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Zelenskiy's party in spotlight as Ukraine holds snap parliament election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians vote in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday that could consolidate the power of new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and hand the novice politician a stronger mandate for driving change in the war-scarred nation. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's president party builds support days before vote – polls
KIEV (Reuters) – The party of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has extended its lead over other groups, according to polls published three days before parliamentary elections. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine agrees prisoner swap with pro-Russian separatists – official
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia have agreed a prisoner swap expected to involve a total of 277 people taken captive in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin, France's Macron discuss Iran nuclear deal – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as well as the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine plans overhaul of citizenship process after Putin's passport offer
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ordered an overhaul of the process for granting Ukrainian citizenship, in response to a Russian decree expanding the number of Ukrainians who can apply for fast-track Russian passports. …read more Source: The...
Zelenskiy's second act: Ukraine leader set to win snap parliamentary election
KIEV (Reuters) – The party of Ukraine’s new president looks set to win Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, repeating Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s shock victory in the April presidential race that has upended politics in the war-scarred nation. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s Zelensky eyes parliament renewal in early polls
KIEV: Three months after winning a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, former comedian Volodymyr Zelensky (pix) is hoping to consolidate his success in parliamentary polls on Sunday.Voter surveys show Zelensky’s party Servant of the People — named after a sitcom in which he starred as president — is Ukraine’s...
Russia extends Ukraine sailors’ detention amid prisoner swap talks
MOSCOW: A Russian court on Wednesday prolonged the detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured last year near Crimea, in the midst of sensitive prisoner-swap talks between the two ex-Soviet neighbours.Moscow’s Lefortovsky district court ruled that the sailors must stay in detention for an extra three months until October 24.After the...
US bars Turkey from F-35 programme
By taking the Russian missile system Turkey shrugged off two years of warnings from the United States and other NATO allies that it could imperil their relationship. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: The White House confirmed Wednesday that Turkey would be excluded from NATO’s F-35 stealth fighter jet programme after it purchased a Russian missile...
Russia's Putin extends passport offer to Ukraine citizens
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on Wednesday further expanding the number of Ukrainian citizens who can apply for fast-track Russian passports. …read more Source: The...
