Section: The New York Times (USA)
A Kremlin Offer of Expedited Citizenship Challenges Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin simplified citizenship for people in separatist-held regions of Ukraine — a move that could intensify the five-year conflict in the country’s east. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine’s Newly Elected President Is Jewish. So Is Its Prime Minister. Not All Jews There Are Pleased.
Anti-Semitism is not the scourge it once was in Ukraine, but some Jews fear becoming targets as their prominence grows. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine Election: Volodymyr Zelensky, TV Comedian, Trounces President
Volodymyr Zelensky, an actor best known for playing a president on television, decisively won the race, with nearly all votes officially counted. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine Election: Comedian Trounces Incumbent President, Exit Poll Shows
Volodymyr Zelensky, an actor best known for playing a president on television, appears to have decisively won Ukraine’s presidency. …read more Source: The New York...
Comedian Dismissed by Ukraine’s Leader Is Favored to Get Last Laugh in Presidential Vote
Volodomyr Zelensky is blessed with the talents that seem to count in politics now: a flair for grabbing attention with little concern for the details. …read more Source: The New York...
In One-Man ‘Debate,’ Ukraine President Makes Pitch and Mocks Rival
A race between a chocolate tycoon and a comedian who appears to be the front-runner took another unusual turn. …read more Source: The New York...
Police Fire Shots After Ukraine Ambassador’s Car Rammed in London
British police fired shots Saturday at a car outside the Ukrainian Embassy in London after it rammed other vehicles parked in front of the embassy. …read more Source: The New York...
In Ukraine Presidential Runoff, It’s Comic Versus Chocolate King
An actor with no political experience easily finished first in Ukraine’s election, and will face the incumbent president in an April 21 runoff. …read more Source: The New York...
A TV Comedian Could Dominate Ukraine’s Election. That Is Not a Joke.
Voters crowded into polling stations in a presidential race in which a leading candidate was a 41-year-old who plays a president on television. …read more Source: The New York...
Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking.
It turned out the killer of a Ukrainian electrician was working for Russian intelligence agents. …read more Source: The New York...