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Police officer killed in riots as Ukraine’s parliament grants separatist regions more powers
Aug31

Police officer killed in riots as Ukraine’s parliament grants separatist regions more powers

Most of the protesters were from a party opposing the changes as “capitulation to the Kremlin,” but Kyiv’s mayor called the clash Monday “a bloody provocation.” …read more Source: Toronto...

Officer killed after grenade explodes outside Ukraine’s parliament
Aug31

Officer killed after grenade explodes outside Ukraine’s parliament

A grenade exploded outside Ukraine’s parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east, killing one police officer and injuring more than 100, the interior ministry said. …read more Source: CTV...

Guardsman killed, dozens injured in Ukrainian protests
Aug31

Guardsman killed, dozens injured in Ukrainian protests

Protesters threw grenades outside Ukraine’s Parliament as deputies voted in favour of reforms for additional autonomy to rebel-held areas …read more Source: The Globe and...

Grenade explosion during Ukraine clashes kills 1 officer killed
Aug31

Grenade explosion during Ukraine clashes kills 1 officer killed

A grenade exploded outside Ukraine’s parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east, killing one police officer, the interior ministry said. About 100 other officers were injured in the clashes, 10 of them seriously. …read more Source:...

Nearly 100 officers injured during clashes with protesters in Ukraine
Aug31

Nearly 100 officers injured during clashes with protesters in Ukraine

Clashes broke out between police and nationalist protesters outside the Ukrainian parliament on Monday after a controversial vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east. …read more Source: Global...

Ukraine vote for special status for east touches off riots
Aug31

Ukraine vote for special status for east touches off riots

Ukraine’s parliament voted on Monday for constitutional changes to give separatist-minded eastern regions a special status – but divisions in the pro-Western camp and violent street protests suggested the changes would face a rougher ride to become law. …read more Source:...

France and Germany hint at possibility for new Ukraine ceasefire conference
Aug29

France and Germany hint at possibility for new Ukraine ceasefire conference

Merkel and Hollande have held several four-way conversations with Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko …read more Source: Vancouver...

Hollande, Merkel, Putin back bid for new Ukraine ceasefire
Aug29

Hollande, Merkel, Putin back bid for new Ukraine ceasefire

Three leaders “strongly backed the call for a complete ceasefire from Sept. 1 …read more Source: The Globe and...

High-Profile Russian Trials Bring International Criticism
Aug29

High-Profile Russian Trials Bring International Criticism

The conviction of a Ukrainian filmmaker is one of several cases in Russia that have drawn protests from human-rights groups and Western governments, including the U.S.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

Kelly McParland: Under Russia’s bizarre new import ban, Russians suffer so Putin can thumb his nose at the West
Aug28

Kelly McParland: Under Russia’s bizarre new import ban, Russians suffer so Putin can thumb his nose at the West

When he hasn’t been diving to the depths of the Black Sea in another demonstration of his he-man virility, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been busy overseeing an unusual import-substitution program. The plan – like his numerous manly-man stunts – is intended to demonstrate no one can push around a proud Mother Russia. In a steady...