Section: France
As elections near, Putin says Russians will not stand for Ukraine-style coup
President Vladimir Putin said Russians “do not want and will not stand for” a Ukraine-style coup as he responded to a question from a rival presidential candidate at his annual press conference on Thursday. …read more Source: France...
Ex-Georgian President Saakashvili on “indefinite” hunger strike after second arrest
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has gone on hunger strike to protest his arrest in Ukraine on charges of trying to stage a coup sponsored by Russia, his lawyer and supporters said Saturday. …read more Source: France...
French-Israeli conman jailed on extradition from Ukraine
A conman who swindled companies out of millions by pretending to be their CEO has been jailed in France after being extradited from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio France...
Hopes to bring tourism back in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Eastern region of Donbas has suffered war since 2014, but the region is also home to come hidden touristic treasures …read more Source:...
Chechen accused of plotting to kill Putin wounded near Kiev, wife killed
A Chechen volunteer soldier who was accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin was wounded and his wife killed Monday when their car was strafed by gunfire near the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. …read more Source: France...
Can former Georgian president Saakashvili galvanise Ukraine’s opposition?
Nearly four years after Ukrainians took to the streets and overthrew a corrupt government, some of them want to do it again. Currency devaluation and utility price hikes have made Ukrainians poorer, while corrupt officials still go unpunished. One man who says he wants to change that is former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. He is now...
Thousands in Nationalist march in Ukraine
Thousands of far-right supporters marched in Ukraine for the Defenders’ Day and 75th anniversary of a symbolic founding date of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army …read more Source:...
Unknown Ukranian wins top freerunning competition
Unknown Ukrainian qualifier Alexander Titarenko went from zero to hero as he defeated the world’s best freerunners to take a career-defining victory at Red Bull Art of Motion 2017with the highest score in the competition’s history. …read more Source:...
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Gates advocates carrot-and-stick approach to North Korea
In an exclusive interview on the margins of the Yalta European Strategy forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Former US Defense Secretary Gates suggested Washington should attempt to reach out the reclusive state to find a political solution to the crisis. …read more Source:...
Families desperate for news of Ukraine’s disappeared
30 August is designated International Day of the Disappeared by the United Nations and other NGOs. ‘Disappeared people’ are people who are kidnapped or killed and whose families are not told what has happened to them. …read more Source: Radio France...
