EXCLUSIVE
Editor’s Note: What follows is the summary of a U.S. State Department cable from February 2010, which the WikiLeaks website released on Feb. 18. The author of the telegram is current U.S. ambassador J
Feb. 18, 2011
Be careful what you say or write about two Ukrainian billionaires, Rinat Akhmetov and Dmytro Firtash. If they really take offense, they might file a libel lawsuit against you in London, the ’libel tou
Feb. 11, 2011
The former economy minister and now political refugee residing in the Czech Republic says selective persecution is underway in Ukraine.
Jan. 21, 2011
The widow of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze draws parallels between former President Leonid Kuchma’s and current President Viktor Yanukovych’s regimes.
Jan. 21, 2011
Kaskiv says protesters against president should ‘declare their patriotism and high goals’ for nation
Jan. 21, 2011
Former security service chief Oleksandr Turchynov said he didn’t order the destruction of a case file on reputed mobster Semyon Mogilevich.
Dec. 10, 2010
A senior French government adviser told the United States in 2008 that it would “not have a great appetite” for offering Ukraine an action plan for membership to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nov. 30, 2010
Parliament’s Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivshchyna faction in parliament on Oct. 18 unanimously voted to expel Oleh Lyashko and Serhiy Osyka "for cooperating with the the majority coalition, including voting
Oct. 19, 2010
Kyiv
Ukraine, along with other countries of the former Soviet Union, is one of the more popular destinations after the United States and Australia for migration.
Dec. 3, 2009
Country’s children hit hard by poverty, other pains.
Nov. 26, 2009
After succeeding in the steel industry, the Kyiv Post’s new owner is turning his attention to media and real estate. With a net worth of more than $500 million, he can certainly make an indelible mark
Aug. 6, 2009
Even though Ukraine’s parliament can’t clearly define pornography, lawmakers want to ban it and punish people who possess it – whatever “it” is.
Jun. 25, 2009
Fire tore through a gaming hall full of slot machines in central Ukraine on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 11, officials said.
May. 7, 2009
A whole series of new anti-Ukrainian books are being published in Russia. Some are meant to discredit President Victor Yushchenko before the election.
Apr. 1, 2009
Nobody knows the depth of the problem, but nation is seen as a hotbed of child pornography, sexual abuse.
Mar. 4, 2009
A heart-to-heart interview with Ukraine’s first and only gold medalist in female singles figure skating. She discusses her career, childhood, and Jewish roots.
Aug. 27, 2008
Editor’s Note: What follows is the summary of a U.S. State Department cable from February 2010, which the WikiLeaks website released on Feb. 18. The author of the telegram is current U.S. ambassador J
Feb. 18, 2011
Be careful what you say or write about two Ukrainian billionaires, Rinat Akhmetov and Dmytro Firtash. If they really take offense, they might file a libel lawsuit against you in London, the ’libel tou
Feb. 11, 2011
The former economy minister and now political refugee residing in the Czech Republic says selective persecution is underway in Ukraine.
Jan. 21, 2011
The widow of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze draws parallels between former President Leonid Kuchma’s and current President Viktor Yanukovych’s regimes.
Jan. 21, 2011
Kaskiv says protesters against president should ‘declare their patriotism and high goals’ for nation
Jan. 21, 2011
Former security service chief Oleksandr Turchynov said he didn’t order the destruction of a case file on reputed mobster Semyon Mogilevich.
Dec. 10, 2010
A senior French government adviser told the United States in 2008 that it would “not have a great appetite” for offering Ukraine an action plan for membership to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nov. 30, 2010
Parliament’s Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivshchyna faction in parliament on Oct. 18 unanimously voted to expel Oleh Lyashko and Serhiy Osyka "for cooperating with the the majority coalition, including voting
Oct. 19, 2010
Kyiv
Ukraine, along with other countries of the former Soviet Union, is one of the more popular destinations after the United States and Australia for migration.
Dec. 3, 2009
Country’s children hit hard by poverty, other pains.
Nov. 26, 2009
After succeeding in the steel industry, the Kyiv Post’s new owner is turning his attention to media and real estate. With a net worth of more than $500 million, he can certainly make an indelible mark
Aug. 6, 2009
Even though Ukraine’s parliament can’t clearly define pornography, lawmakers want to ban it and punish people who possess it – whatever “it” is.
Jun. 25, 2009
Fire tore through a gaming hall full of slot machines in central Ukraine on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 11, officials said.
May. 7, 2009
A whole series of new anti-Ukrainian books are being published in Russia. Some are meant to discredit President Victor Yushchenko before the election.
Apr. 1, 2009
Nobody knows the depth of the problem, but nation is seen as a hotbed of child pornography, sexual abuse.
Mar. 4, 2009
A heart-to-heart interview with Ukraine’s first and only gold medalist in female singles figure skating. She discusses her career, childhood, and Jewish roots.
Aug. 27, 2008
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