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The Russia-backed separatists opened fire on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the populated area of the Butovka mine, Donetsk region, one soldier was killed in the attack, the headquar
Apr. 3, 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
Ukraine’s military prosecutor’s office has issued a suspicion notice to the Russian Major General Aleksey Zavizyon, commander of the 41st military army of the Central Military District of the Russian
Mar. 27, 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
The Ukrainian side in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) in Minsk has demanded to repeal the decree of the president of the Russian Federation on the recognition of passports issued by the authorities
Mar. 15, 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
Russia is not cutting as much oil production as it could be under the agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries to cut oil output, Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in an intervie
Mar. 9, 2017
Former deputy head of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office David Sakvarelidze has said he is convinced arrested head of Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov may testify against a number of hi
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
Olga Korbut,a former Soviet gymnast whose performances dazzled the world at the 1972 Munich Games, has sold her Olympic medals and other memorabilia after apparently falling into financial difficulty.
Feb. 28, 2017
The transport blockade of Donbas has put Ukraine in harm’s way, Kyiv’s representative to the Trilateral Contact Group for Donbas and former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said. “Such methods are no
Feb. 28, 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