WM-Auftakt wird zur WCR – Party in Moskau Über 100 Freunde des Wirtschaftsclub Russland e.V. und der deutschen Nationalmannschaft feierten den 4:0 Auftaktsieg gegen Portugal im Brauhaus Paulaner Paveletzkaya in Moskau mit zahlreichen weiteren Gästen. Kompetenter Interviewgast war Alexei Prudnikov, Torwart der russischen Olympiasiegermannschaft von 1988 in Seoul und langjähriger Cheftrainer in Südkorea, dem Eröffnungsgegner […]
U.S. President Barack Obama had stern words for his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Russia’s actions in Ukraine, following a meeting Thursday of G7 leaders in Brussels, Belgium, at which Russia was excluded. Putin “has a chance to get back into a lane of international law,” Obama said. But for this to happen, he said, […]
Russian leaders are prepared to stop crucial gas flows and squeeze their struggling neighbour economically even as Russian citizens take an increasingly open role in the violent conflict in Ukraine’s east. Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko has promised a newly vigorous effort to combat the pro-Russian separatists who have seized buildings and key cities across eastern […]
A Pentagon spokesman says a majority of pro-Russian forces are pulling back from the Ukrainian border and returning to their home bases, a withdrawal that the U.S. has been demanding for weeks and a move that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called “promising.” “I can confirm that at least two thirds of the Russian forces have […]
A Ukrainian military helicopter has been shot down by rebels over Slavyansk amid heavy fighting around the insurgent-held city in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, said 14 people on board, including an army general, were killed when the helicopter was shot down on Thursday. He told the parliament in Kiev that rebels used […]
The main message of today’s presidential election in Ukraine is that war with Russia is off the table—at least for now. Russia and Ukrainian separatists tried hard to prevent the vote—and succeeded in swaths of eastern Ukraine—but now that the election has gone ahead, they will turn to other tactics to press their views. Yet […]