On December 8, Ukraine partially restored power to Crimea after a series of explosions damaged high voltage lines supplying electricity to the peninsula.
Advertisement
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Broke Box Office Records Last Night
While spoilers will not be given out, the film was full of surprises while paying homage to both trilogies that came before it. Greenfield said the success of “Force Awakens” would not be enough to offset the impact of subscriber losses at ESPN.
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree suspending Russia’s free-trade agreement with Ukraine as of January 1, the same day Kiev is set to enter a similar trade deal with Brussels.
House Approves .1 Trillion Spending Bill
The deal marks a major achievement for new Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who delivered 150 Republican votes for the spending bill. Under a plan worked out in bipartisan negotiations, the legislation would be combined and voted on in the Senate the same day.
Crimea’s Russia-backed leaders and Moscow claimed that Ukraine’s Western-backed leadership was responsible for bringing down the power lines – an allegation Kyiv has repeatedly denied. It made no mention of how long the free trade regime would be suspended.
DNC Sanctions Sanders Campaign For Accessing Clinton’s Voter Data
Bernie Sanders has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to regain access to a Democratic National Committee voter database. We will continue to work with and report to the DNC regarding this issue to ensure that this isolated incident does not recur.
Asked by an Ukrainian reporter about an hour into the conference about two captured Russian military intelligence officers now on trial in Ukraine, Putin responded: “We never said there were not people there who carried out certain tasks, including in the military sphere”.
Russian Federation and Ukraine have remained locked in a tug-of-war following Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and support for insurgents in eastern Ukraine.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said recently that the end of Russia’s privileged trade regime with Ukraine would in particular mean higher tariffs for different categories of goods from 3 percent to 9 percent, or 6 percent on average.
Advertisement
The three men will also discuss easing visa restrictions for Ukrainians travelling to the EU. Poroshenko said he wanted to see the new rules come into effect next year.
