Ukraine
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed into law sweeping legislation pushed through parliament on Jan. 16 intended to crack down on anti-government demonstrations, according to a statement p
Jan. 17, 2014
This time, it’s for real.
Serhiy Lyovochkin, the longtime chief of state for President Viktor Yanukovych, has resigned and – unlike his previous attempt to quit on Nov. 30 – this time the president ha
Jan. 17, 2014
As hundreds of thousands of peaceful pro-European protesters were rallying on Kyiv’s Independence Square on Dec. 8, just a few blocks away a group of Ukrainian nationalists were toppling a monument to
Jan. 17, 2014
The
Foundation for Effective Governance, one of Rinat Akhmetov’s two flagship
charities, has closed.
Jan. 16, 2014
Moscow – Ukraine has become the most popular CIS country, to which Russian citizens traveled in 2013, the Oktogo.ru online hotel booking service said on Tuesday.
Jan. 14, 2014
Opposition leader and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko remains hospitalized in intensive care on Jan. 11, a day after riot police officers severely beat him when he tried to intervene as police
Jan. 12, 2014
Some 150 activists representing pro-European protest rallies all over Ukraine came to Kharkiv on Jan. 11 for the first forum of EuroMaidans in an attempt to unite efforts around the nation to unite in
Jan. 11, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following joint statement was released by opposition leaders Arseniy Yatsenyu,k Oleg Tiahnybok and Vitali Klitschko in condemnation of the Jan. 10 beating by police of ex-Interior
Jan. 11, 2014
Guilty verdicts in a criminal case denounced as a sham triggered a night of violent conflicts on Jan. 10 between Berkut riot police officers and demonstrators, injuring at least a dozen protesters.
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Jan. 11, 2014
Civic organizations and public movements have started to abandon the Maidan Civic Council, an organization formed in December by a coalition of nongovernmental organizations to support the anti-govern
Jan. 10, 2014
The Central
Election Commission (CEC) has registered Leonid Datsenko and Viktor
Pylypyshyn as MPs, the commission’s press service has reported.
Jan. 10, 2014
Commenting on the statement of Russian Christian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill that the EuroMaidan demonstrations are a threat to the spiritual unity of Ukrainians and Russians, the Patriarch of Ky
Jan. 8, 2014
Moscow – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has expressed concern about the situation in Ukraine.
Jan. 7, 2014
A Kharkiv Euromaidan activist, Oleksandr Chyzhov, was detained by the
militia on Saturday, Jan. 4, on immoral conduct charges. He is accused of
distributing pornographic materials through the Vkontakt
Jan. 5, 2014
Odesa, January 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) – A statue of Bolshevik leader Vladimir
Lenin that had stood in a village in Odesa region broke in two as someone
knocked it off its pedestal on Friday night, the r
Jan. 4, 2014
The Svoboda Party has reported that Andriy Illienko, a member of parliament in the party’s opposition faction has been attacked, along with Svoboda’s lawyer Sydir Kizin.
Jan. 3, 2014
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The Russian Defense Ministry’s 2045 plan sees the dismantling and division of Ukrainian territory to secure a pro-Russian global political outcome, according to Kyiv Post sources.
Nov. 21