Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine PM tells ‘Post’: I never hid my ethnic origins
“I believe it would be humiliating to hide someone’s roots, to hide someone’s family or last name, and once again for all these reasons, we view the relations with Israel as very important.” …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine’s Jews walk narrow line between murderous past and uncertain future
As Ukrainian PM Volodymyr Groysman winds up a three-day visit to Israel, Jews back home try to cope with economic difficulties and the effects of war …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine Needs $1 Bln to Fully Block Russian Websites
KIEV (Sputnik) – Ukraine will need $1 billion and about two years to fully block the Russian websites subjected to the ban signed by country’s President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Internet Association (UIA) Alexander Fedyenko told the 112 Ukraina broadcaster on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Poroshenko...
Ukrainian Citizens Register Petitions to Lift Ban on Russian Websites
KIEV (Sputnik) — Ukrainian citizens on Tuesday registered dozens of petitions on the website of the country’s President Petro Poroshenko calling not to block Russian social networks and websites. Earlier in the day, Poroshenko enacted the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to expand the list of sanctioned...
Kiev accuses Kremlin of cyber attack on Ukrainian president’s website after web sanctions
Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of carrying out an organised cyber attack on President Petro Poroshenko’s website after Kiev’s decision to impose sanctions against a number of major Russian internet…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine blocks Russia’s top social media networks
Kiev: Ukraine on Tuesday blocked Russia’s most popular social media networks and an internet search engine in response to the Kremlin’s alleged backing of a three-year separatist war in the east. The decision sparked an immediate outcry from Ukrainian internet users and freedom of speech advocates. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
Kiev accuses Kremlin of cyber attack on Ukrainian president’s website after web sanctions
Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of carrying out an organised cyber attack on President Petro Poroshenko’s website after Kiev’s decision to impose sanctions against a number of major Russian internet…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine imposes new sanctions on Russian social media and web services
Ukraine has imposed new sanctions on Russian social media and web services. The measure is controversial, as millions of Ukrainian citizens affected by the ban are anxious about what will happen to their data. …read more Source:...
Ukraine blocks Russian social media networks
Ukraine has blocked Russia’s most popular social media networks and an Internet search engine in response to the Kremlin’s alleged backing of a three-year separatist war in the east.The decision sparked an immediate outcry from Ukrainian Internet users and freedom of speech advocates.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Ukrainian...
Kiev Ban on St. George Ribbons to Legitimize Actions of Neo-Nazis
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Verkhovna Rada passed earlier on Tuesday a bill that introduces administrative punishment, including fines or arrests, for manufacturing and wearing of St. George’s ribbons in Ukraine. The explanatory note to the law states that since 2014 the St. George’s ribbon has been used by “pro-Russian separatists on the...
