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Ukraine parliament sacks graft-tainted prosecutor
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday sacked the country’s chief prosecutor over his alleged attempts to stall high-profile corruption investigations and cover up state graft. The decision should cheer Western allies increasingly concerned that the ex-Soviet country is reverting to a culture of sleaze since it ousted a Russian-backed...
Ukrainians rally against graft-tainted prosecutor
KIEV: More than one hundred Ukrainian protesters rallied outside the president’s office on Monday demanding the immediate ouster of the chief prosecutor and a more dedicated fight against state graft. Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin has been ensnared in a web of scandals that have worried Ukraine’s Western allies and left despondent...
Crown Prince of Ajman receives Ukrainian Consul-General
AJMAN, 28th March, 2016 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman has received Oleksandr Balanutsa, Ukrainian Consul-General in Dubai and the Northern regions, who paid a courtesy visit to Sheikh Ammar’s office to mark the beginning of his tenure as consul-general to the country. …read more Source:...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 8 wounded in fresh clashes in rebel east
Kiev: Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the latest uptick in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the country’s war-torn east, a Kiev military official said on Saturday. “As a result of fighting two Ukrainian servicemen were killed and another eight were wounded,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told...
Lawyer for 2 Russian troops in Ukraine found dead
Suspects in the lawyer’s murder detained, bar association says …read more Source: Gulf...
Poroshenko tells parties to pick new PM this week
KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko urged parties from Ukraine’s ruling coalition to decide this week on a candidate to lead the government, part of a personnel shake-up aimed at kick-starting stalled reforms and resuming the flow of international financial aid. “I’ll support any candidate for the prime minister’s post who’s...
Poroshenko says new Ukrainian government must be formed next week
Poroshenko attempted to resolve the political strains by asking Yatsenyuk to step down on February 16 …read more Source: Gulf...
Savchenko: Ukraine’s defiant symbol of resistance to Russia
Both the European Union and the United States stand by Savchenko’s assertion that she was abducted by pro-Moscow eastern Ukrainian separatists …read more Source: Gulf...
Russian court begins delivering verdict in Ukraine pilot trial
Donetsk, Russia // A Russian court yesterday began delivering its verdict in the high-profile murder trial of Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, which Kiev and the West have slammed as a political sham.Prosecutors are demanding a 23-year jail term for Savchenko’s alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian state TV...
Ukrainian pilot killed reporters, Russian judge rules
Savchenko, 34, was captured by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine in June 2014 during the separatist conflict …read more Source: Gulf...
