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Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after eastern vote
Nov04

Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after eastern vote

DONETSK, Ukraine – The leader of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine was sworn in Tuesday as head of a self-declared secessionist territory following an election that was condemned by the West as illegal and destabilizing. Alexander Zakharchenko, 38, was inaugurated in a heavily guarded theatre in the main stronghold of a rebel-controlled...

Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after eastern vote
Nov04

Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after eastern vote

Ukraine rebel leader sworn in in separatist east after election heavily criticized by West …read more Source:...

Alexander Zakharencho, separatist leader, inaugurated in Ukraine
Nov04

Alexander Zakharencho, separatist leader, inaugurated in Ukraine

Rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenio elected to self-declared secessionist territory. Seen by West as threat to already tentative ceasefire, but supported by Russia …read more Source:...

Russians unite in march against West
Nov04

Russians unite in march against West

Tens of thousands of people marched through Moscow under flags and banners hailing Russia as a great power on Tuesday in an annual parade which this year amounted to a show of defiance to the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Ukraine rebel leader sworn in despite Western anger
Nov04

Ukraine rebel leader sworn in despite Western anger

Alexander Zakharchenko, 38, was inaugurated in a heavily guarded theatre in the main stronghold of a rebel-controlled territory. …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after election heavily criticized by West
Nov04

Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after election heavily criticized by West

Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, has been officially sworn in after an election that has been roundly condemned by the West as destabilizing. …read more Source: CTV...

Donetsk’s rebel leader sworn in as Ukraine-Russia crisis deepens
Nov04

Donetsk’s rebel leader sworn in as Ukraine-Russia crisis deepens

Alexander Zakharchenko was elected in a rogue vote on Sunday that was denounced as a ‘farce’ by Kiev and illegitimate by the West …read more Source: The Globe and...

Poroshenko threatens action against ‘criminals that crowned themselves’
Nov04

Poroshenko threatens action against ‘criminals that crowned themselves’

Rebel leaders in the breakaway “people’s republics” of Donetsk and Lugansk got set to swear in the winners of hotly disputed elections and President Petro Poroshenko threatened to repeal a law granting the two regions temporary self-government …read more Source: The Globe and...

Russia backs rebel-organized elections in east Ukraine
Nov04

Russia backs rebel-organized elections in east Ukraine

Moscow offered warm support Monday for rebel-organized elections in eastern Ukraine — an endorsement that could only serve to keep the West’s sanctions against Russia in place. …read more Source: CTV...

Canadian Parliament was ‘defiled’ by last month s attack, says French president
Nov03

Canadian Parliament was ‘defiled’ by last month s attack, says French president

OTTAWA — Canada’s Parliament was “defiled” last month when a gunman killed a soldier at the National War Memorial and stormed the Centre Block, says French President Francois Hollande. But he suggested the air campaign in Iraq and Syria to degrade the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, won’t be enough. “It won’t be...