Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili 'kidnapped' in Kiev – his Facebook page
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained in Kiev by unknown “kidnappers”, according to a post on the former Georgian leader’s official Facebook page and his spokeswoman. …read more Source: The...
Protesters gather in Kiev after police recapture former Georgia leader Saakashvili
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police recaptured the former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday, prompting further protests in central Kiev by his supporters who freed him from police custody earlier this week. …read more Source: The...
Paul Manafort, Special Counsel Mueller tussle over Ukrainian op-ed
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort did not violate a court gag order when he helped edit an opinion piece about his political work in Ukraine, his defence lawyer Kevin Downing argued in a court filing on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Manafort tried to pen positive op-ed on Ukraine work – special counsel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Monday accused President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, of working with a Russian colleague to draft an opinion piece about his political work for Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine summons Polish envoy as diplomatic row between neighbours deepens
WARSAW (Reuters) – Ukraine has summoned the Polish ambassador in Kiev after Poland denied entry to a Ukrainian official in an escalation of a diplomatic spat over the two neighbours’ troubled past. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine investigators fear corruption cases could get buried
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian investigators fear corruption probes could get buried because the national anti-corruption bureau will soon be flooded by thousands of old cases and recently passed legislation could further hobble their work. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine prosecutor says puzzled by lack of U.S. help on Manafort case
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is puzzled by the lack of a U.S. response to requests it has made to question former Donald Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort as a witness over two cases involving misuse of Ukrainian state funds, the chief investigator said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau launches case against sister agency
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday said they had opened a criminal case into suspected extortion by officials at a sister anti-corruption agency, based partly on information from a whistleblower who also implicated the president’s office. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Sibur says had no direct dealings with Wilbur Ross
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian petrochemical holding Sibur said on Monday it had no direct dealings with U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and that its ties to its partners were not in breach of sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Wife of Russian accused of Putin assassination plot shot dead in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin was shot and killed outside Kiev on Monday in an attack that also wounded her husband, Ukrainian interior ministry officials said. …read more Source: The...
