Section: US & Canada
Russian ex-lawmaker killed in Ukraine; Poroshenko calls it ‘state terrorism’
A former Russian lawmaker was shot and killed in Kiev Thursday in what the Ukrainian president described as an “act of state terrorism” by Russia, an accusation that has been quickly rejected by the Kremlin. …read more Source: FOX...
Exiled Former Russian Lawmaker Shot Dead In Kiev
KIEV, March 23 (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russia of “state terrorism” after a former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against former leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday.Russia called the allegation “absurd.”Former MP Denis Voronenkov was killed by an...
Ukraine bans Russia’s wheelchair-bound Eurovision contestant
Ukraine said on Wednesday it had barred Russia’s entry for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest from entering the country, prompting a swift rebuke from Moscow, which called the decision a “cynical and inhuman act.” Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) said Yulia Samoylova, a wheelchair-bound 27-year-old singer, had violated Ukrainian...
Former Russian Lawmaker Is Shot To Death Outside Hotel In Kiev
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is calling the apparent assassination “state terrorism.” Former lawmaker Denis Voronenkov had been aiding inquiries into Russia’s incursions in Ukraine.(Image credit: Oleksandr Synytsia/AP) …read more Source:...
Worst Places To Live: South Sudan, Haiti, Ukraine Lead World in Suffering, Report Says
South Sudan, Haiti and Ukraine were the countries with the highest “suffering” rates in the world in 2016, according to Gallup’s analysis of its own data which was also used by the United Nations to release its annual World Happiness Report on March 20 on the occasion of the annual International Day of Happiness. …read...
Russia Wants Review Of Ukraine’s ‘Unfair’ Decision Barring Eurovision Singer
The Kremlin has called for a review of what it said was Ukraine’s “unfair” decision to bar Russia’s contestant in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest from entering the country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Execution on sidewalk of witness against ex-Ukraine PM bears ‘obvious signature of Russian special services’
A former Russian lawmaker who fled Moscow for Ukraine and likened life under President Vladimir Putin to Nazi Germany was shot dead in Kiev. Denis Voronenkov, 45, was killed Thursday at 11:40 a.m. near the Premier Palace hotel in the center of Ukraine’s capital, local police said. His bodyguard, who was injured in the shooting, wounded the...
Former Russian lawmaker shot dead in Ukraine
A former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov was shot and killed in Kyiv Thursday in what Ukrainian police described as a contract hit probably ordered by Russia. …read more Source: CTV...
Former Russian Lawmaker Killed in Kyiv
Former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov was shot dead in Kyiv Thursday in a likely contract killing ordered by Russia, Ukrainian police said. Voronenkov fled to Ukraine last year, fearing for his safety and testified in a treason case against Ukraine’s pro-Russia former president, Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine’s general prosecutor,...
Exiled former Russian lawmaker shot dead in Kyiv
Former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov was shot and killed in Kyiv Thursday in what the Ukrainian president described as an “act of state terrorism” by Russia. …read more Source:...
