KIEV: Ukraine approved sweeping laws on Tuesday to stamp out corruption and curb Soviet-era state surveillance of political life ahead of a parliamentary election its pro-Western leaders hope will push the country towards the European mainstream.
But violent clashes between police and protesters in the first real anti-government demonstration in Kiev since the “Euromaidan” upheaval last winter highlighted the potential for disorder in the run-up to the election on Oct. 26.
President Petro Poroshenko, elected in May after his predecessor, the Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovich, was ousted, wants a calm run-up to a poll he hopes will endorse his efforts to end a …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
