A Russian businessman who backed Ukraine’s prime minister in the disputed 2004 elections was shot dead by a sniper outside a Kiev court on Tuesday, the Financial Times daily reports.
Popularity: 4% [?]
March 29, 2007Ukraine should not make any hasty decisions on the placement of a missile shield on its territory until a common global approach to this issue has been developed, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was quoted as saying on Wednesday by Russian news agency RIA-Novosti.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 22, 2007
Vladimir Putin will seek to improve ties with Ukraine on a visit Friday, in the midst of a power struggle between the former Soviet partner’s president and premier over whether its future lies with Russia or the West, Bloomberg reports.
Popularity: 2% [?]
December 22, 2006
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December 15, 2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to visit Ukraine on December 22.
Popularity: 2% [?]
November 30, 2006
Ukraine’s parliament adopted a law recognising a 1932-1933 famine that killed up to 10 million people as a Soviet “genocide” against the Ukrainian people.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 29, 2006Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has offered the Georgian authorities his country’s assistance in easing tensions in Georgia’s relations with Russia, the Interfax news agency reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 24, 2006Vladimir Klitschko, International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight champion, received a state order for Courage today from Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko for his achievements in sports.
Popularity: 3% [?]
November 22, 2006Wednesday marks the second anniversary of Ukraine’s “orange revolution”, on the crest of which Viktor Yushchenko became the president.
Popularity: 1% [?]
Pro-Russian activists and their Ukrainian nationalist opponents clashed Saturday in the capital, police said, highlighting divisions in this former Soviet nation.
Some 20 pro-Russian activists tried to hold a march in downtown Kiev as about 50 rival activists with Ukrainian flags gathered to protest against the rally, Kiev police spokesman Volodymyr Polishchuk is quoted by the AP.
Popularity: 2% [?]
November 7, 2006
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