Be careful what you say or write about two Ukrainian billionaires, Rinat Akhmetov and Dmytro Firtash. If they really take offense, they might file a libel lawsuit against you in London, the ’libel tou
Feb. 11, 2011
The chairman of the Mejlis, the parliament of the Crimean Tatars, and MP from OU-PSD faction, Mustafa Dzhemilev, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Radio Liberty reported on Tuesday.
Feb. 2, 2011
President Viktor Yanukovych has said that he has Polish roots on his father’s side.
Feb. 2, 2011
The widow of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze draws parallels between former President Leonid Kuchma’s and current President Viktor Yanukovych’s regimes.
Jan. 21, 2011
Seven presidential candidates who ran against the country’s authoritarian leader could face up to 15 years in prison and one was beaten so badly in the election’s aftermath he is unable to walk, hi
Dec. 22, 2010
$914 million
Married with one son and one daughter
Interests: metallurgy, business, politics
Dec. 17, 2010
$409 million
Married with three children
Interests: metallurgy, property
Dec. 17, 2010
$409 million
Married with one daughter and two sons
Interests: metallurgy
Dec. 17, 2010
$230 million
Married with one son and one daughter
Interests: auto sales
Dec. 17, 2010
Former security service chief Oleksandr Turchynov said he didn’t order the destruction of a case file on reputed mobster Semyon Mogilevich.
Dec. 10, 2010
A senior French government adviser told the United States in 2008 that it would “not have a great appetite” for offering Ukraine an action plan for membership to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nov. 30, 2010
Profiles of the civic activists leading the anti-tax protest in Kyiv.
Nov. 25, 2010
No big deals were announced during Putin’s Oct. 27 visit.
Oct. 29, 2010
At first glance, Ani Lorak’s life touring the world singing and hosting television shows may seem like a golden ticket. But the singer, famed for her performance of “Shady Lady” that gained her second
Oct. 21, 2010
Kyiv
Mickey Mouse has arrived in Ukraine. A local version of the Disney Channel was launched on Oct. 16, bringing a range of famous U.S. children’s television shows to viewers in Ukrainian, Russian and Eng
Oct. 21, 2010
Mohammad Zahoor, 55;
$550 million – $1 billion;
#1 Richest.
Oct. 8, 2010
The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom has launched apermanent program in Ukrainian studies, mostly courtesy of Ukrainian gas-trading billionaire Dmytro Firtash, a co-owner of the controver
Sep. 24, 2010
At 15, she was a chubby Jewish teenager singing in a school choir.
Sep. 23, 2010
The burgeoning pizza business in Ukraine is bracing for a major shakeup.
Aug. 19, 2010