Moscow News

President Viktor Yushchenko and PM Yulia Timoshchenko © RIA Novosti

11/12/2008 | Moscow News №49 2008

Yushchenko and Timoshchenko form Ukraine coalition

Combined report AFP, RIA Novosti
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's party on Tuesday reformed a coalition with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc and a smaller group, resolving a damaging stand-off, the parliament speaker said.

24/10/2008 | Moscow News №42 2008

Ukraine showcases signature food

LVOV (RIA Novosti) - A festival dedicated to a Ukrainian specialty - salted or smoked white pork fat known as ‘salo' - has been held in the northwestern Ukrainian city of Lutsk, the city administration said on Monday.

24/10/2008 | Moscow News №42 2008

French minister opposes Georgia, Ukraine entry to NATO

STRASBOURG (AFP) - France's minister for European affairs on Wednesday said he was opposed to Georgia and Ukraine entering the NATO military alliance for now because it would not benefit Europe.

03/10/2008 | Moscow News №39 2008

Yushchenko ‘seizes’ Tymoshenko’s plane

KIEV (AFP) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko was forced into an emergency landing Thursday and seized the aircraft of his bitter political foe, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who had to find another plane.

26/09/2008 | Moscow News №38 2008

Estonia embroiled in treason case

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - The former head of security at the Estonian Defense Ministry has been arrested, suspected of spying, an official said Monday.

26/09/2008 | Moscow News №38 2008

Ukraine debates NATO

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday rejected Russian pressure to prevent his country from joining NATO.

Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament Arseniy Yatsenyuk © AP

19/09/2008 | Moscow News №37 2008

Ukraine’s Orange coalition disintegrates

KIEV (AFP) - The governing coalition in Ukraine collapsed on Tuesday in a crisis brought on by Russia's war with Georgia that raises the prospect of the country being knocked off its pro-Western course.

US VP Dick Cheney with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev © AP

05/09/2008 | Moscow News №35 2008

US Vice President Cheney starts ex-Soviet state tour

Combined report, AP, AFP
US Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday arrived in the Azerbaijani capital Baku for talks on energy, his first stop on a tour of ex-Soviet nations.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko © AP

04/09/2008 | Moscow News №35 2008

Ukrainian president: parliament staged coup

KIEV (AFP) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko claimed Wednesday he was the victim of a "coup" attempt after parliament approved laws trimming presidential powers ahead of a visit by US Vice President Dick Cheney.

13/08/2008 | Moscow News №31 2008

Georgia, Russia agree to French-brokered peace plan

TBILISI (RIA Novosti) - Georgia and Russia have agreed to a modified version of a French-brokered peace plan, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi.

13/08/2008 | Moscow News №31 2008

South Ossetia: This wicked, dirty, bitter war…

TSKHINVAL, SOUTH OSSETIA (Alan Tsorion for RIA Novosti) - It is evening of August 7. The South Ossetian capital is quiet. After so much shelling and endless gunfire it feels like the silence can be smelled and breathed.

13/08/2008 | Moscow News №31 2008

Leaders of ex-Communist states show solidarity with Georgia

TBILISI (RIA Novosti) - The pro-Western leaders of Poland and four post-Soviet countries appeared alongside Georgia's president at a mass rally in central Tbilisi to show a united front against Russia.

03/07/2008 | Moscow News №26 2008

Russia Warns Lithuania on US Missile Defense

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian lawmakers warned Lithuania against agreeing to place U.S. missile defense sites in the Baltic country, saying Wednesday that such a move could trigger a Russian military buildup in the region.

Hammers and sickles will be against the law

19/06/2008 | Moscow News №24 2008

Lithuania Bans Soviet and Nazi Symbols

By Liudas Dapkus
Lawmakers in Lithuania - where many still feel bitter about the nearly 50 years of Soviet occupation - have approved legislation to ban the display of Nazi and Soviet symbols, such as the swastika and the hammer and sickle.

Ukrainian President Yushchenko with Medvedev © AP

10/06/2008 | Moscow News №23 2008

CIS Leaders Meet

STRELNA, Russia (AP)
- Russia's new president met Friday with leaders of a fractious alliance of ex-Soviet republics, warning Ukraine and Georgia not to lead their countries into NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

22/05/2008 | Moscow News №20 2008

Ukraine Wants Russian Navy Out of Crimea

KIEV (RIA Novosti)
- The Ukrainian President has signed a decree ordering the Cabinet to prepare by July 20 a draft law on terminating all international agreements on the presence of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine.

15/05/2008 | Moscow News,№19 2008

Ukraine Bans Moscow Mayor over Comments

By Anna Arutunyan
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov sparked the ire of Ukrainian authorities for voicing a controversial opinion this week before his nation's Black Sea Fleet in Sevostopol, whose state status, Luzkhkov said, has yet to be decided.

Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba

10/04/2008 | Moscow News,№14 2008

"Kosovo... will speed up the recognition of our independence"- Sergei Shamba

By Yuri Plutenko
During last few years the permanent status of Kosovo has been one of the main problems in global affairs. After February 17, when Kosovo declared its independence and was recognized by some nations, the world divided into two opposing camps. Some believe that the division of Serbia means the final end of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. Others anticipate and worry that the recognition of Kosovo opens a Pandora's box that will lead to a chain reaction all over the world, spreading chaos, violence, and instability.

03/04/2008 | Moscow News,№13 2008

Should Ukraine Become the Switzerland of the East?

06/03/2008 | Moscow News,№09 2008

Repair Work to Begin at Chernobyl

Atomstroyexport, a Russian nuclear power plant construction company, has begun work to extend the service life of the Chernobyl protective concrete ‘sarcophagus' that is meant to seal in the radiation of the damaged reactor, the company said in a press release on Tuesday.