Section: Latest news
Oil dims Russia’s outlook
For an economy that lives and dies by crude prices, the latest downturn in the world oil market means Russia’s recession may stretch into next year for the longest slump in two decades. ||| Moscow – For an economy that lives and dies by crude prices, the latest downturn in the world oil market means Russia’s recession may...
Kremlin Stages Fake Separatist Stunt in Lviv
Western leaders pressing Ukraine to give into Russian demands and offer the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics autonomy would be well-advised to take note of the other parts of Ukraine which, according to Russian media, are also demanding self-rule.On July 17, approximately twenty people in Lviv staged a blitzkrieg...
The Enemy Within: Paramilitaries and the Ukrainian State
Ukrainian paramilitaries pose an increasingly existential threat to Kyiv. Earlier this year, Kyiv launched an initiative to bring them under their direct control. But despite their nominal subordination to Kyiv’s security services, these groups operate with minimal supervision and maintain financial independence. Their fighting capacity...
Silvio: Putin wants to give me a job
President Vladimir Putin wants to give Silvio Berlusconi Russian citizenship and the job of running the economy ministry, a report said. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to give Silvio Berlusconi Russian citizenship – and the job of economy minister – the disgraced Italian billionaire politician was quoted as...
Canada to deliver a mobile field hospital to Ukraine
PHOTO: Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada announced delivery of mobile field hospital to Ukraine .@HonRobNicholson announces delivery of mobile field hospital to #Ukraine. #UnitedforUkraine http://t.co/MotNfG6CyD pic.twitter.com/SQYgpZ3GQQ — DFATD Foreign Policy (@CanadaFP) July 21,...
Reform Agenda in Kyiv on Slow Burn, But in Odesa, Saakashvili Already Delivers
“I come away from this visit to Odesa with a sense of optimism,” wrote US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt after his recent trip there. After I posted Pyatt’s article to my Facebook page in an attempt to diminish the growing fatigue of fellow Ukrainians over the mixed results of the new government’s reforms, angry reactions...
We Are All Ukrainians Now
My first visit to Ukraine was in February 1992 and the City of Kiev was gray, bleak and joyless as was the rest of the Soviet Union. Last month I re-visited—23 years and several other assignments later—to find a new nation of extremes. There is prosperity and there is poverty; there is peace and war; cynicism and hope; there are reformers in high...
Ukraine’s ex-leader off most-wanted list
Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych’s name was unexpectedly removed from Interpol’s international most wanted list. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: The Unseen Attacks – full documentary film
Fighting in the east has come to characterize Ukraine. But Ukraine’s struggle for survival and self-determination, free of corrupt governments and Russian influence is fought on many other fronts. From cyber defence to internal defence, fixing its forces to telling the truth – Ukraine faces challenges that may determine its very survival. In this...
Moscow, Berlin urged to rebuild trust
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Moscow and Berlin on Tuesday to “re-establish trust” amid fierce tension caused by the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...