Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Trial of Ukrainian pilot accused of murdering Russian journalists begins
Nadiya Savchenko stands trial despite international fears that the charges have been fabricated for political reasonsThe murder trial of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has begun despite international condemnation and accusations that the charges have been fabricated for political purposes.Savchenko – the best known Ukrainian citizen currently...
A long history of toilets in Ukraine museum
Eurasianet.org takes an educational tour of the world’s largest collection of chamber pots, squatting pans and urinals“Pecunia non olet (money does not smell),” reads a slogan in a museum in the Ukrainian capital dedicated to the history of toilets.The quote is said to have been made by Roman Emperor Vespasian when he imposed a tax on...
Russia funds Moscow conference for US, EU and Ukraine separatists
Conference includes representatives of Sinn Féin and radical black power Uhuru Movement despite Kremlin crackdown on its own dissidentsThe Russian government has helped fund a conference in Moscow to bring together separatists from the United States and eastern Ukraine, despite cracking down on its own dissidents.Opposition to the US and European...
Grapes of wrath: Crimea fury as Putin and Berlusconi drink 240-year-old wine
Ukraine’s head prosecutor opens criminal case against Russian leader and former Italian PM for consuming a 1775 Jeres de la Frontera during cellar tourVladimir Putin appeared to be having a great time when he and the disgraced former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi popped a 240-year-old bottle of Spanish wine in Crimea this week....
Ukraine allows BBC journalists to remain
President Poroshenko reverses decision to ban British trio after they were on a list of correspondents who pose a ‘threat to national security’President Petro Poroshenko has reversed his decision to ban three BBC journalists from Ukraine after an international outcry.Correspondent Steve Rosenberg, producer Emma Wells and cameraman Anton...
Ukraine bans journalists who ‘threaten national interests’ from country
BBC journalists Steve Rosenburg and Emma Wells included in ban by president Petro Poroshenko, along with Russian state media channelsPresident Petro Poroshenko has banned two BBC correspondents from Ukraine along with many Russian journalists and public figures.The long-serving BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg and producer Emma Wells have...
Ukraine president bans journalists discredited by crisis from country
BBC journalists Steve Rosenburg and Emma Wells among those sanctioned, with Petro Poroshenko saying they pose a ‘threat to national interests’President Petro Poroshenko has banned two BBC correspondents from Ukraine along with many Russian journalists and public figures.The long-serving BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg and producer...
Techno, parties and prayer – celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Ukraine
Every year thousands of Hasidic Jews fly in from around the world to visit their spiritual leader’s grave in Uman – much to the consternation of some of the localsThe shops take payment in shekels, Israeli police patrols move through throngs of Hasidic Jewish men in white prayer robes, and everywhere there are signs and adverts in Hebrew....
Infidelity, vodka and gloom: Chekhov’s stories lurch onto the stage
Watching dramatisations of Chekhov’s early short stories, Michael Billington finds the writer sketching out his caustic portrait of the Russian character – complete with drunken fishermen and flirtatious wivesGiven the bleakness of the news coming out of Ukraine, it is a pleasant shock to find a short season celebrating the country’s...
‘Ukraine’s Banksy’ on his time imprisoned by separatist rebels – in pictures
After being captured by militants in Donetsk, artist Sergey Zakharov is working on a comic to shed light on political prisoners in the ongoing conflict … …read more Source: The...
