UN experts urge Ukraine to stop ‘systematic persecution’ of Roma minority
Ukraine must take immediate action to stop what amounts to a “systematic persecution” of the country’s Roma minority, who have been targeted in a series of violent attacks allegedly perpetrated by members of extreme right-wing groups, United Nations human rights experts have said. “We unequivocally condemn these heinous acts of intimidation and violence against members […]
Ukraine bans Steven Seagal as ‘threat to national security’
The US action movie star Steven Seagal has been barred from entering Ukraine for five years after the Ukrainian security service (SBU) labeled him a security threat and placed him on a blacklist. “A decision concerning an entry ban is taken if there is enough information… about a person committing a socially dangerous act that […]
Report: Trump’s Campaign Manager Wanted for Questioning in Ukraine Corruption Case
Ukrainian prosecutors want to question Paul Manafort in connection with a corruption investigation and have made repeated requests for assistance from US authorities, CNN has learned. Prosecutors in Kiev said they have made seven separate appeals over the past two years for help in questioning President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, including letters to FBI […]
Egypt to import wheat from Russia, Ukraine
Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has signed an agreement to import 360,000 tons of Russian and Ukrainian wheat, a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Supply revealed on Thursday. The statement added that the move aimed to boost the country’s wheat stock allocated for subsidised bread production. The contracted wheat is scheduled to […]
War Could Have Broken Out 66 Times In Last 18 Months: Russia Vs Nato Forces
Russia and NATO have been told they must agree to new rules on their military exercises to avoid triggering a war after 66 recorded ‘close encounters’ since March last year. Relations between Russia and the West relations have been in the deep freeze after the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in March last year. Since […]
Сhina’s influence grows as Russia’s economic meltdown rocks Central Asia
At a bazaar in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, once a far-flung outpost of the Soviet Union, cheap goods from neighbouring China are helping offset the pain caused by Russia’s economic meltdown. As low world prices for Russian energy exports and Western sanctions over Ukraine stir economic trouble in Russia, Tajikistan has seen its national somoni currency […]
Vladimir Putin tests EU unity
As Vladimir Putin makes a rare trip to Western Europe, meeting Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Milan on Wednesday, what does he hope to achieve? A little help, perhaps, from an old friend? In a wide-ranging interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera at the weekend, the Russian president spoke at length about his country’s […]
