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Name: Emil Kurbedinov Position: Private lawyer Key Point: Helping Crimean Tatars fight persecution Crimean Tatar Emil Kurbedinov, a 35-year-old lawyer, has defended several prominent Crimean Tatar act
Apr. 3, 2017
Exiled Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, 45, was assassinated in front of Kyiv’s Premier Palace Hotel on March 23, the police said, in a gruesome shootout on a busy street corner in the center in Kyi
Mar. 23, 2017
Ukrainians are taking to social media to post pictures of themselves holding a sheet of paper with #FreeKozlovskyy written on it – a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of an academic held in a
Mar. 20, 2017
For a country at war, Ukraine exports a lot of weapons. However, the country sells fewer than it did before Russia launched its war on Ukraine in 2014, seizing Crimea and instigating violence in the e
Mar. 16, 2017
Ukraine’s government delivered a blow to plans to disrupt trade between Ukraine and Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine: Law enforcement agencies broke up an activists’ blockade of a railway line on M
Mar. 14, 2017
The United States House of Representatives has approved a bill authorizing $150 million to be spent on defense aid for Ukraine in fiscal year 2017 under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. A t
Mar. 9, 2017
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The Eurovision Song Contest is a fabulous show, with sparkling outfits, catchy music, and the excitement and drama of the voting for the winner. But for gamblers, the event has a financial element. Bo
Mar. 6, 2017
Few people in Warren, Ohio or Mason County, West Virginia have ever heard of Ihor Kolomoisky. Yet both U.S. cities are home to steel plants that have been run by the Ukrainian oligarch for more than 1
Mar. 2, 2017
London-based TransferWise has integrated a money transfer bot into the Facebook Messenger app. It’s now possible to send money to and from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe, including U
Feb. 23, 2017
VIENNA, Austria – Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash was arrested in the Vienna Court of Appeal on Feb. 21 after a judge ruled that the billionaire businessman could be extradited to the United States
Feb. 21, 2017
Thirteen Ukrainian information technology companies have won places on the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) annual list of top tech firms, The Global Outsourcing 100. The
Feb. 21, 2017
World-famous Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin has made a call for love and unity in the latest campaign by clothing brand Diesel, dubbed as “Make Love Not Walls,” in a thinly veiled dig at the p
Feb. 17, 2017
At a first glance, Kyiv’s gay scene might look a bit desolate: there aren’t a lot of night clubs and bars that cater specifically for the gay community. But on closer inspection of the local night spo
Feb. 16, 2017
The long-anticipated tickets for the Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv went on sale on the evening of Feb. 14. The tickets can be purchased online on the Concert.ua ticketing agency website. Tickets to the Gran
Feb. 14, 2017
An audio recoding released last week by fugitive lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko purportedly implicates ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, tycoon Rinat Akhmetov, and Russian mafia boss Semion Mogilevi
Feb. 13, 2017
Kyiv
While Kyiv has a plethora of cafes, bars and shops to choose from in the daytime, the selection narrows markedly after dark. All the same, there are places in the Ukrainian capital that will cater to
Feb. 9, 2017
Name: Emil Kurbedinov Position: Private lawyer Key Point: Helping Crimean Tatars fight persecution Crimean Tatar Emil Kurbedinov, a 35-year-old lawyer, has defended several prominent Crimean Tatar act
Apr. 3, 2017
Exiled Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, 45, was assassinated in front of Kyiv’s Premier Palace Hotel on March 23, the police said, in a gruesome shootout on a busy street corner in the center in Kyi
Mar. 23, 2017
Ukrainians are taking to social media to post pictures of themselves holding a sheet of paper with #FreeKozlovskyy written on it – a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of an academic held in a
Mar. 20, 2017
For a country at war, Ukraine exports a lot of weapons. However, the country sells fewer than it did before Russia launched its war on Ukraine in 2014, seizing Crimea and instigating violence in the e
Mar. 16, 2017
Ukraine’s government delivered a blow to plans to disrupt trade between Ukraine and Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine: Law enforcement agencies broke up an activists’ blockade of a railway line on M
Mar. 14, 2017
The United States House of Representatives has approved a bill authorizing $150 million to be spent on defense aid for Ukraine in fiscal year 2017 under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. A t
Mar. 9, 2017
Music
The Eurovision Song Contest is a fabulous show, with sparkling outfits, catchy music, and the excitement and drama of the voting for the winner. But for gamblers, the event has a financial element. Bo
Mar. 6, 2017
Few people in Warren, Ohio or Mason County, West Virginia have ever heard of Ihor Kolomoisky. Yet both U.S. cities are home to steel plants that have been run by the Ukrainian oligarch for more than 1
Mar. 2, 2017
London-based TransferWise has integrated a money transfer bot into the Facebook Messenger app. It’s now possible to send money to and from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe, including U
Feb. 23, 2017
VIENNA, Austria – Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash was arrested in the Vienna Court of Appeal on Feb. 21 after a judge ruled that the billionaire businessman could be extradited to the United States
Feb. 21, 2017
Thirteen Ukrainian information technology companies have won places on the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) annual list of top tech firms, The Global Outsourcing 100. The
Feb. 21, 2017
World-famous Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin has made a call for love and unity in the latest campaign by clothing brand Diesel, dubbed as “Make Love Not Walls,” in a thinly veiled dig at the p
Feb. 17, 2017
At a first glance, Kyiv’s gay scene might look a bit desolate: there aren’t a lot of night clubs and bars that cater specifically for the gay community. But on closer inspection of the local night spo
Feb. 16, 2017
The long-anticipated tickets for the Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv went on sale on the evening of Feb. 14. The tickets can be purchased online on the Concert.ua ticketing agency website. Tickets to the Gran
Feb. 14, 2017
An audio recoding released last week by fugitive lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko purportedly implicates ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, tycoon Rinat Akhmetov, and Russian mafia boss Semion Mogilevi
Feb. 13, 2017
Kyiv
While Kyiv has a plethora of cafes, bars and shops to choose from in the daytime, the selection narrows markedly after dark. All the same, there are places in the Ukrainian capital that will cater to
Feb. 9, 2017
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