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New Ukraine President Zelenskiy says dissolving parliament
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday announced he was dissolving parliament. …read more Source: The...
Daunting challenges facing new Ukraine leader
Candidate Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of an exit poll in Ukraine’s presidential election in Kiev. (Reuters pic)KIEV: Volodymyr Zelensky, a 41-year-old standup comedian with no political experience, will be sworn in as Ukrainian president on Monday. As leader of a country dependent on international aid and battling...
Ukraine to inaugurate comedian Zelensky as president
Ukrainian comic actor Volodymyr Zelensky will become the country’s youngest post-Soviet president. (AFP pic)KIEV: Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky steps into his new role as Ukrainian president with his inauguration on Monday, launching a new era for the country wracked by war and economic difficulties. A month after scoring a landslide victory...
Ministers agree way for Russia to rejoin Europe's human rights body
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the Council of Europe, the continent’s chief human rights watchdog, reached an agreement on Friday that opens the way for Russia to return to the organisation, resolving a dispute that began after Moscow’s seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin struggles to defuse protests in Putin heartland
Protesters in Russia’s Yekaterinburg against President Vladimir Putin’s rule.(AFP pic)MOSCOW: A confrontation with authorities in Russia’s fourth-largest city has become the latest example of spreading public discontent with President Vladimir Putin’s rule amid rising hardship as the economy sputters. Police sealed off...
Ukraine parliament coalition breaks up – speaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s main parliamentary coalition broke up on Friday after the People’s Front party quit outgoing President Petro Poroshenko’s faction, the parliament speaker said. …read more Source: The...
US$100m cybercrime gang busted: Europol
THE HAGUE: US and European police said Thursday they have smashed a huge international cybercrime network that used Russian malware to steal 100 million dollars from tens of thousands of victims worldwide.Prosecutions have been launched in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and the United States over the scam, while five Russians charged in the US remain...
Inauguration of new Ukraine president is set for May 20
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s incoming President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be inaugurated on May 20, a parliamentary vote decided on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
US and Russia see path forward on Syria but clash on election meddling
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his dacha in Sochi. (AFP pic)SOCHI: Russia and the United States voiced hope Tuesday for better ties including working together in Syria as President Vladimir Putin welcomed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but tensions were laid bare in a clash over election...
Pompeo tells Russia to make peace with Ukraine, free captured Ukrainian sailors
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that he had told Moscow to free a group of detained Ukrainian sailors and to work with Ukraine’s new president to bring peace to eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
