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Families of slain Ukraine demonstrators demand justice
More than 100 people were gunned down in Maidan Square a year ago, but investigations have failed to bring prosecutions. …read more Source: AL...
Families of slain Ukraine demonstrators demand justice
Obukhiv, Ukraine – Countless times on his computer, Vladimir Chaplinskiy has watched the moment his father Volodymyr was shot dead, each time looking for details he might have missed the last time, or the time before. The 21-year-old knows the sequence of events down to the second: his father… …read more Source:...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch
Banking tycoon resigns as governor of key industrial region; arrests serve as ‘warning to other… …read more Source:...
Senior US Official: Corruption Ukraine’s ‘Second War’
STATE DEPARTMENT—The United States is closely watching signs of possible major anti-corruption moves in Ukraine involving the forced resignation of a billionaire governor and the arrest of two top state emergency officials. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for the resignation Tuesday of Ihor Kolomoisky, a powerful businessman who had...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV in bribery case
Ukrainian police have detained the head of the state emergency service and his deputy on suspicion of extorting bribes, during a televised government meeting in the capital Kiev. Police handcuffed emergency services chief Serhiy Bochkovsky and his deputy, Vasiliy Stoyetsky, and marched the pair out of the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Prosecutors...
Jordan steps in: EU sanctions obstruct Russia-Lebanon arms dea
Negotiations for an arms deal between Lebanon and Russia has been disrupted due to the EU sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, local daily As-Safir said Tuesday. …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV in bribery case
Emergency services chief and his deputy accused of embezzling state funds and of illegal links to off-shore companies. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine officials arrested for corruption on live TV
The highly public nature of the detentions appeared designed to convey the impression that anti-graft measures are picking up pace. …read more Source: The...
In Shattered Ukraine Town, Residents Rebuild Lives
Published March 25, 2015 Residents of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine are starting to rebuild their lives after heavy fighting last month destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced many people to flee. Russian-backed separatists took control of the strategic town in February, days after a cease-fire agreement with Ukraine’s Kyiv government...
Ukraine detains cabinet officials live on TV over graft
Head of state emergency services and his deputy have been held during a cabinet ministers meeting …read more Source: Anadolu...
