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It took Alyona Savranenko, known by her stage name Alyona Alyona, half a year to go from working at a nursery school to being unofficially titled Ukraine’s best rapper. The 27-year-old up-and-coming s
Apr. 12, 2019
The country’s ultranationalist groups came to the fore in 2014, when they kickstarted massive street protests that led to the ousting of the Russia-friendly president Viktor Yanukovych. Russia respond
Apr. 11, 2019
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ukrainian integrated steel company Metinvest B.V.’s (Metinvest) Long-Term Local- and Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘B+’ from ‘B’ and senior unsecured bon
Apr. 10, 2019
More video footage of alleged vote rigging in Donetsk Oblast in the March 31 presidential election has emerged over the past week. Kostyantyn Khivrenko, a spokesman for the Central Election Commission
Apr. 9, 2019
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the comedian and actor turned presidential candidate, perhaps wanted to provide the Ukrainian people with clarity and peace of mind when he called for himself and his rival, incum
Apr. 8, 2019
Ukraine’s Armed Forces have conducted successful field tests of a new version of the Ukrainian-made 1L220UK counter-battery radar, the country’s state-run defense production concern UkrOboronProm repo
Apr. 8, 2019
Viktor Medvedchuk, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man in Ukraine, is an anomaly in Ukrainian politics. It would seem that two pro-Western revolutions and Russia’s war against Ukraine – a
Apr. 5, 2019
On March 31, as exit polls announced that comedian-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelenskiy had seized a significant lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, the runner-up, President P
Apr. 5, 2019
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been one of the most recognizable figures in Ukraine long before he entered the presidential race on New Year’s Eve. Generations of Ukrainians have watched Zelenskiy’s comic sh
Apr. 5, 2019
Kyiv
Kyiv City Council on April 4 voted to rename Ivan Kudrya Street in central Kyiv John McCain Street: the council decision was passed with a vote of 71 for, to four against. John McCain, a U.S. senator
Apr. 4, 2019
Allegations of vote rigging in Donetsk Oblast in favor of President Petro Poroshenko during the March 31 presidential election have emerged in recent days, according to police and election watchdogs.
Apr. 3, 2019
The green smiley of e-commerce giant Rozetka is one of the most recognizable logos in Ukraine — every day millions of people visit its website, tens of thousands order through it every day. And yet, n
Apr. 1, 2019
On the morning of April 1, the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Toronto has arrived on a friendly visit to the port of Odesa. Another NATO ship, the Spanish Navy frigate Santa Maria, is expected to ar
Apr. 1, 2019
On March 31, a presidential election took place in Ukraine. There were 39 candidates, a record number, but the main battle was between the incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, political veteran and e
Mar. 31, 2019
Even in the internet age, television remains by far the favorite source of information for Ukrainian citizens – 74 percent of them get their news mostly from TV, according to a March survey by Kyiv In
Mar. 29, 2019
Something is rotten in the heart of Ukraine’s capital, festering in one of the city’s most beautiful, up-market hotels. A secretly kept crown atop a Russian-owned, Ukrainian business empire that appea
Mar. 29, 2019