Section: Associated Press (USA)
China state media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric
BEIJING (AP) — Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil…. …read more Source: Associated...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine displaces Donetsk’s soccer team
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sleek stadium, built six years ago and host to some of Europe’s biggest soccer matches, is silent. It sits in the middle of the city of Donetsk, a war zone controlled by pro-Russian separatists battling Ukrainian troops…. …read more Source: Associated...
Estonia’s ruling pro-Western Reform Party wins election
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s ruling Reform Party has emerged as the overall winner in the Baltic country’s general election dominated by economic issues and security concerns over Russia’s actions in Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Estonians vote in parliamentary election amid security fears
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Early results showed Estonia’s center-right ruling coalition leading Sunday in the country’s parliamentary election, which has been dominated by economic issues and security concerns due to Russia’s actions in Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine’s new US-born finance chief enduring baptism by fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — War-torn Ukraine is a long way from Wood Dale, Illinois…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russian investigators: Nemtsov killing may be provocation
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top investigative body says it is looking into several possible motives for the killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, including an attempt to destabilize the state, Islamic extremism, the Ukraine conflict and his personal life…. …read more Source: Associated...
Thousands gather in Moscow to protest ‘fascist coup’ in Kiev
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in downtown Moscow to demonstrate against what they describe as a “fascist coup” one year ago in neighboring Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russian conscripts tell of fears of being sent to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — When Alexander was due to finish his year of mandatory military service in October, his commander told him he had no choice: He had to sign a contract to extend his stay in the army and head to southern Russia for troop exercises…. …read more Source: Associated...
Troubled Ukraine marks year since protest bloodbath in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One year ago, Ihor Zastavnyi was shot three times and lost a leg while taking part in demonstrations that he hoped would lead to a better Ukraine. Today he faces a country that is racked by war, struggling with corruption and pleading to the world for financial help while still stinging from Russia’s annexation...
AP PHOTOS: A year after Ukraine’s Maidan protests in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The “Heavenly Hundred” is what Ukrainians in Kiev call those who died during months of anti-government protests in 2013-14. The grisliest day was a year ago Friday – Feb. 20, 2014 – when sniper fire tore through crowds on the capital’s main square, killing more than 50 people…....
