Diplomacy is neither a tennis match, nor fencing
In recent years, the Ukrainian agenda has been imposed on mainstream European and global journalism. Endlessly blaming Russia for mythical ‘hybrid wars’, coming up with...
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How to find a black cat. A letter in reply to Mr Boris Homeniuk
“THE hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat”, Confucius said. As the...
Russia will never move against Turkey
Very unlikely that Mother Russia will move against Turkey – one of their best customers and friends. Certainly not for Greece who has been declared...
Eighteen people killed in armed attack on Crimean college
Eighteen people were killed and dozens injured at a college in the Black Sea region of Crimea on Wednesday when at least one attacker set...
Russia test-fires sanctions-busting Crimea turbine
Russia‘s energy ministry said it had conducted the first test of a German-made electricity turbine that was installed in Crimea in contravention of European sanctions....
The failure of the ‘Novorossiya project’
By Boris Humeniuk FOUR years ago, after the so-called referendum in Crimea in March 2014, which took place under the conditions of military occupation of...
Crimean Tatar leader jailed for stirring anti-Russia protests
A man who led protests against Russia’s plans to annex Crimea from Ukraine was jailed for eight years in the disputed territory on Monday –...
President Putin hits back after additional US sanctions
President Vladimir Putin said the United States would have to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia by 755 people and that Moscow could consider additional...
Ukraine says missile tests will avoid Crimea, mollifying Russia
Ukraine’s military said its two-day missile drill starting on Thursday would avoid the airspace over Crimea, sidestepping a possible confrontation with Russia which annexed the...
As Ukraine tensions soar, Putin is doing what Putin does best
By Peter Apps Vladimir Putin might or might not intend to escalate his war with Ukraine in the next few days. But whatever his plans, he is certainly...
Russia announces war games after accusing Ukraine of terrorist plot
Vladimir Putin summoned his security council and the Russian Navy announced war games in the Black Sea a day after the Russian president accused Ukraine...
Aim of alleged Ukrainian Crimea incursion was to destroy tourism – Russian newspaper
Russia’s Kommersant newspaper cited unnamed security sources on Thursday as saying a group of men Russia has arrested for planning attacks in Crimea had confessed...
Russia accuses Ukraine of armed Crimea incursion, says two killed
Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Wednesday it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into Crimea and dismantled a Ukrainian spy network...
Nervous Baltics on war footing as NATO tries to deter Russia
Leaders in the Baltic countries and Poland fear the force NATO plans to deploy on their territory is too small and symbolic to deter an...
Russia pushes back ‘Putin’s bridge’ to annexed Crimea by a year
Russia has pushed back the completion date of a showcase multi-billion dollar bridge to link the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea by one year, saying...
EU urges more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over Crimea
By Robin Emmott and Dmitry Solovyov The European Union called on Friday for more countries to impose sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Ukraine’s...
Russia-Ukraine row over Crimea escalates as Moscow cuts coal to Kiev
By Natalia Zinets Russia has begun to restrict coal supplies to Ukraine, Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn told parliament on Friday, days after the Kremlin threatened...
State of emergency declared in Crimea after electricity pylons “blown up”
A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea after pylons carrying electricity from Ukraine were blown up cutting off power to almost two million...
EU agrees to extend Russia economic sanctions by six months
By Adrian Croft European Union governments agreed on Wednesday to extend economic sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine by six months until Jan....
Lavrov, Kerry to discuss Ukraine on Tuesday in Sochi, Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss the Ukraine crisis and other global conflicts on Tuesday in Russia’s...