Section: The United Kingdom
Out of the police cell and into the polling station: Ukraine’s election monitors
Andriy Verbetskiy is not a typical election observer. Just days before Sunday’s presidential vote in Ukraine, he was leading several hundred members of an ultra-nationalist group called the National Militia in a protest that ended in clashes with police. …read more Source:...
Ukraine goes to polls with TV comic eyeing the presidency
Actor Vladimir Zelenskiy is tapping into the protest vote as favourite in Sunday’s voteUkraine goes to the polls on Sunday with a comic who plays the president on his own TV show the favourite to become the next president in a protest vote against the country’s leaders.Volodymyr Zelenskiy, an actor with no prior political experience,...
Baby boy dies after falling into bucket of scalding-hot water as his mother prepared his bath
Daniil Chernenko’s heart stopped beating on Thursday two days after his first birthday following his fall into the lethal water as his mother prepared his bath in Salhany, southern Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
Artists use Ukraine president’s candy wrappers for critical portrait
As Ukraine heads in a presidential election on Sunday, two artists have created an unflattering portrait of incumbent Petro Poroshenko using sweet wrappers and bullet casings. …read more Source:...
Separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine divides young voters
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Ukraine’s presidential elections: five things to know
The seventh presidential elections in Ukraine will take place on 31 March. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: President claims tycoon backed rivals for revenge
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Ukraine heads for the polls, with a comedian leading
THE MOST encouraging thing about Ukraine’s presidential election is that nobody knows who is going to win. In that sense, democracy in Ukraine is healthy—certainly more so than in its post-Soviet neighbours Russia and Belarus. The latest polls show Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian-cum-candidate, leading, with the support of some 30% of the...
BBC to pay ‘substantial’ sum for story libelling Ukrainian president
News report on TV and online claimed Petro Poroshenko had bribed Donald Trump’s lawyer The BBC has agreed to pay substantial libel damages to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko after wrongly claiming that he had been involved in making a secret $400,000 payment to Donald Trump’s lawyer in return for access to the US...
Comedian Zelenskiy maintains strong lead in Ukraine presidential poll
Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political novice who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, has maintained a strong lead in Ukraine’s presidential election race, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. …read more Source:...
