Posted by seumasach on March 31, 2014
31st March, 2014
PARIS, March 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry agreed at talks in Paris on Sunday to seek a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, showing signs of agreement on the need for a federal constitution in the country.
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Posted by seumasach on March 30, 2014
Ashton finally remembers she’s not meant to be supporting violent mob rule and neo-nazi thugs
29th March, 2014
Chief of European Union foreign policy Catherine Ashton condemns , threats of extremist group , ” Wright Sector ” for the deputies of the Ukrainian parliament , as “a violation of democratic principles and the rule of law.”
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Posted by seumasach on March 29, 2014
29th March, 2014
The presidents of Russia and the U.S. discussed a U.S. proposal to end the crisis in Ukraine during a bilateral phone call on Friday initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the White House.
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Posted by seumasach on March 29, 2014
25th March, 2014
NEW DELHI: India, Brazil, China and South Africa today opposed any restrictions on participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Australia later this year in the wake of Russia annexing Crimea from Ukraine.
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Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
27th March, 2014
President Vladimir Putin opened his hand just a wee bit while US President Barack Obama was still in Europe warning of “consequences” in the nature of more sanctions against Russia unless it ‘deescalated’ in Ukraine. Putin received the CEO of Siemens Joe Kaesar on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2014
26th March, 2014
German industrial giant Siemens will be pouring long-term investment into Russia despite outcry over Crimea, the company reportedly told President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2014
OBAMA: I’m More Worried About A Nuke Hitting Manhattan Than I Am About Russia
25th March, 2014
During a press conference in the Netherlands with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said he was more worried about a nuclear bomb going off in Manhattan than Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine.
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Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2014
27th March, 2014
Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has criticized the West for its Russia policy of imposing sanctions and stopping cooperation in the G8 amid the Ukraine crisis, according to media reports on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2014
27th March, 2014
MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine has extradited to Russia a Chechen man suspected of assaulting local residents in the North Caucasus republic, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Thursday.
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Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2014
27th March, 2014
The West has not yet reached a stage where it will be ready to impose economic sanctions on Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, stressing that she hopes for a political solution to the stalemate over Ukraine crisis.
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Posted by seumasach on March 26, 2014
“The United States has changed its attitude; that much is clear. In the discussion between Secretary of State Kerry and Foreign Minister Lavrov, they recognised the legitimacy of Russia’s security interests in the region”.
25th March, 2014
There is almost nothing left that can stop Russian annexation of Crimea. ‘The train has left the station’, says Günter Verheugen. Still, the former Enlargement Commissioner calls for dialogue and warns against escalation and an economic war.
Günter Verheugen is a former EU commissioner in charge of enlargement policy. He was responding to questions from Ewad König, editor-in-chief of EurActiv.de.
The interview below was translated from German. See original text here.
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