Section: US & Canada
Unrest in Ukraine as nation prepares to elect new leader
Experts say Ukrainian voters are being bombarded with disinformation ahead of the national election this weekend, as protesters reject President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine’s Rural Villages Long for Government Help
The stained-glass windows of Podilske’s towering concrete cultural hall radiate the idealized vision of Ukraine’s Soviet past: bucolic scenes of bountiful wheat fields, agricultural mechanization and content families toiling the land for the greater good. The modern reality is very different. Many of the village houses and farms are...
Ukraine’s Rural Villages Long for Government Assistance
As Ukraine prepares to choose its next president in elections scheduled Sunday, one of the biggest challenges remains its sluggish economy. Henry Ridgwell reports from Podilske, one hundred and forty kilometers southeast of Kyiv, where the local mayor is trying to stop the exodus of young people leaving the village. …read more Source: Voice...
The New Chernobyl Cleanup: Tourist Trash
Tourists visiting the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster have left so much litter that volunteers have been dispatched to clear it up. Radiation levels in the area around the former nuclear plant in Ukraine, though much higher than natural levels, have dropped considerably over the decades. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Russian security forces raid homes of Crimean Tatars
The Russian intelligence agency in the occupied Ukrainian Crimean peninsula says that it is searching multiple homes for members of a banned extremist organization. …read more Source: FOX...
Who’s Who In Ukraine: In One Town, Most Names Are The Same
In the western Ukrainian town of Sernyky, more than two-thirds of the inhabitants share the same surname, Polyukovich. It could be cause for confusion, particularly in the upcoming elections, but locals say they’ve got everything figured out. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Tatars Said Detained After House Searches
Russian-imposed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Crimea region have detained several Crimean Tatars after searching at least 25 houses, a Ukrainian human rights group says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Action Man President Faces Voters’ Judgment
By Pavel PolityukKIEV (Reuters) – The bodyguards were nervous, fingers poised over the triggers of their automatic weapons, as Ukraine’s president… …read more Source: U.S....
Comedian Set to Win First Round of Ukraine Presidential Vote
By Matthias Williams and Margaryta ChornokondratenkoKIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians exhausted by five years of war and decades of official corruption… …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s ultra-right increasingly visible as election nears
As Ukraine’s presidential election draws near, its ultranationalist groups are becoming increasingly visible, posing a dilemma for the West. …read more Source: FOX...
