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Ukraine crisis – Donetsk fuse fizzing
The fragile east Ukranian ceasefire hammered out two months ago in Minsk, could disintegrate with the increase in fighting around......
Russia strikes back with food embargo to Australia
Russia has stated today to set out countersanctions against some Western countries, including Australia, after they banned commercial trade with......
Eighty percent of Russians believe Ukraine shot down MH17
Australian and Dutch officials have been searching the MH-17 crash site for three days now, but have not found any......
Russia and China struck historic gas deal
China and Russia have struck a major gas deal, which is estimated to be worth $400 billion. Under the 30-year......
UN declares Russia’s annexation of Crimea illegal
The United Nations General Assembly has rejected Russia’s claim on Crimea and is urging nations to consider the peninsula’s referendum......
UN envoy hassled by angry crowd in Ukraine
The United Nations sent a special envoy to Crimea overnight to assess the dispute between Russia and Ukraine. He promptly......
Australian-Ukrainians say country is not divided
Russian propaganda on the occupation of the Ukrainian Crimea is in full-swing, with state-owned Russian media reporting that minority Russian......
Ukrainian crisis peaks
Tension is on the rise in Ukraine as protesters are being cleared off from the centre of the capital, Kiev.......
Greenpeace says Australia leaves its own out in the Arctic cold
Russia has seemingly reached a compromise with the nations of the Greenpeace activists arrested for protesting the first-ever oil drilling......
Russian punks jailed for Putin-criticing impromptu gig in church
Three members of the Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot are facing court this week on charges of hooliganism. Police......