Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Parliamentary Vote Won’t Heal the Nation’s Divide
The lynch mob caught up with Nestor Shufrich on Sept. 30, when he was campaigning for re-election to Ukraine’s parliament. Outside the press conference he was due to give that day in the port city of Odessa, a gang of activists and right wing thugs were waiting for him with a garbage dumpster, into which they had planned to stuff the...
Ukraine pauses before decisive vote
Election officials assemble ballot boxes at a polling station in the government controlled town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. Ukrainian parliamentary elections will be … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
The Psych Ward for People Who Broke Into the White House
Last month, Omar Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran from Texas, hopped the White House fence, overpowered a guard, and made it all the way into the East Room before he was apprehended by a Secret Service agent. Gonzalez had a knife on his person, and it soon emerged that he had previously been arrested in July, when state troopers in Virginia found...
Can a Wartime Election Be Successful?
This weekend, Ukraine will hold a parliamentary election, but only part of the nation will participate. Crimea has fallen to Russia and eastern Ukraine is still widely dominated by pro-Russian separatists, who consider the territory they control a sovereign nation. As a result, 30 out of 450 parliamentary seats will remain vacant. Born in Kiev...
Ukraine prepares for decisive parliamentary vote soured by separatist conflict
Ukraine is bracing for decisive parliamentary elections against the backdrop of unrest in regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine pauses before decisive vote
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is bracing for decisive parliamentary elections against the backdrop of unrest in regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces. Campaigning material was taken down across the country Saturday in line with election laws ahead of a vote that pollsters say will be dominated...
Ukraine pauses before decisive parliamentary vote soured by specter of separatist conflict
Ukraine is bracing for decisive parliamentary elections against the backdrop of unrest in regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces. …read more Source: FOX...
On eve of election, Ukraine leader seeks support for pro-Europe course
Poroshenko called on Ukrainians to elect a majority …read more Source: The Globe and...
Taking Measure Of The Ukrainian Mind-Set
How have Ukrainian attitudes toward the EU, Russia, and NATO changed? Is it possible to conduct opinion polls in the Donbas? And why is support for the Ukrainian Communist Party in decline? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Many Ukrainians preoccupied with conflict, not Sunday’s parliamentary election
Ukraine’s parliamentary elections on Sunday promise to usher in a fresh class of politicians, but for millions of Ukrainians change is no promise of improvement. …read more Source:...
