Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Russia tightens control over Kyrgyzstan
As EU imposes new sanctions on state-owned companies, Gazprom and Rosneft invest heavily in Central Asian state While Russias relationship with Ukraine has been grabbing the headlines, Moscow has been steadily strengthening its foothold in another of the post-Soviet states Kyrgyzstan. In the past few years Russia has written off half a billion...
Former Ukraine midfielder Andriy Gusin, 41, dies in motorbike accident
Gusin won 71 caps, including at Germany World Cup Was assistant coach at Anzhi Makhachkala until MayThe former Ukraine midfielder Andriy Gusin, who helped his country reach the 2006 World Cup quarter-finals, has died in a motorbike accident, aged 41.Gusin made 71 appearances for Ukraine, including in all five World Cup matches in Germany, and...
Ukraine: how to close the door on Putin | Timothy Garton Ash
Europe can resolve this crisis and counter Russias aggression, but it needs a clear 10-year planThe European Union must develop a 10-year plan for Ukraine. This plan will also define what Europe itself will be a decade hence. In tribute to Europes pivotal politician, who has clearly led Europes evolving policy towards Ukraine, we might call it...
MH17 victims son grieves in his own way by talking about Ukraine’s suffering
Australian Paul Guard lost his parents, Jill and Roger, when MH17 was brought down. But bringing their bodies home matters much less to him than honouring their rational approach to life and seeing a peaceful resolution to the conflict Paul Guard knows he is unusual. There are expectations of how people are meant to respond when something...
Ukraine ratifies EU integration deal
Parliament passes agreement that had led to revolution as it grants wide-ranging autonomy to eastern regionsUkraine’s parliament has ratified an agreement that will integrate the country with the European Union the same document which the former president Viktor Yanukovych backed out of signing last year, leading to protests that ended in...
Conspiracy theories used to be just for eccentrics. Now sensible people are getting carried away with them too | Dorian Lynskey
In a poll, 42% of Scots said they thought the government was probably covering up a secret oilfield near Shetland. But such a plot would require a degree of ambition and cunning hitherto unglimpsed in the no campaignThere are many sound reasons for Scots to vote yes on Thursday but a secret oilfield near Shetland is not one of them. The story...
Ukrainian MP thrown in bin by angry mob outside parliament video
An angry mob outside the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev throws MP Vitaly Zhuravsky into a rubbish bin on Tuesday. A group of men grabbed Zhuravsky, once a member of former President Viktor Yanukovich’s party, while he was walking past the crowds outside parliament. The men held him in the bin and poured water on him, threw his briefcase at...
Ukraine votes to give more power to east to end separatist fighting
President says measures pave way for decentralisation while guaranteeing ‘territorial integrity and independence’ of UkraineUkraine’s parliament has voted to give the east of the country limited self-rule as part of proposals aimed at ending the deadly separatist insurgency.Politicians also ratified deeper economic and political...
When given the chance, countries tend to say yes to independence
Weve looked at about 50 independence votes since 1846, and the vote for independence has averaged 82.9%, and came out on top in 88% of the votes. The median winning margin across the votes is 92.9 percentage pointsEvery election, country and places history is unique and different. Scotland is no exception. Yet, when given the opportunity,...
