Ukraine
The Right Sector movement, a radical wing of anti-government
protesters in Ukraine, in connection with the release of arrested
protesters from custody has declared its readiness to free Hrushevskoho
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Feb. 14, 2014
Kyiv
Two months after the monument to Soviet ruler Vladimir Lenin at Taras Shevchenko Boulevard was torn down by pro-European protesters, artwork has again flowered on the spot.
Feb. 13, 2014
Police are investigating Center UA, a public-sector watchdog funded by Western donors, on suspicion of money laundering, the group said. The group’s leader, Oleh Rybachuk, said it appears that author
Feb. 10, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union.
Feb. 9, 2014
Several hundred ‘titushkis’ advance on protester barricades in Kyiv, but then retreat (live updates)
EuroMaidan self-defense groups say they repelled a potential attack by a group of up to 2,000 people who advanced on barricades near the protester-occupied Kyiv City Hall about noon, but then hastily
Feb. 8, 2014
Andriy Parubiy, the security chief of EuroMaidan, instructed the protesters on Feb. 7 to accept no objects from people they don’t know, no matter how well-meaning they may seem. His warning came a day
Feb. 7, 2014
About 45% of Ukrainians support the demonstrations in favor of Ukraine’s closer relations with Europe, known as Euromaidan, while 48% do not support them and 7% are undecided, a poll of 2,600 responde
Feb. 7, 2014
Charges of anti-Semitism are a hot weapon in Ukraine’s current political
crisis, but the evidence of anti-Semitic words and deeds within the
government or the anti-government EuroMaidan protest moveme
Feb. 7, 2014
The portrait of an average EuroMaidan activist looks something like this: a man from western Ukraine, about 40 years of age and a specialist likely with a higher education. His main demand is resigna
Feb. 6, 2014
In a conversation leaked online and posted to YouTube on Feb. 4, voices closely resembling those of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland disc
Feb. 6, 2014
Russia is watching the events unfolding in Ukraine with concern but will not interfere in its domestic affairs, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Feb. 5, 2014
European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele has once again said that Euromaidan protesters and opposition leaders must dissociate themselves from radical elemen
Feb. 5, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union in favor of Rus
Feb. 4, 2014
The situation was quiet in central Kyiv on Tuesday afternoon.
Protesters have been trying to communicate the latest news to law
enforcement but they seem to prefer some music instead, an
Interfax-Ukra
Feb. 4, 2014
The leader of the Svoboda All-Ukrainian Union, Oleh Tiahnybok, has demanded that the Verkhovna Rada immediately consider the question of constitutional amendments, the unconditional decriminalization
Feb. 4, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union.
Feb. 3, 2014