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Ukraine’s parliament voted on April 14 to appoint Volodymyr Groysman as the country’s new prime minister, with 257 lawmakers – 31 votes more than needed – supporting his candidacy. Groysman, […]
Too little, too late, too far away. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko answered questions the nation had about his offshore companies on the third day after the Panama Papers scandal broke, […]
It ended as it had begun and continued throughout: in farce and confusion. A court in the small Russian border town of Donetsk in Rostov Oblast on March 22 found […]
A judge in a Russian court in Donetsk, Rostov Oblast, started summing up the case against Nadiya Savchenko on March 21, with the Ukrainian pilot widely expected to be found […]
The mysterious death of former Kremlin aide Mikhail Lesin has gotten even weirder as details have emerged showing that Lesin – or someone pretending to be him – travelled out […]
Nadiya Savchenko showed that she will be defiant to the end when during a March 9 court hearing she gave judges the middle finger. The Russian court said the same […]
Late on February 21, Ukraine chose jazz singer Jamala to be the country’s representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. After delivering a wonderful performance of her own song called […]
Ukraine’s parliament failed to get enough votes to remove Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and his Cabinet of Ministers on February 16. A petition calling for a vote of no-confidence […]
Petcube Camera, a device developed by a new Ukrainian startup that allows pet owners to monitor and even play with their furry companions remotely, has attracted an additional $2.6 million […]
Economy minister Aivaras Abromavicius resigned on February 3, becoming the third reform-minded minister to quit the Ukrainian government in less than two months. At a hastily arranged news conference in […]
