsberg’s third-quarter net profit dipped to 2.1 billion kroner (R3.9bn), it said yesterday, citing falling beer...

      Obama in Asia to promote free trade

      US President Barack Obama saw momentum building for a Washington-backed free-trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific, after arriving in Beijing on the first leg of an eight-day Asia tour, he said yesterday. ||| Matt Spetalnick Beijing US PRESIDENT Barack Obama saw momentum building for a Washington-backed free-trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific,...

      Russia feels sanctions’ bite

      Russia’s financial guardians made their broadest acknowledgment yet that sanctions are sinking the economy, as the central bank moved to protect the rouble after its worst week in more than a decade. ||| Anna Andrianova and Ksenia Galouchko MoscowRUSSIA’S financial guardians made their broadest acknowledgment yet that sanctions are...

      VTB set to quit LSE for China

      Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB, might delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in favour of Chinese bourses as sanctions imposed in the Ukraine crisis hit its ability to raise capital in Western markets, its chief executive said yesterday. ||| RUSSIA’S second-largest bank, VTB, might delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE)...

      Japanese stocks stand out

      Japanese shares stood out against a lacklustre backdrop in Asia on Tuesday as oil prices continued to drop. ||| Tokyo – Japanese shares stood out against a lacklustre backdrop in Asia on Tuesday as oil prices continued to drop, while the dollar took a breather from its recent rally. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside...

      Ukraine News Roundup | November 10
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      Ukraine News Roundup | November 10

      Alexander Motyl: Sad News for Putin—Russia Is an Artificial State via World AffairsPutin, Ex-KGB, Finally Moves to Close Russia’s Oldest Rights Group via Boston GlobeHard Ukraine Bargaining Leaves Sour Taste for Some in EU via ReutersHow the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin via Daily BeastVladislav Surkov Is the Hidden Author of...

      How Russia Sells Itself to the Long-Demoralized People of Donbas
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      How Russia Sells Itself to the Long-Demoralized People of Donbas

      In the City of Stakhanov, a Cossack Commander and Local Radio Station Mix Nostalgias for Russia’s Greatness and Soviet Goodness While analysts of Russia’s assault on Ukraine debate the veiled question of President Vladimir Putin’s motives, little is hidden about how the Kremlin and its proxy forces are selling themselves to the...

      China, Japan leaders in ice-breaker talks

      The leaders of China and Japan held an ice-breaking summit after two years of dangerous animosity. ||| Beijing – The leaders of China and Japan held an ice-breaking summit on Monday after two years of dangerous animosity, as world leaders including Barack Obama gathered for an Asia-Pacific meeting spotlighting intensifying big-power...

      Terrorists armed with latest Russian air defense systems
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      Terrorists armed with latest Russian air defense systems

      Ukrainian law enforcers have sighted near Novoazovsk the position of the latest Russian Pantsir air defense system that has never been in service with the Ukrainian army. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Monday, Ukrinform’s...

      EU-Ukraine Association Council to hold first meeting on December 15
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      EU-Ukraine Association Council to hold first meeting on December 15

      The first meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council is tentatively scheduled for December 15 in Kyiv. Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The first meeting of the EU-Ukraine Council is preliminarily to be held on December 15 in the city of...