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Ukraine ex-adviser wins EU court case against sanctions
A former adviser to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scored a legal victory over the European Union on Monday when an EU court ruled that the bloc had been wrong to freeze his assets. …read more Source: Channel...
May the police force be with you: Chewbacca arrested at Ukraine polls
ODESSA, Ukraine – A man dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca was detained and fined for disobeying police during local polls in Ukraine on Sunday.The Wookiee warrior – an activist from a marginal political party – was apprehended by police in the southwestern city of Odessa after refusing to present his ID as he posed...
Ukraine-Russia flight ban seen lasting for some time
Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine are unlikely to restart any time soon, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, after links were severed in a tit-for-tat row over Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian navy holds drill to ‘repel strikes’ on Crimea
MOSCOW – Russia said Monday its navy is holding drills off the coast of Crimea to practise thwarting an attack on the Black Sea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine last year. …read more Source:...
Local elections cancelled in key Ukraine city, parties trade accusations of foul play
Local elections in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol were called off on Sunday, prompting the ruling party of President Petro Poroshenko and the pro-Russian Opposition Party to blame each other for alleged irregularities in the vote. …read more Source: Channel...
Pro-Western coalition faces survival test in Ukraine vote
The polls come during a lull in fighting and with worries growing that Ukraine is slipping off the global radar despite just turning into Europe’s second-poorest country and still standing as a bulwark against Russia’s feared expansion west.Twenty months have passed since the ex-Soviet nation sparked the world’s imagination...
Flights between Russia and Ukraine to stop due to sanctions
Flights between Russia and Ukraine will be terminated on Sunday after the countries exchanged sanctions against their airlines amid a standoff over Moscow’s support of separatists in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainians transform famed Lenin statue into Darth Vader
ODESSA, Ukraine – Just in time for the release of the latest “Star Wars” blockbuster, Ukrainians have transformed a statue of Lenin into one of Darth Vader, an oddly prominent figure in local politics.Soviet founder Lenin – long despised by most in non-separatist parts of Ukraine – fell victim to a law adopted in...
Merkel says wants good economic ties with Ukraine and Russia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a European Union free trade agreement with Ukraine is not directed against Russia and that Berlin desired good economic ties with both Ukraine and Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s Putin says Kiev not fulfilling Ukraine peace deal
Ukraine’s government is not fulfilling key points of the Minsk agreement, the international peace deal aimed at halting the fighting in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
