Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Ukraine’s Zelensky visits rebel front line
KIEV – Just a week after taking office, Ukraine’s new president Volodymyr Zelensky made his first visit Monday to the front line of fighting against Russian-backed rebels in the east of the country, his press office said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Global court to rule on Russia’s detention of Ukrainian sailors
BERLIN – An international tribunal is due to rule Saturday on a dispute over Russia’s holding 24 Ukrainian sailors and three naval vessels seized off the Crimea peninsula late last year. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine inaugurates comedian Zelensky as president
KIEV – Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky stepped 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. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Identity fraud unmasked as Russian runs for Ukraine
PARIS – On July 15, 2017 in Ninove, central Belgium, three women stood on the podium after the 800-metre race at a local track and field event. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kiev passes law strengthening Ukrainian language use
KIEV – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday passed a law enforcing the use of the Ukrainian language in official settings, a move likely to rile Russian-speaking areas of the country and Moscow. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia eases citizenship rules in east Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russia on Wednesday made it easier for people living in eastern Ukraine’s separatist territories to obtain Russian passports, drawing swift condemnation from Kiev only three days after it elected a new president. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine vaults into unknown after comic elected president
KIEV – Ukraine took a leap into the unknown Monday as comedian Volodymyr Zelensky was elected president on promises of change but just a vague blueprint of what he might do as leader. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Comedian headed for landslide victory in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine: A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV cruised toward a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday in what was seen as a reaction against the country’s entrenched corruption and low standard of living. …read more Source: Bangkok...
From Reagan to Zelensky, stars who went into politics
PARIS – Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, whom exit polls showed winning Sunday’s presidential election in Ukraine, follows several celebrities — from US actor Ronald Reagan to Liberian footballer George Weah — who nabbed top political jobs in their countries. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Comic poised to take over presidency in Ukraine vote
KIEV – Ukrainians vote in the second round of an extraordinary election on Sunday with a comedian who plays a president on TV expected to win in a stunning rebuke to the political establishment. …read more Source: Bangkok...
