by CBBSS | Jun 11, 2021 | Regional News
Citing Russia’s history of fostering separatism in his country, Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti said the EU must maintain its sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. Russia has backed separatists in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria since 1990, and...
by CBBSS | May 28, 2021 | Regional News
At her first press conference since her release from Russian captivity, Ukrainian pilot-turned-parliament member, Nadiya Savchenko, said she would become president if Ukrainians need her to be, Newsweek reports. Savchenko also said if there is a World War III, Crimea...
by CBBSS | May 27, 2021 | Regional News
Following a G7 meeting in Japan, western leaders threatened to impose further sanctions on Russia, citing continued fighting in Eastern Ukraine, EU Observer reports. EU sanctions against Russia are up for renewal in June. The G7 kicked Russia out of its group after...
by CBBSS | May 26, 2021 | Regional News
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko finally flew home to Ukraine on Wednesday after spending nearly two years in Russian jail. Kiev and Moscow agreed to a prisoner swap that sent two Russian soldiers back to Russia, The Moscow Times reports. The Russian soldiers were...
by CBBSS | May 23, 2021 | Regional News
The Moscow Times reports Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, has announced primary elections will take place in all Donetsk districts in September and October. The decision was reportedly made during a meeting Sunday...
