Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Artists use Ukraine president's candy wrappers for critical portrait
KIEV (Reuters) – As Ukraine heads in a presidential election on Sunday, two artists have created an unflattering portrait of incumbent Petro Poroshenko using sweet wrappers and bullet casings. …read more Source: The...
Bears in Russian zoo predict Ukrainian election
KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Reuters) – “Anyone but Poroshenko!” cried the crowd in a Russian zoo on Thursday as a brown bear made its way towards a butternut squash bearing a picture of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The...
Comedian Zelenskiy maintains strong lead in Ukraine presidential poll
KIEV (Reuters) – Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political novice who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, has maintained a strong lead in Ukraine’s presidential election race, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Pompeo: sees joint action with NATO allies next week on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he hoped to announce with NATO allies visiting Washington next week additional steps to push back on Russia over its aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Comedian set to win first round of Ukraine presidential vote
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians exhausted by five years of war and decades of official corruption look set to send a comedian with no political experience into a second round run-off against the incumbent when they vote in Sunday’s presidential election. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's action man president faces voters' judgment
KIEV (Reuters) – The bodyguards were nervous, fingers poised over the triggers of their automatic weapons, as Ukraine’s president inspected the site of a rocket attack from separatist territory which had killed 10 people that day, one of many visits to the front line. …read more Source: The...
Unpredictable election makes Ukraine's friends wary
KIEV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Western backers fear the country’s next president may prove unwilling or unable to accelerate reforms they have spent five years investing in, whoever it turns out to be. …read more Source: The...
Comedian Zelenskiy strengthens Ukraine presidential poll lead
KIEV (Reuters) – Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political novice who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, has strengthened his lead in Ukraine’s presidential election race, according to an opinion poll published on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive: Coal deal showcases lack of transparency in Ukraine
NOVOVOLYNSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian police are investigating two companies and a factory over a coal deal which some anti-corruption campaigners say epitomises the difficulties of doing business in the east European country. …read more Source: The...
Seeing double? Two Tymoshenkos run to become Ukraine president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians casting their vote in this month’s presidential election will need to be sharp-eyed: two candidates with the same name and initials, Y.V. Tymoshenko, will be next to each other on the ballot paper. …read more Source: The...
