Telenor Says Russian Partner Altimo Bought Negative Press Coverage in Ukraine

Telenor, the Norwegian cellphone company, said on Tuesday, March 13, that its partner in Kyivstar and VimpelCom mobile ventures, Russian telecoms firm Altimo has paid journalists in Ukraine to publish negative articles about Telenor in the midst of a business dispute.

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• Posted in: Russia, Ukraine, Business & Finance, Mobile Telesystems (MTS), Mobile & Wireless, Altimo, Alfa Group, Vimpelcom
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Mistress Kills Wife as Husband Locks Women in One Room

A woman in Ukraine has strangled her lover’s wife with a plastic bag after the man locked them both in one room to get some rest from constant rows.

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US Approves NATO Membership for Ukraine and Georgia

The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to endorse further enlargement of the NATO alliance which will allow admission of two former Soviet republics — Ukraine and Georgia, the Reuters news agency reports.

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Four Russian and Ukranian Workers Killed by Bomb Blast in Algeria

Four workers from Russia and Ukraine and three Algerians were killed in a bomb attack on a bus near the town of Ain Defla, south of the capital Algiers, the AFP news agency reported on Sunday quoting local sources.

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Ukrainian Plane Crew Arrested on Suspicion of Intending to Fly Drunk

Norwegian authorities detained the captain, co-captain and five other crew members of a Ukrainian giant An-22 cargo plane on suspicion of intending to fly while drunk, the Associated Press reports.

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• Posted in: Russia, Ukraine, Alcoholism, Aircraft, Police, Norway, Plane
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Russia Stops Oil Transportation via Ukraine

The transportation of Russian oil through Ukraine’s oil pipelines Druzhba and Odessa-Brody connected with the Belarussian segment of Druzhba has been suspended because of problems in the energy relations between Belarus and Russia, an official of the Ukrainian company Ukrtransneft told ITAR-TASS news agency on Tuesday.

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Putin and Yushchenko Seek to Repair Damaged Ties

Vladimir Putin will seek to improve ties with Ukraine on a visit Friday, in the midst of a power struggle between the former Soviet partner’s president and premier over whether its future lies with Russia or the West, Bloomberg reports.

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Russian Navy to Stay in Ukraine Till 2017