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Ukrainian voters appeared determined to clean house on July 21, rejecting many controversial individuals who had seemed entrenched in Ukrainian politics. One group of candidates stand out from those w
Jul. 22, 2019
This Election Day live blog stopped updating. For the election results, see: Latest updates on parliamentary vote count Snap parliamentary elections took place in Ukraine on July 21. Ukrainians were
Jul. 21, 2019
Meeting a rock star singing world hits right on the street may sound like a dream but that’s exactly what happened to some pedestrians in Kyiv when Jared Leto, the leader of the U.S. band Thirty Secon
Jul. 19, 2019
On July 20, 1969, at least 600 million people on all six of Earth’s habitable continents were watching a stunning miracle as it was broadcast live on their black-and-white television screens. For the
Jul. 19, 2019
The Sixth Administrative Court of Appeals has canceled a court ruling that found that independent lawmaker Sergii Leshchenko and Artem Sytnyk, head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, u
Jul. 19, 2019
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has upheld a law that equates communism to Nazism and bans the dissemination of its symbols, a law that has prompted angry protests from Moscow. Read more here.
Jul. 17, 2019
One of the men who worked amidst high radioactivity levels to quell the consequences of the 1986 disaster at the Chornobyl power station, committed suicide after watching the HBO serialized television
Jul. 17, 2019
The extradition of Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash from Austria to the United States, approved by the Austrian justice minister, has been suspended over a motion lodged by his defense team to ini
Jul. 16, 2019
SZOLNOK, Hungary — Secretive, behind-the-lines mission rehearsals and other operations by 1,400 American and allied commandos to combat shifting Russian threats have laid bare a fundamental tension in
Jul. 12, 2019
OPYTNE, Ukraine — Rodion Lebedev, a stout man in his 40s with glasses, makes his way down a path of cracked asphalt running through dense brushwood. His instincts from living in a war zone make him wa
Jul. 12, 2019
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has approved the new Electoral Code (bill No. 3112-1) at second reading, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. A total of 230 MPs voted for the document at
Jul. 11, 2019
A bust of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the city of Kharkiv, which was toppled by a group of activists on June 2, has been re-installed. “As I promised – it has been put back today,” Kharkiv Mayor H
Jul. 11, 2019
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that he will cancel the country’s tradition of holding a military parade on Independence Day on August 24. Instead, the money will be spent on bonu
Jul. 9, 2019
The number of Ukrainians who support joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has grown to the highest level since 2014, reaching 53 percent in June, according to a poll published on July
Jul. 9, 2019
Editor’s Note: Our latest Legal Quarterly magazine is out. Get a PDF version online or pick up a copy in Kyiv. In 2017, two anti-corruption activists researched and wrote a report assessing conflicts
Jul. 8, 2019
Editor’s Note: Find the full list of the Servant of the People candidates below. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party, the Servant of the People, is most likely to have the biggest representation in
Jul. 8, 2019