Russia is not the only neighbor of Ukraine to hold up the signing of a bilateral political treaty which would, among other things, consecrate existing... MORE

Foreign ministers Klaus Kinkel of Germany and Malcolm Rifkind of Britain have decided to pay a joint visit to Kiev next month to underscore support... MORE

President Boris Yeltsin's office announced yesterday that Yeltsin had postponed indefinitely his official visit to Kiev, scheduled for April 4 and 5, when he was... MORE

Addressing a meeting of the North Atlantic Council yesterday, Estonian president Lennart Meri observed that the erosion of Belarus's sovereignty "adds to the significance of... MORE

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Free Speech Defense Fund Chairman Aleksei Simonov asked Russia's General Prosecutor to protect the legally guaranteed right to information against the government's "total blockade" on... MORE

President Leonid Kuchma yesterday cabled Boris Yeltsin to describe the Duma action as "a serious threat to relations among CIS countries in general and to... MORE

Ukraine's independence was not a result of the Belovezhye agreement but, rather, of the December 1, 1991 referendum in which the country voted for independence,... MORE

Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma yesterday pledged support for a military reform program involving manpower cuts and force modernization. Kuchma was addressing Defense Ministry staff in... MORE

Russia's deputy minister for Fuel and Power Pyotr Nidzelski has proposed to Ukraine's counterpart agency a compromise in the dispute over transit fees for Russian... MORE