Section: The Vancouver Sun (Canada)
Crimea winery director faces investigation for opening 240-year-old bottle of wine for Putin, Berlusconi
When the winery was Ukrainian property, two separate presidential decrees were required to approve the sale of vintage wine from its collection …read more Source: Vancouver...
Video shows aftermath of grenade explosion outside Ukraine’s parliament; one dead, 100 hurt
Warning: graphic images. The clashes marked the worst outburst of violence in the capital since the government took power in February 2014 …read more Source: Vancouver...
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...
Russia convicts Ukrainian filmmaker of terrorism, sentencing him to 20 years in prison
Oleh Sentsov, who opposed Russia’s annexation of Crimea, denied the charges. In a statement last week, he said he rejected the trial by a “court of occupiers” …read more Source: Vancouver...
Possible surface-to-air missile system found at MH17 crash site, Dutch prosecutors say
Dutch prosecutors have said for the first time that they have found possible parts of a BUK missile system at the site in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Vancouver...
Four newborn white lion cubs explore their new home
Four white lion cubs have been born at a safari park in the Crimean city of Sevastpol and are taking their first steps around their new home. …read more Source: Vancouver...
The mountie who helped sift through the wreckage of the Malaysian Airlines Ukraine crash
A year after a Malaysian Airlines flight crashed in Ukraine, killing 298 people, sorrow runs deep and many questions linger …read more Source: Vancouver...
Harper government dusts off Cold War playbook, pours millions into project to counter Russian influence
Ottawa’s contribution to Ukraine — over $49 million — is an attempt to fight Kremlin influence with grassroots ideology rather than tanks, artillery and troops …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine PM to visit Ottawa as trade deal set to be signed
Ukraine’s prime minister will lead a high-level delegation to Ottawa this week with the intention of completing a free trade agreement with Canada. A trade deal between the two countries would be a win for Ukraine, which is desperate to improve its battered economy following nearly two years of turmoil. It would also be a […] …read...
Ukranian military pilot Nadia Savchenko now stands accused of murder of two Russian journalists
Savchenko, a lieutenant in the Ukrainian army and the country’s first female combat pilot, was captured by pro-Russian separatists …read more Source: Vancouver...
