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Could Freed Pilot Be Ukraine’s Next President?
Nadezhda Savchenko says she’d rather return to her flying career but will be president if that is what Ukrainians want. …read more Source: Sky...
Freed by Russia, Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ may prove thorn in own leaders’ side
KIEV (Reuters) – Securing pilot Nadiya Savchenko’s release from Russian captivity was a PR coup for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko but the outspoken woman feted as the nation’s “Joan of Arc” may ultimately prove a thorn in his side. …read more Source:...
A tale of two homecomings
Russia and Ukraine split again over prisoner swap …read more Source:...
Nadiya Savchenko: ‘Ukraine, if you need me to be president, I will’
Pilot freed in prisoner swap with Russia says she is prepared to lead country after receiving hero’s welcome in KievFreed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has said she is prepared to become president after returning from Russia in a prisoner exchange.“Ukrainians, if you need me to be president, I’ll be president,” Savchenko told...
Germany says Russia sanctions could be lifted if progress made on Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany would back the gradual lifting of European Union sanctions against Russia if there is progress in implementing the Minsk peace agreement to end the conflict in east Ukraine, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. …read more Source:...
1944 all over again
A Tatar’s courage never flags ON May 14th Crimea’s indigenous Tatars sat glued to their screens, watching as Jamala, a Ukrainian singer of Tatar descent, won the Eurovision song contest. Jamala’s song “1944” commemorated Stalin’s brutal deportation of the entire Crimean Tatar population. For Russia’s government, the...
Ukraine bans Gorbachev over support for Crimea annexation
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has banned former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev from entry for the next five years over his support for Russia’s seizure of Crimea, a spokeswoman for Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Gorbachev barred from visiting Ukraine for Crimea remarks
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Is the EU responsible for the crisis in Ukraine?
A mannequin of Russian President Vladimir Putin is hung from a make-shift gallows pole as protestors demand that Russia release Ukranian prisoner Nadiya Savchenko, 6th March, 2016. Savchenko was released yesterday—and during her imprisonment became a symbol of Ukranian resistance against Moscow ©Sergii Kharchenko/NEWZULU/PA Images : Book...
Who is Nadiya Savchenko? – video report
One of several Ukrainian service personnel held prisoner in Russia, Nadiya Savchenko, was released in a prisoner swap on Wednesday. Savchenko was detained for almost two years for allegedly being complicit in the death of two Russian journalists, a charge she firmly denies. She has promised to fight for the return of her colleagues still in...
