Hundreds of ethnic Georgians confronted Russian peacekeeping forces in the breakaway region of South Ossetia Thursday, throwing paint and gasoline on them and forcing them to stop blocking a road project, officials said.
Popularity: 15% [?]
June 29, 2007Iran said Sunday it had received indications from Russia’s president that he would not follow through with an offer to allow the US to use a radar station in neighboring Azerbaijan for missile defense against Teheran.
Popularity: 8% [?]
June 17, 2007Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov announced his country is ready for talks on Russia-US joint use of the Gabala Radar Station. He made the announcement to reporters in Baku today, REGNUM news agency reports.
Popularity: 4% [?]
June 11, 2007Elton John, one of the most famous British pop artists, will perform his free charity show in Ukraine’s capital Kiev on June 16. The concert is aimed to support Ukrainian children suffering from HIV/AIDS. The show will last for about 2,5 hours and will take place on the central square of Kiev.
Popularity: 6% [?]
According to Pravda.Ru, PepsiCo and PepsiAmericas, the second-largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola products, said they agreed to jointly acquire 80 percent of Ukrainian juice company Sandora LLC for a total of $542 million plus assumed debt to increase their presence in the East European country.
Popularity: 5% [?]
Church’s Chicken has announced the introduction of the chicken chain into the Russian market.
Popularity: 4% [?]
June 1, 2007Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko yesterday declared his feud with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych “finished” after the political rivals agreed on holding snap parliamentary elections in September, AFP reported on Monday, May 28.
Popularity: 2% [?]
May 28, 2007Special forces loyal to Ukraine’s leader Viktor Yushchenko headed for the capital Saturday, raising fears of violence as a feud between the ex-Soviet state’s president and prime minister deepened, AFP news agency reported on Saturday, May 26.
Popularity: 3% [?]
May 26, 2007Ukraine’s prime minister accused President Viktor Yushchenko of preparing to use force in their struggle for supremacy after Yushchenko said he was taking control of interior ministry troops, Returs news agency reports on Saturday, May 26.
Popularity: 2% [?]
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