Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia goes on hunger strike
Nadezhda Savchenko, on trial in the Russian border town of Donetsk for her alleged involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists, was fighting in a volunteer battalion against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine when she was captured in June 2014. Russian authorities say Savchenko provided the Ukrainian army with coordinates for...
Ukrainian nationalists rally in Kiev as political tensions rise
The low turnout reflected public weariness with street protests, rather than support for the beleaguered government, which survived a no-confidence vote in parliament last week. In recent weeks, political tensions have risen and some respected reformers have resigned, citing disenchantment with the government’s cronyism and entrenched...
Protesters in Ukraine attack Russian banks
KIEV, Ukraine — Nationalist demonstrators in Ukraine on Saturday attacked two offices of Russian banks in the capital amid observances of the second anniversary of the protests that brought down the Russia-friendly president. After the ousting of Yanukovych, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine and Russian-speaking separatists in the...
Kiev demonstrators attack Russian banks
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Nationalist demonstrators in Ukraine have attacked two offices of Russian banks in the capital amid observances of the second anniversary of the protests that brought down the Russia-friendly president. Protesters also vandalized the offices of the holding company of Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. …read...
Australian wins World Press Photo award for migrants image
Last year’s competition was overshadowed by the disqualification of a winner who admitted that one in a series of pictures about the Belgian city of Charleroi was actually taken in Brussels, and by controversy surrounding the pictures of the gritty, post-industrial Charleroi. Lars Boering, managing director of the World Press Photo...
Another faction quits Ukraine’s governing coalition
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine sank deeper into political turmoil Thursday as the governing coalition lost its majority in parliament after a second faction bailed out. The move by Samopomich (Self Help), which has 26 seats in the 450-seat parliament, leaves the coalition partners with 217 votes. The failure to create a new majority coalition may...
Ukraine ex-premier’s faction quits governing coalition
MINSK, Belarus — Ukraine saw more political turmoil Wednesday, as former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced that her faction was withdrawing from the governing coalition, which she criticized as an obstacle to reforms. The vote reflected lawmakers’ fears that it could lead to the collapse of the governing coalition and an early...
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...
Russia halts movement of Ukraine-registered cargo trucks
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian transportation authorities blocked the movement of Ukraine-registered trucks on Monday and detained over 300 cargo vehicles in retaliation to Ukraine closing its borders to Russia-registered long-haulers. The transport ministry’s announcement came after Ukraine’s prime minister announced on Monday that cargo...
Ukraine: 3 soldiers killed, 7 wounded in uptick in fighting
The Interfax news agency said presidential administration spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk reported the sharp uptick in fighting at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday. …read more Source: San Francisco...
