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Ukrainian breakaway regions hold much-criticized elections
DONETSK, Ukraine – Residents of separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine voted Sunday to elect legislators and executives in polls that have been staunchly denounced by the international community. Voting in the main rebel city of Donetsk proceeded in the presence of gunmen inside three polling stations visited by the AP. Despite a...
East Ukrainians head to the polls in controversial election
The United States and European Union have denounced as illegitimate the vote which is sure too to stoke tensions further between the West and Russia …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine rebels to hold election despite international outcry
Rebel-held territories in eastern Ukraine prepared Saturday to elect legislators and executives in a vote that has been roundly condemned by the international community but backed by Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels to hold election despite international condemnation
Rebel-held territories in eastern Ukraine prepared Saturday to elect legislators and executives in a vote that has been roundly condemned by the international community but backed by Russia. …read more Source:...
Rebel elections in eastern Ukraine may fuel new conflict
Western leaders warn Russian plans to recognize Sunday’s voting in the rebel-held east will further destabilize the conflict-racked country. …read more Source: Toronto...
Sham observer org for Ukrainian separatist strongholds invented day before election
The Agency for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or ASCE, was unveiled Saturday evening at a bewildering press conference here in the centre of war-battered Donetsk …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine’s high-profile ambassador heading home
Ukrainian Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko, the media-savvy envoy who helmed his country’s mission through a radical change in government, is set to head back to Kyiv at the request of Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko. read more …read more Source:...
Anne Applebaum: Poland and its Jews are intertwined in a fight for survival
There were ministers and presidents, and an audience full of people from around the world. But at the opening of the beautiful Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw last week, there was one speech that stood out from all of the others. In the cold autumn sunlight, Marian Turski got up in front of the crowd and began with the following...
Ballots or Bullets: Democracy and World Power
Photo by Pete Souza Introduction The principal reason why Washington engages in military wars, sanctions and clandestine operations to secure power abroad is because its chosen clients cannot and do not win free and open elections. A brief survey of recent election outcomes testify to the electoral unattractiveness of Washington backed clients....
Ukraine civil war: ‘Welcome to hell, Daddy!’
The story of how a civilian bus driver was conscripted — in mid-shift — into Ukraine’s civil war. …read more Source: Toronto...
