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[Letter] Ambassador: Ukraine wronged by EUobserver op-ed
EUobserver used as a tool in Russia’s hybrid warfare against Ukraine, says Ukraine ambassador. …read more Source:...
TV comic wins first round of election in jaded Ukraine
A Ukrainian comic won the first round of presidential elections in a country jaded by never-ending corruption allegations and five years of Russian warfare. He is now set to face incumbent Petro Poroshenko in a run-off in three weeks’ time. …read more Source:...
No joke: Comedian to win first round in Ukraine’s presidential election
KIEV — Comedian Vladimir Zelenskiy looked set to edge out President Petro Poroshenko in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday, setting the stage for a decisive run-off between the two in three weeks. Zelenskiy, a political upstart who had never run for public office before, finished first with 30.4 percent of the vote,...
Ukraine’s unenviable choice
KHARKIV, Ukraine – An oligarch, a comedian or a political has-been. Ukrainians will head to the polls on Sunday to choose a president in an election that is less about hope than what locals call the “lesser evil.” The trio of candidates — incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire businessman who built a chocolate empire; Volodymyr...
[Ticker] Comedian leading in polls ahead of Ukraine election
Ukrainian voters are so fed up with their incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, that they might pick a comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky – who played a president on TV – as their new president in elections on Sunday. Poroshenko, and Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister, are running neck-and-neck for second place. If no candidate gets...
[Opinion] EU shouldn’t recognise results if Ukrainian election is rigged
Petro Poroshenko is unlikely to win Sunday’s presidential election without voting fraud – it is not even clear if he will get into the run-off in a fair vote. …read more Source:...
NATO allies extend Stoltenberg’s term as secretary-general
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is not obsolete. The 29 allied countries on Thursday extended Stoltenberg’s term as NATO’s top political official for two more years, until Sept. 30, 2022, ensuring a measure of stability at a time of tension in transatlantic relations and apprehension over Russia’s military assertiveness....
In presidential vote, Ukraine looks east
Since Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union, political power in the country has always shifted between the Ukrainian-speaking, western part of the country and the Russian-speaking east. Then Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea in 2014 and kicked off a brutal war in eastern Ukraine later that year. After that, it seemed,...
5 things to know about Dutch far right’s new figurehead
The populist Forum for Democracy last week stunned the Dutch political establishment. By winning the most votes in provincial elections, the upstart party — founded in 2016 — will have the most seats in the upper house of parliament, ahead of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s liberal VVD. It also makes Forum for Democracy (FvD) leader Thierry...
Trump didn’t collude with Russia. So why does he love Putin so much?
No collusion. That’s the clear interpretation of Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s findings, at least as they were conveyed Sunday by Attorney General William Barr. And it’s certainly the line President Donald Trump’s gloating defenders are promoting today. But without access to Mueller’s full report, we can’t know...
