Section: The Independent (The United Kingdom)
The Independent is a UK national daily newspaper. It was founded in 1986. Its
headquater is in London, UK. The owner of The Independent is Russian
businessman Alexander Lebedev. News about Ukraine are usually Additional
reporting by Associated Press, Reuters.
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Ukraine’s former finance minister is arrested near Valencia over £6m ’embezzlement’
Ukraine’s former finance minister, Yuri Kolobov, has become the first member of the former, pro-Russian, government in Kiev to be arrested after he was detained by Spanish police near Valencia. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine mine explosion: At least 24 dead and nine missing following methane blast
A methane gas explosion in a coal mine has killed at least 24 workers in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Mukhtar Ablyazov: French court orders wanted former Kazakh minister to be extradited to Russia or Ukraine
Former billionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov, who fled what was the biggest ever fraud case to be heard in the UK, has been ordered by a French court to be extradited. …read more Source: The...
UK politicians back controversial plan to modernise Ukraine
Leading UK politicians are courting controversy by supporting a new European reform and investment programme launched today to help modernise Ukraine and which is backed by one of the country’s richest oligarchs currently fighting extradition. …read more Source: The...
Boris Nemtsov shot dead: Kremlin security cameras failed to pick up killing of Putin opponent
Dozens of security cameras monitor the streets that surround the Kremlin. None, it emerged today, were looking in the right place when four bullets were fired at Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. And the only witness to the murder, his Ukrainian girlfriend Anna Duritskaya, saw nothing. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko sees lasting ‘threat from the east’
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has said a “military threat from the east” would remain even if a peace deal holds between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Top Chinese diplomat backs Putin, says West should ‘abandon zero-sum mentality’
China has voiced its support for Russia over its handling of the Ukraine crisis, with prominent diplomat Qu Xing calling on the West to “abandon its zero-sum mentality”. …read more Source: The...
Putin’s gas threat: Ukraine sends Russia £10 million to delay energy crisis
The European gas crisis has been averted — for now.Ukraine today sent Russia around £10 million to cover natural gas deliveries for March, just days before Putin’s deadline. …read more Source: The...
The British government was left in the dark during the Ukraine crisis because its diplomats can’t understand Russian
The UK Government was left in the dark while Russia annexed large parts of Ukraine because British diplomats can’t understand Russian, according to a scathing new report by MPs. …read more Source: The...
Chart: Putin’s popularity reaches 86% but how does it compare with other world leaders?
Despite, or perhaps because of, the Ukraine crisis, Vladimir Putin’s popularity continues to scale new heights, with a recent poll showing the Russian president’s approval rating at an astounding 86 per cent. …read more Source: The...
