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Latest Articles about Ukraine
RUSSIA BECOMES HAVEN FOR THOSE FLEEING UKRAINIAN JUSTICE
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko cancelled her first official visit to Russia this week. The Russian Prosecutor-General's office has continued to insist that she be brought in for questioning in connection with a long-forgotten case from the 1990s in which she is accused of bribing... MORE
PENTAGON HOPES TO WORK WITH UKRAINIAN MISSILE INDUSTRY
In the wake of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's state visit to Washington April 4-6, U.S.-Ukrainian military cooperation could make significant progress in missile defense cooperation. The presidential joint statement agreed "to work together on missile defense, including beginning negotiations on a framework to facilitate such... MORE
TYMOSHENKO TAKES ON THE OLIGARCHS
A congress of Ukraine's oligarchs is scheduled for April 13 under the guise of the "Assembly of Ukrainian Metallurgists" (ukrrudprom.com, April 11). Representatives from 62 metallurgical enterprises will attend the "Extraordinary" congress in Kyiv. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko described the event as an attempt to... MORE
YUSHCHENKO OPPONENT IMPRISONED, SUSPECTED OF EXTORTION
On April 6 the Ukrainian police, for the first time since the Orange Revolution, detained a top representative of the old Kuchma regime. Donetsk Region Council Chairman Borys Kolesnykov, suspected of extortion, will spend at least two months behind bars, according to a court verdict.... MORE
MOSCOW WARILY EYES YUSHCHENKO’S HERO’S WELCOME IN WASHINGTON
It would probably be an understatement to say that the Kremlin was likely not pleased with the unprecedented number of standing ovations with which American lawmakers welcomed Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to Capitol Hill. For the Russian politicians and strategists who still see the world... MORE
U.S.-UKRAINE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES BOOST
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's three-day official visit to the United States cemented a new strategic partnership. On April 4 Yushchenko attended meetings with President George W. Bush and two days later gave a well-received speech to a joint session of Congress. His last evening in... MORE
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YUSHCHENKO VISIT TO U.S. HERALDS RETURN TO “GOLDEN ERA”
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's official visit to the United States on April 4-6 is set to radically transform U.S.-Ukrainian relations and return them to the "golden era" under President Bill Clinton. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst predicted, "We expect not only the revival of... MORE
BEREZOVSKY THREATENS TO OPEN PANDORA’S BOX CREATED BY FUGITIVE UKRAINIAN BODYGUARD
Russian emigre tycoon Boris Berezovsky claims that he has the tape recordings made by Mykola Melnychenko, the fugitive former bodyguard of former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, in Kuchma's office in 1999-2000. Many observers believe the recordings may shed light on the murder of journalist Heorhiy... MORE
SERBIA, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, KYRGYZSTAN: UKRAINE DEBATES NEXT REVOLUTION
Last week's violent revolution in Kyrgyzstan was different from the peaceful transformations in Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine. At the same time, this fact has not stopped debates in Ukraine and the West over whether further "dominos" are likely to fall in the Commonwealth of Independent... MORE
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RUSSIA’S BLACK SEA FLEET CAUSES INCIDENT IN UKRAINE
On March 23-24, a Russian naval landing force held for approximately 24 hours a beachhead near Feodosia on Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, as part of a military exercise not authorized by Ukraine. At 6am on March 23, a Russian marine infantry unit based in Temryuk, Krasnodar... MORE