Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine acts to push through anti-corruption laws before election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government took a first step on Tuesday to securing new laws on tackling top-level corruption, hoping to ease public discontent before elections in a nation beset by a separatist rebellion. …read more Source:...
Up to a dozen Ukraine officials dumped in wheelie bins
‘Trash bucket challenge’ spreads across Ukraine as activisits throw politicians into rubbish bins to ‘punish corruption’ …read more Source: The...
Putin Stronger Than Ever As He Turns 62
Despite the Ukraine crisis and a stalling economy, Russia’s President enjoys unstinting support among ordinary Russians. …read more Source: Sky...
Stir over ‘Putin’ toilet paper
A brand of toilet paper raises eyebrows in Crimea over its name. …read more Source:...
Despair and euphoria in Crimea six months after Russian annexation
Dispatch: Tatars face campaign of repression after opposing annexation, while ethnic Russians rejoice at joining motherland …read more Source: The...
Truce bypasses Donetsk airport, symbol of conflict in eastern Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – While fighting in much of eastern Ukraine has been calmed by a month-old truce, it rages unabated at the airport near Donetsk, turning a shiny symbol of the country’s Western integration into a shattered mirror of its future prospects. …read more Source:...
Ukraine city readies for rebel advance
Ukrainian city prepares in fear of rebel advance …read more Source:...
Former Ukraine midfielder Serhiy Zakarlyuka dies in car accident
38-year-old played nine times for UkraineAccident comes a month after Andriy Gusins deathThe former Ukraine midfielder Serhiy Zakarlyuka has been killed in a car accident, local media reported on Monday.The 38-year-old Zakarlyuka played nine times for Ukraine between 2002 and 2004. … …read more Source: The...
How the Russian Orthodox Church answers Putin’s prayers in Ukraine
MOSCOW/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – After weeks of defying international pleas to free eight European officials they had captured in May, pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine released them unexpectedly in June following a public appeal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. …read more Source:...
NATO can put troops wherever it wants, new secretary-general says
WARSAW (Reuters) – New NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the Western alliance could deploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russia’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
