Court ruled Ukraine must pay gas debt, Kiev’s victory claim hollow – Gazprom vice chair

A Stockholm arbitration hearing has validated the most important points of Gazprom’s delivery contract with Ukraine, the deputy chair of Russia’s gas giant has said, and Kiev will have to pay despite claiming it has won the case. “The main provisions of the contract were recognized as valid” by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm […]

Kiev’s military op in E. Ukraine ‘crime against own people’ – ex-Ukrainian President Yanukovich

The Kiev authorities should be held responsible for the bloodshed that has gripped eastern Ukraine, as they failed to reach out to the people in the Donbass region, opting for full-fledged war instead, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said. The smoldering military conflict in eastern Ukraine has been propelled back into the headlines, with a […]

Car blast in E. Ukraine kills militia commander, Lugansk blames Kiev’s ‘hit squad’

2 people, including the chief of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) Militia Office, were killed in a car blast in the republic’s capital, Lugansk. The Lugansk People’s Militia says the blast was a terrorist attack carried out by Kiev’s secret services. “The chief of the LPR People’s Militia Office, Colonel Oleg Anashchenko, has died today […]