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Why I declared my wealth and made Ukraine’s elite follow suit | Volodymyr Groysman
The prime minister of Ukraine explains how his government is using a landmark system to force senior officials to declare their assetsWe made history in Ukraine last week. For the first time ever, more than 100,000 top officials, including the president, members of the cabinet, MPs, judges, prosecutors and civil servants, declared their assets...
Russia’s Putin unveils provocative statue
There is controversy over a vast new statue in Moscow honouring the 10th Century prince who founded the forerunner to the Russian state, but who is claimed by Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Prank call confusion for Ukraine president
Ukraine describes an apparent prank call to President Petro Poroshenko as a “provocation”. …read more Source:...
Prank call mystery surrounds Ukraine president
Suspicion falls on Russian hoaxers after caller claiming to be Kyrgyzstan leader speaks to Petro Poroshenko for an hourIt was a routine bit of international diplomacy: two presidents speaking for an hour about “topical issues of the agenda of Ukraine-Kyrgyzstan relations”, as the press release on Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko’s...
Mourinho questions players’ attitude after Fenerbahce defeat
Credits Chris McGrath/Getty Images Alt Text Man Utd ‘They were playing the Champions League final, we were playing a summer friendly,’ says United boss after setback Match Report Friday, November 4, 2016 – 9:08am See related …read more Source: The...
A tale of two Vladimirs
Vlad the Great, hint-hint VLADIMIR PUTIN has a new neighbor: a 16-metre-tall bronze monument to Vladimir the Great, a tenth-century Slav prince. The statue stands just outside the Kremlin’s red walls. “In Soviet times it would have been Lenin,” says the sculptor, Salavat Shcherbakov. The monument’s backers claim it commemorates the...
Big question: What is Putin’s aim in Aleppo?
Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov—one of several Russian war ships thought to be part of a coming bombardment on Aleppo ©Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/PA Images Earlier this week, news of a planned “full scale” assault on Aleppo, Syria’s second city, surfaced. An intelligence source told The Times that they expect a “crescendo of air attacks on...
Ukraine crisis: Hackers claim huge Kremlin email breach
Two Ukrainians tell the BBC how they hacked top Russian officials’ emails revealing Kremlin plans. …read more Source:...
Nadiya Savchenko: Jamie Oliver got me through hunger strike
Freed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko says chef Jamie Oliver got her through her hunger strike. …read more Source:...
Russia puts Ukrainian librarian on trial for ‘inciting hatred’
The head of a Ukrainian library in Moscow goes on trial accused of inciting hatred against Russians. …read more Source:...
