Section: News & Summaries

      Russians see U.S., Ukraine, Turkey as main enemies – poll
      Jun02

      Russians see U.S., Ukraine, Turkey as main enemies – poll

      Russians consider the United States, Ukraine and Turkey to be their main enemies, according to the findings of a public opinion poll by the Levada Center, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organization. According to the survey, 72% of Russians believe that the United States is the most hostile to the Russian Federation. The...

      Savchenko: West could not but tighten anti-Russia sanctions
      Jun02

      Savchenko: West could not but tighten anti-Russia sanctions

      Ukrainian Member of Parliament Nadia Savchenko says that the West should tighten anti-Russian sanctions instead of mulling the possibility of softening them, according to Deutsche Welle`s Russian-language service.It is necessary to exert ”massive economic and political pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Savchenko said in an interview...

      Oil prices tread water ahead of OPEC meeting – Reuters
      Jun02

      Oil prices tread water ahead of OPEC meeting – Reuters

      Oil prices were steady on Thursday on mixed market signals ahead of an OPEC meeting in Vienna, which analysts said was not expected to result in restrictions on crude output, Reuters reported. International Brent crude oil futures were trading at $49.75 per barrel at 0657 GMT, up 3 cents from their last settlement, while U.S. West Texas...

      Venezuela slams Americas bloc suspension threat as `imperialist` plot – Reuters
      Jun02

      Venezuela slams Americas bloc suspension threat as `imperialist` plot – Reuters

      Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro`s socialist government said on Wednesday a move by the head of the Organization of American States (OAS) to censure the country for breaching democratic norms is an ”imperialist” scheme to take the OPEC member`s oil, according to Reuters.Under increasing international pressure and facing an internal opposition...

      Crimean Tatars suspected of terrorism plead not guilty in Russian court
      Jun02

      Crimean Tatars suspected of terrorism plead not guilty in Russian court

      Four Crimean Tatars suspected of terrorism have pleaded not guilty at their trial in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, according to Radio Liberty.The suspects rejected the charges of being members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization at the North Caucasus regional military court on June1, RFE/RL reports.The four men were detained in Crimea...

      ATO HQ reports 51 enemy attacks on Ukraine in last day
      Jun02

      ATO HQ reports 51 enemy attacks on Ukraine in last day

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters.The enemy intensified attacks in the Mariupol sector, which saw 35 barrages. Militants attacked the Ukrainian fortified positions near the...

      DW: Deadly car bomb rocks Mogadishu after commander killed
      Jun02

      DW: Deadly car bomb rocks Mogadishu after commander killed

      At least fifteen people, including two lawmakers, have been killed in a car bomb and gun attack at a hotel in Mogadishu. Separately, the U.S. has said it killed a senior al-Shabab leader in a drone strike, according to Deutsche Welle.Describing Wednesday afternoon`s suicide car bombing at a popular hotel in the Somali capital, police Captain...

      NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.09 to dollar
      Jun02

      NBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 25.09 to dollar

      The National Bank of Ukraine on Wednesday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by five kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.09 to the dollar.The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for June 2:$100 costs UAH 2,509.7590 (on June 1, it was UAH...

      Reuters: EU puts brake on visa liberalization for now amid immigration fears
      Jun02

      Reuters: EU puts brake on visa liberalization for now amid immigration fears

      European Union states held off agreeing to ease travel rules for Georgia on Wednesday, and Turkey, Ukraine and Kosovo should also expect more delays in visa waiving as the bloc turns more cautious amid immigration fears, EU delegation sources said, according to Reuters.The EU is already making it easier to suspend visa-free travel before it...

      SBU claims intercepts two ISIS supporters before they get smuggled to EU via Ukraine
      Jun01

      SBU claims intercepts two ISIS supporters before they get smuggled to EU via Ukraine

      Ukraine`s Security Service has exposed an attempt to smuggle two supporters of the international terrorist organization Islamic state originally from Syria via in a transit route via Ukraine to Western Europe, the agency`s press service reports. In the end of last week, during a search of one of Kharkiv apartments, the secret service officers...