Tagged: Ukraine

Ukraine situation 'volatile': Merkel

By Dow Jones newswires German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday it remains “completely open” whether she and French President Francois Hollande will manage to broker a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine in talks with...

Russia cuts interest rates

By Dow Jones newswires The statement issued after the central bank’s board meeting was the latest acknowledgment by Russia‘s leadership that its economy will face protracted pain amid falling oil prices and a confrontation...

Berlin doesn't seek new Russian sanctions

By Dow Jones newswires “But the path to a new awakening in Russian relations with Europe, the path to free trade from Lisbon to Vladivostok for instance, that goes through Minsk and the agreed...

Gazprom posts 61% plunge in Q3 profit

By AFP The group’s profits between July and September reached 105. 7 billion roubles ($A1. 89 billion) but revenues in that quarter were down 6 per cent year-on-year to 1. 13 trillion roubles ($A20....

US threatens new sanctions against Russia

By AFP He also told his Ukrainian counterpart Natalie Jaresko - a US national confirmed to her post last month - that Washington was ready to provide up to $US3 billion ($A3. 78 billion)...

Oil won't rebound to $US100 anytime soon: Russia

By Dow Jones newswires A sharp drop in oil prices has hit hard Russia, one of the global major exporters, whose economy has been already suffering from Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its...

EU govts call for more Russian sanctions

European Union heads of government asked the bloc’s foreign ministers to consider further sanctions on Russia as a response to the latest violence in eastern Ukraine, saying Moscow held “responsibility” for the rebels’ actions....

Prince Philip named Aust knight

By Wendy Pugh Air Chief Marshal Houston served in the armed forces for more than forty years.   Recently he headed the Joint Agency Coordination Centre during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 and he...

Russian economy set to shrink 4.8% in 2015

By AFP “A sharp fall in the price of oil has piled pressure on an already fragile Russia, and is hitting growth in energy exporters and other emerging nations with close links to eastern...

Russian inflation may top 17%

By AFP Inflation in Russia could hit 17 per cent this year, the deputy economy minister says, as the rouble suffers on the back of slumping oil prices. “Peak inflation will come in March-April...