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Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russia has detained eight suspects over the deadly explosion of the bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, the FSB security service said in a statement quoted by news agencies on Wednesday. The suspects include five Russians and “three Ukrainian and Armenian citizens”, it said, without providing more details. “The explosives were hidden in 22 plastic film rolls weighing 22,770 kilograms (50,200 pounds),” it said. The rolls left on a […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia said an attack from a drone Sunday wounded six personnel at the headquarters of its Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, as authorities in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv reported it had suffered its “strongest” shelling of the war. AFP journalists witnessed an intense bombardment of the eastern town of Bakhmut after President Volodymyr Zelensky called in a late night address for civilians to leave the front line Donetsk […]
by Danny KEMP Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) – Russian and Ukrainian negotiators will resume face-to-face peace talks as soon as Monday, probing whether a near-stalemate in fighting has forced Moscow to temper its demands. President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the new negotiations, saying he hoped they would bring peace “without delay”, and lamented a month-long Russian invasion that has already killed thousands and devastated numerous Ukrainian cities. The new talks are set to start in […]
Russia’s ground forces on Thursday crossed into Ukraine from several directions, Ukraine’s border guard service said, hours after President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a major offensive. Russian tanks and other heavy equipment crossed the frontier in several northern regions, as well as from the Kremlin-annexed peninsula of Crimea in the south, the agency said. It said one of its servicemen died in a shelling attack along the Crimean border, the first officially confirmed […]
by Anna Malpas Agence France Presse Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday is set to unveil a 19-kilometer-long bridge between southern Russia to the Crimean peninsula, a highly symbolic project he has personally championed. Known as the Crimean Bridge, at nearly 12 miles it will be the longest not only in the country but also in Europe, overtaking the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon. Built at a cost of 228 billion rubles ($3.69 billion), […]
By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service Several political figures and businessmen who attended the 4th Yalta International Economic Forum were one in their call for economic sanctions imposed on Russia, which has annexed Crimea, to be lifted. The sanctions were imposed by the European Union and the United States in protest of the country’s alleged backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine. The forum, held at the Mria Resort and Spa in Crimea, was attended by […]
By Caesar R. Vallejos Eagle News Service YALTA, Republic of Crimea (Eagle News) — Crimea can be the best tourism hub in the world or a global financial center, Indian Business Alliance President Sammy Kotwani said at the 4th Yalta International Economic Forum. “The city can become like Hong Kong or global financial center,” Kotwani told eaglenews.ph. He is one of the panelists at the session on the integration of Crimea into global trade last […]
By Caesar R. Vallejos Eagle News Service YALTA, Republic of Crimea (Eagle News)– Syrian Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Mohammad Samer al-Khalil urged the delegates of the 4th Yalta International Economic Forum to invest in Syria, noting that the country, while only recently the subject of missile attacks by some Western powers who he said “support terrorists,” was still economically viable. “Syrian economy is in severe crisis but… some countries still invest in […]
Nations and governments all over the world are building infrastructures that define their progress and further signify their ability to attract more investments. Just in time for the 4th Yalta International Economic Forum, one of the most important investment conferences in Russia, the Republic of Crimea opened the brand new terminal complex of the international airport of Simferopol last April 16. Simferopol Airport is Crimea’s biggest investment project with private financing worth 32 billion RUB […]
Showcasing the growing development of the Crimean region and the rest of Russia, the 4th Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF) focused on the theme “Future World, Future Russia” at the Mriya Resort and Spa, Republic of Crimea from April 18-21, 2018. Attended by around three thousand delegates from 71 countries including the Philippines, the 2018 YIEF established itself as a global platform in the discussion of economic affairs under the modern geopolitical, social and cultural […]
OPUK RANGE, Crimea (Reuters) — Over two thousand Russian paratroopers took part in large-scale drills on Tuesday (March 21) at Opuk training range in Crimea. The commander in charge of the exercise, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, said the military manoeuvres were prompted by an “increased terrorist threat” in the region. Servicemen were practising amphibious landings, airdrops and carried out firing drills. About 600 pieces of combat hardware were involved into exercises on the Black Sea peninsula. […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — US President Barack Obama said he told Vladimir Putin on Sunday that he wants to reach a settlement that solves the Ukraine crisis before he leaves office in January. “I talked to him about Ukraine and the need for us to get things done,” Obama told a press conference in Peru, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. “I urged him to instruct his negotiators to work with […]
