Section: The New York Times (USA)
Lawmakers Take Step to Remove Putin Critic
Russian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to strip Ilya V. Ponomarev, the only member of Parliament who opposed the annexation of Crimea last year, of the immunity from prosecution granted by the Russian Constitution. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine Leader Denounces Federalization as Way to Break Up Country
President Petro O. Poroshenko said he was so certain Ukrainians would reject the idea, which Russia endorses, that he offered to put it to a referendum. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia Shuts Down TV Station Serving Crimean Tatars
Regulators rejected four applications filed by ATR, which members of the Tatar minority said reflected a continuing pattern of discrimination. …read more Source: The New York...
Residents in Eastern Ukraine City Rally Against Separatism
The participants from Dnepropetrovsk had hoped to help mend a rift between President Petro O. Poroshenko and the regional governor he fired and to ease worries that Ukraine is also now at risk of unraveling into privately ruled fiefs. …read more Source: The New York...
News Analysis: Fragile Cease-Fire in Ukraine Inspires Little Confidence in West
Western diplomats and analysts are predicting a further escalation of tensions, possibly including the placement of Russian nuclear weapons in the annexed Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: The New York...
Letter From Europe: No One Sees Easy Way Out on Ukraine
The West, which claims to be united, is actually divided over Russia’s actions in Ukraine and how to respond. …read more Source: The New York...
Arrests in Ukraine Are Seen on Live TV
The head of the Ukrainian state emergency service, Serhiy Bochkovsky, and his deputy, Vasiliy Stoyetsky, were arrested and charged with corruption during a televised government meeting. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine Arrests 2 Officials as Nation Watches on TV
The director of the emergency services ministry and his deputy were handcuffed at a meeting and face charges of embezzlement and abuse of power. …read more Source: The New York...
A Ukraine Factory That Can’t Close, and Workers Who Won’t Quit
Thousands of workers at a vital coking plant stubbornly return to work every day despite repeated rocket and artillery strikes. …read more Source: The New York...
Keeping Fires Burning in Eastern Ukraine
Avdiivka Coke and Steel in eastern Ukraine has been hit 160 times by military fire, but it is a vital plant and cannot close because of the prohibitive cost of restarting. …read more Source: The New York...
