Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s political crisis deepens with call to oust ministers
Ed AdamczykKIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 16 (UPI) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on his embattled prime minister and prosecutor general to resign Tuesday. …read more Source: United Press...
Russia and Ukraine block trucks in transit dispute
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian transportation authorities have blocked the movement of Ukraine-registered trucks and detained over 300 cargo vehicles after Ukraine closed its borders to Russia-registered long-haulers. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s post-revolution government is falling apart
President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday called for a “complete reboot” of Ukraine’s government and demanded that the country’s embattled prime minister and general prosecutor quit their posts. The president said it would be the only path out of Ukraine’s deepening political crisis. Poroshenko’s request came as...
Reports: Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Resigns After Poroshenko Request
Ukrainian media and a pro-Western lawmaker say Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin resigned on February 16 after President Petro Poroshenko earlier in the day asked him and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to step down. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Squatting In Pervomaisk — Finding Refuge In Eastern Ukraine
Some residents of Pisky and other neighboring villages in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine have moved to the nearby village of Pervomaisk for the winter. Some stay in once-abandoned but still liveable abodes there. Their new houses are relatively comfortable compared to the devastation they left behind. But they are still not home. (Olga...
Ukraine’s President Calls For Prime Minister’s Resignation Amid Political Crisis
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko called for Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign and a total Cabinet reshuffle Tuesday amid a growing crisis following the resignation of several reform-minded politicians who accused the government of giving only lip service to fighting corruption. Protesters gathered outside the parliament in Kiev...
Ukraine’s president calls on PM to resign
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has called on the country’s embattled prime minister to resign, a move that would break apart the fragile ruling coalition. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine’s president calls on PM to resign
A possible vote of no-confidence in Yatsenyuk could cause the fragile alliance between parliament’s two main parties— headed by Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk— to crumble and could trigger snap elections, something both parties wish to avoid. The country’s reform-minded economy minister Aivaras Abromavicius resigned on Feb. 3 citing a lack...
Ukraine’s president calls on PM to resign
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has called on the country’s embattled prime minister to resign, a move that would break apart… …read more Source:...
Russian Vodka Exports Suffer 10-Year Record Low
“Money, like vodka, turns a man into an eccentric,” Russia’s great playwright Anton Chekhov once wrote. Now it turns out Russia may have too much of one and not enough of the other, as exports of the nation’s favorite spirit hit a 10-year low. Russian exports of vodka and other alcoholic beverages dropped by a staggering 40 percent...
