News about Ukraine

Shades of the Cold War at NATO HQ The Ukraine crisis is turning the clock back 30 years for NATO and Russia with the return to propaganda methods and suspicions last seen during the Cold War.

14 April 2014

US sanctions Crimea's breakaway leaders The United States unveiled sanctions Friday against six of Crimea's breakaway leaders, including the official who signed the deal with Moscow to split the peninsula from Ukraine.

12 April 2014

Crimean gays fear life under Russia Yelena, an openly gay teacher in Crimea who is raising four children with her partner, fears she could lose her family and her job now that her home has been taken over by Russia.

10 April 2014

Iran, world powers seek to intensify nuclear talks Iran and world powers kicked off a new round of nuclear talks Tuesday hoping to make enough progress to move up a gear and start drafting a historic final deal next month.

08 April 2014

Americans confuse Ukraine and Kazakhstan on world map Most Americans do not know how to locate Ukraine on the world map, while at the same time support use of U.S. military forces in the country.

08 April 2014

Pro-Russians declare Ukraine's Donetsk independent Ukraine was threatened with disintegration Monday as pro-Kremlin militants seized government buildings in the eastern city of Donetsk, declared independence and vowed to vote on joining Russia.

08 April 2014

Germany defeated: Astana Arlans in semifinals The Champions of the 3rd Season the Astana Arlans from Kazakhstan shattered the Team Germany in the home match 5-0.

07 April 2014

Russia seeks over $11 bn in 'debt' from Ukraine: Gazprom Chairman of Russia's Gazprom Alexei Miller on Saturday said that Ukraine must pay back the full discount it has been granted on Russian gas over the past four years, worth $11.4 billion.

05 April 2014

Crisis in Ukraine will not re-start Cold War: US Assistant Secretary of State in Kazakhstan US Assistant Secretary Nisha Biswal declared that the United States did not expect the crisis in Ukraine to lead to resumption of the Cold War with Russia.

03 April 2014

Situation in Ukraine - US Assistant Secretary of State speaks to Kazakhstan students US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal lectured at Eurasian National University in Astana.

02 April 2014

Moscow threatens US retaliation over blocked funds transfer Moscow on Wednesday threatened retaliatory action against US diplomats after US bank JP Morgan blocked a transfer of funds carried out by a Russian envoy.

02 April 2014

Russian forces 'gradually withdrawing' from Ukraine Ukraine reported a gradual withdrawal of Russian troops from its border that may be linked to Washington's latest push for a diplomatic solution to the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

01 April 2014

Gazprom ups pressure on Ukraine with gas price rise Russian energy giant Gazprom on Tuesday announced it was raising the price of gas exports to Ukraine by more than a third, scrapping a previous discount amid mounting strains between the two countries.

01 April 2014

Ukraine boxer Klitschko drops out of presidential race Boxer turned opposition leader Vitali Klitschko dropped out of Ukraine's snap presidential polls to help the candidacy of a charismatic tycoon who made a fortune selling chocolates and backs closer Western ties.

31 March 2014

Kazakhstan calls Ukraine not to continue confrontation Kazakhstan abstained from voting at the UN General Assembly and Ukraine sent it a diplomatic note.

30 March 2014

Putin has 'no intention' of further military moves into Ukraine: Ban The UN secretary general said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin assured him he had no intention of orchestrating further incursions into Ukrainian territory.

29 March 2014

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry puzzled over Ukraine’s diplomatic note sent to Kazakhstan Obviously, sending the diplomatic note was driven by overt emotions, rather than common sense: Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister.

28 March 2014

Kazakhstan abstains from voting on UN General Assembly resolution against secession referendum in Crimea The vote on the nonbinding resolution was 100-11, with 58 countries abstaining.

28 March 2014

Boxing: Golovkin yields Best Eastern European Fighter title to Klitschko Kazakhstan's Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin has yielded the first place in the 10 Best Eastern European Fighters ranking to Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko.

28 March 2014

IMF bails out Ukraine as UN rejects Russia's Crimea annexation The IMF announced a $14-$18 billion bailout for Ukraine on Thursday as the UN General Assembly refused to recognise Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula.

28 March 2014

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