Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)
Curbing the kleptocrats: Kiev chips away at its pervasive corruption
‘We have a total kleptocratic state,’ says Yegor Sobolev, Ukraine’s lead anti-graft legislator. But he is cheerfully confident that ‘we will win.’ …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine hits ‘dead end’ as lasting peace deal eludes leaders (+video)
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine on Monday called for incremental steps to de-escalate the fighting in eastern Ukraine. But the two sides have yet to agree on a long-term political settlement. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine hits ‘dead end’ as lasting peace deal eludes leaders
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine on Monday called for incremental steps to de-escalate the fighting in eastern Ukraine. But the two sides have yet to agree on a long-term political settlement. …read more Source: Christian Science...
New clashes in eastern Ukraine threaten cease-fire (+video)
At least seven soldiers were killed amid shelling overnight near rebel-held Donetsk. The flare-up comes as foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany meet in Berlin to address the violence. …read more Source: Christian Science...
New clashes in eastern Ukraine threaten cease-fire
At least seven soldiers were killed amid shelling overnight near rebel-held Donetsk. The flare-up comes as foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany meet in Berlin to address the violence. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Do Ukraine’s new nationalist laws justify Kremlin’s criticism? (+video)
Kiev has passed new laws that outlaw communist symbols and honor Ukrainian nationalists connected to Nazis and ethnic cleansing during World War II. Experts say the timing could not be worse. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Do Ukraine’s new nationalist laws justify Kremlin’s criticism?
Kiev has passed new laws that outlaw communist symbols and honor Ukrainian nationalists connected to Nazis and ethnic cleansing during World War II. Experts say the timing could not be worse. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Ukraine’s latest challenge: oligarchs with private armies
Gov. Igor Kolomoisky, who was given political power and the right to create a private army last year, last week used that power to seize the state oil company’s headquarters in Kiev. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Minsk deal threatened as Ukraine, rebels spar over interpretation (+video)
Kiev and pro-Russia rebels sharply disagree on how to interpret what the cease-fire deal prescribed as ‘next steps.’ …read more Source: Christian Science...
Minsk deal threatened as Ukraine, rebels spar over interpretation
Kiev and pro-Russia rebels sharply disagree on how to interpret what the cease-fire deal prescribed as ‘next steps.’ …read more Source: Christian Science...
