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Ukraine MPs back propaganda ban
The Ukrainian parliament votes to ban propaganda and symbols for “totalitarian Communist and Nazi regimes” in the former Soviet republic. …read more Source:...
I killed 15 prisoners of war in Ukraine, claims Russian fighter
Head of separatist Sparta Battalion says he shot prisoners following the battle for Donetsk airport, prompting war crimes investigation by Ukrainian government. The Kyiv Post reportsA Russian fighter has confessed on tape to killing 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war, which legal experts say could be considered evidence of war crimes if the...
Ukraine sets its sights on national recovery
Russian obstruction must not deter economic and state reform …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine opens gas sector to investors
Parliament shows determination to break longstanding power of oligarchs …read more Source: Financial...
Amnesty International reports killings of captured Ukrainian soldiers
KIEV (Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday at least four Ukrainian soldiers had been shot dead in what it described as “execution-style” killings by pro-Russian separatist groups earlier this year. …read more Source:...
Russian troops practise quelling Ukrainian-style revolution
Stones and bottles lobbed at interior ministry forces to mimic clashes in Kiev …read more Source: The...
Ukraine sets sights on joining NATO
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine, locked in conflict with Russian-backed separatists in its east, on Thursday drew up a new security doctrine denouncing Russia’s “aggression” and setting its sights on joining the U.S.-led NATO military alliance. …read more Source:...
Belarus and the great bear
UNTIL science unlocks the secrets of time travel, the world will have to make do with Belarus. Little seems to have changed in this landlocked country of 10m souls, tucked between Poland and Russia, since it emerged blinking into independence after the Soviet disintegration in 1991. Statues of Lenin dot the wide, well-ordered streets of Minsk,...
In the fold
AFTER Viktor Yanukovych, who was then president, fled Ukraine in February 2014, Russian flags began appearing around the Lenin statue in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Pro-Russian activists clashed with supporters of the Maidan revolution, and some spoke of a “Kharkiv People’s Republic”. But while separatism caught fire in...
Czech government plans to register citizens for military service
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government plans to create a register of citizens who could be called up for military service, in response to growing concerns over threats from Islamic State and insecurity in Ukraine, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
