Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Bitter mood on eve of Ukraine’s election (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The mood in Maidan Square, epicentre of Ukraine’s democracy revolution, was as bitter on the eve of Sunday’s parliamentary elections as the suddenly freezing October wind. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine readies to vote under shadow of war (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian leaders made final appeals to voters ahead of snap parliamentary elections Sunday that are intended to give impetus to democratic reforms, but are overshadowed by deepening conflict with Russia and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Allies of deposed leader struggling in Ukraine vote (AFP)
Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – As he campaigned for Ukraine’s parliamentary polls, to be held Sunday, Nestor Shufrych was pelted with eggs and injured in a scuffle with nationalists. …read more Source: The West...
War-scarred Ukraine counts down to key vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine wraps up campaigning Friday for a weekend vote that will dramatically reshape parliament after a year of upheavals in which a deadly pro-Russian uprising has threatened to splinter the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
French court authorises extradition of Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov (AFP)
Lyon (AFP) – A French court on Friday authorised the extradition of exiled Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia and Ukraine, despite concerns over his safety if the move goes ahead. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russian mood lingers in ex-rebel city as Ukraine vote looms (AFP)
Slavyansk (Russia) (AFP) – In the war-scarred city of Slavyansk in east Ukraine few people are looking to the future with hope as they gear up for a parliamentary poll this Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
‘What vote?’: Ukrainian refugees in Russia scorn Kiev poll (AFP)
Taganrog (Russia) (AFP) – While much of Ukraine is abuzz with campaigning for Sunday’s parliamentary poll, refugees who have fled fighting in the east for Russia say they want nothing to do with the vote. …read more Source: The West...
Billionaire Soros urges Europe to ‘wake up’ and save Ukraine (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – US billionaire investor George Soros warned Thursday that Europe’s very existence was being threatened by Russia, in a scathing criticism of the EU’s response to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Russia spy plane intercepted in NATO airspace (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO fighter jets intercepted a Russian spy plane over the Baltic Sea after it breached Estonian airspace, the alliance said Wednesday in the latest of such incidents amid tensions with Moscow over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
President’s party leads in final polls before Ukraine vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko’s party on Wednesday led the final polls before Sunday’s parliamentary vote held as the country faced an unresolved Russian gas dispute and raging hostilities in the east. …read more Source: The West...
