Ukraine president presses for quick cease-fire
Ukraine’s president pushed Saturday for a quick cease-fire in his country’s troubled east, insisting that the conflict must be resolved and not “frozen,” and pressed Kiev’s case to be supplied…
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Russia, 4-ex-Soviet nations finalize new alliance
The leaders of Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations have completed the creation of a new ambitious alliance intended to bolster their economic integration. The Eurasian Economic Union, which includes…
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan set up new alliance
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV From left: Belarus President, Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan’s President, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President, Vladimir Putin, pose for a photo after they agreed to create the Eurasian Economic…
BELARUS PRESIDENT LASHES OUT AT OBAMA
By YURAS KARMANAU Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend the West-2013 joint war games at the Khmelevka shooting range in Kaliningrad region, western Russia, Thursday,…
URALKALI BLASTS PROSECUTION OF ITS CEO IN BELARUS
NATALIYA VASILYEVA In this photo made Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 Chief Executive of the world’s largest producer of potash Russia’s Uralkali and head of the supervisory board of the Belarus…