Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Ukrainian MP throws punch over Kremlin links accusations – video
A scuffle breaks out in Ukrainian parliament during a meeting after one MP accuses the other of having ties to the Kremlin in Russia. Punches are thrown by Opposition Party leader Yuriy Boyko in Kiev on Monday as Oleh Lyashko, the leader of Radical Party accused him of working with the Kremlin … …read more Source: The...
Mapping the Trump factor: 10 countries and regions feeling the heat
Our writers outline what is at stake for those around the world likely to be immediately affected by Donald Trump’s presidency … …read more Source: The...
Mikheil Saakashvili quits as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region
Former Georgian president blames corrupt officials and lack of political will for reforms for his resignationMikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, has resigned as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, citing corrupt officials and a lack of political will for reform in the country’s leadership.Saakashvili staged his...
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...
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...
The Guardian view on Russia: neither a partner nor an enemy | Editorial
Russia’s behaviour on the international stage is unsettling. But the western response should be neither aggressive nor complacent – and it should be based on transatlantic unityRecent warnings about Russia’s behaviour have become as numerous as they have been, at times, alarmist. Which isn’t to say they are unfounded. The...
Ukraine stunned as vast cash reserves of political elite are made public
New wealth declaration system shows officials owning Fabergé eggs, weapons collections and huge stashes of currencyTwo years after angry Ukrainians deposed Viktor Yanukovych and broke into his vast, opulent residential compound outside Kiev, revelations thrown up by a new system that requires government officials to declare their wealth and...
Russia, Nato and the return to a cold war | Letters
With the demise of the communist-led countries of eastern Europe and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the world breathed easier and we all felt that we would no longer stand permanently on the edge of a nuclear Armageddon. The post-cold war escalation of Nato activities and the encirclement of Russia threatens, once again, to take us back to...
Kremlin puppet master’s leaked emails the price of return to political frontline
Vladislav Surkov fell out of favour with Putin but his new role in Ukraine talks has made him a target for mysterious hackersVladislav Surkov was the mysterious Kremlin puppet master who wrote rock lyrics and loved Tupac Shakur yet was simultaneously the chief architect of Vladimir Putin’s system of “managed democracy”. Now, after some time...
Ukraine peace process: leaders agree roadmap to revive talks
Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, says talks ‘didn’t achieve miracles’ but that it was important to maintain momentumThe leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed on Wednesday on a road map aimed at reviving the stalled peace process in eastern Ukraine, though details of the plan still need to be worked...
