Section: The United Kingdom
Austrian court backs extradition of Ukraine businessman Firtash to U.S.
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian court approved on Tuesday the extradition of Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the United States in a bribery case, overturning an earlier ruling that had said the U.S. request was politically motivated. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian MP plans to travel to Washington to push peace plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Ukrainian lawmaker who proposed an alternative plan for peace with Russian-backed separatists to U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration told Reuters on Tuesday he plans to travel to Washington to present the proposal publicly. …read more Source:...
Austrian court approves extradition of Ukrainian tycoon Dmytro Firtash
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Ukraine oligarch Dmytro Firtash faces extradition to US
Dmytro Firtash, close to ousted leader Viktor Yanukovych, is wanted on corruption charges. …read more Source:...
Austria grants US request to extradite Ukrainian mogul Dmytro Firtash
Vienna court overturns a previous decision to reject extradition on the grounds it was politically motivatedAn Austrian court has granted a US request to extradite Ukrainian mogul Dmytro Firtash over bribery allegations.On Tuesday, the court in Vienna overturned a previous Austrian court decision to reject the extradition request on the grounds...
Austria approves US extradition for Ukrainian oligarch
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Ukraine’s leader urges more sanctions against Russia
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What’s it like to be a human rights activist in post-Pussy Riot Russia?
It is five years since the feminist punk collective crashed Moscow’s Cathedral in a performance that got some of them jailed. On 21 February 2012, five brightly-dressed members of Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot took to the alter of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour to protest links between the Russian Orthodox...
Ukraine ceasefire largely holding in the east
As the truce began, Russia defended its decision to recognise rebel-issued passports. …read more Source:...
Kremlin says Ukraine peace plan mooted by lawmaker ‘absurd’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday it had no prior knowledge of a Ukrainian lawmaker’s peace plan for his country, which was detailed in the New York Times newspaper, and called it absurd anyway. …read more Source:...
