Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Goes to the Polls on Sunday. Can Its Next President End the Frozen War With Russia?
Relations between Russia and Ukraine can perhaps be best described as somewhere between a war and a cold war. Before 2014, the Ukrainian government wanted a strategic partnership with Russia. Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 changed all that. Now, with Ukraine’s presidential elections approaching on March 31, ties with...
Prisoner To President? Ukraine’s ‘Gas Princess’ Aims For The Pinnacle Of Power
Yulia Tymoshenko was once one of the richest people in Ukraine, then a prison inmate. Now she’s making her third bid for Ukraine’s top job. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
How To Watch (And Understand) Ukraine’s Presidential Election
Some of the signposts to watch for when Ukrainians go to the polls on March 31 to pick a president or, more likely, at least narrow their choices. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. State Department Condemns Arrests Of Crimean Tatars By Russian Authorities
The U.S. State Department has condemned the arrests of 23 Crimean Tatars in Russian-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Ukraine, Russia Tests a New Facebook Tactic in Election Tampering
With Facebook focused on weeding out fake pages, Russian agents are spreading propaganda on the pages of real people willing to sell or rent them out. …read more Source: The New York...
Separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine divides young voters
Five years after a deadly separatist conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine, the front line between government forces and Russia-backed separatists has become a de-facto border, cutting off a generation of first-time voters from Sunday’s presidential election. …read more Source: FOX...
Separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine divides young voters
Five years after a deadly separatist conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine, the front line between government forces and Russia-backed separatists has become a de-facto border, cutting off a generation … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s minister: incumbent and his rival bribe voters
Ukraine’s interior minister has accused the incumbent president and a former premier of waging campaigns that involve bribing voters ahead of Sunday’s presidential vote. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine’s minister: incumbent and his rival bribe voters
Ukraine’s interior minister has accused the incumbent president and a former premier of waging campaigns that involve bribing voters ahead of Sunday’s presidential vote. In a statement issued late Thursday, … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Voting on the Front Lines: Ukraine’s Election and the War With Russia
The city of Mariupol lies on the Azov Sea, next to the front lines of Ukraine’s war against Russian-backed rebels. The conflict has touched everyone’s lives as the danger of an escalation looms over the city. Moscow’s continued detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors seized just offshore in November underlines the threat. Faced with...
