Ukraine

Police arrest suspect in 1996 Shcherban murder

KYIV, May 19 – Ukrainian prosecutors said Friday that agents have seized a former member of an elite army unit suspected of shooting to death …
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Police seize two Moldovans in Odessa cadet slayings

KYIV, MAY 19 – Ukrainian police on Friday detained two men from Moldova suspected of killing five naval academy cadets in the Black Sea port of …
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U.S. experts to check radiation in Minsk

MINSK, Belarus – A group of U.S. radiation experts will visit the Belarusian capital to ensure that fires in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear …
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SBU charges five in attack on Vitrenko last fall

KYIV (AP) – Ukraine's Security Service said Friday it has completed its investigation into a hand grenade attack on a radical presidential …
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Boris Yeltsin arrives in Ukraine

SEVASTOPOL, MAY 19 (AP) – Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his wife Naina arrived in Ukraine May 19 to rest on the Black Sea Crimean …
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Press Digest for May 19

KYIV, May 19 – The following are the leading stories in Ukrainian newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for …
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Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev to visit Ukraine June 2-3

KYIV, May 18 – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Ukraine on June 2-3 in a bid to boost ties between the two former Soviet states, …
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Israel quits Belarus embassy on radioactive fears

JERUSALEM, May 18 – Israel said on Thursday it was evacuating its embassy in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and calling its staff home for routine …
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U.S. official: Fires near Chernobyl boost radiation in Belarus

WASHINGTON, May 17 – Wild fires in Ukraine have stirred up radioactive elements remaining in the environment from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster …
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Crimean Tatars mourn Stalin deportations at annual rally

of their deportation by Josef Stalin and demand more rights in post-Soviet Ukraine. The Tatars streamed through the city's dusty streets chanting: …
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Officials: No fires in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

KYIV, May 18 (AP) – Emergency helicopters were surveying forest fires in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear plant Thursday to make sure they …
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Paris denies isolating Poland over concerns about Ukraine borders

PARIS, May 18 – Poland is '250 percent wrong' to think that Paris is trying to slow down its admission to the European Union due to fears …
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A trip through Ukraine’s past

When Mykhailo Zabochen was a child, he had no idea that his passion for collecting postcards would one day help tell the story of his country’s …
Evgenia Mussuri

Rada team charges ex-speaker mishandled funds

3 million) in legislative budget funds. Presenting its report to the Verkhovna Rada, the team recommended that the legislature ask the state …
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Businessman held on suspicion of ordering contract killings

ficials. He is also suspected of a number of other serious crimes, but has not been officially charged with any crime. The suspect's wife, …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Tyhypko opts to run for Rada

Economy Minister Serhy Tyhypko,widely regarded by the West as one ofthe leading reformers in the Ukrainiangovernment,will run for parliament in a …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Sloviansky Bank scandal heats up

o senior Crimean officials. The latest addition to the case of Zaporizhya-based Sloviansky bank includes alleged machinations with domestic bonds …
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Bog fires spark Chernobyl fears

High winds carrying smoke from bog fires raging in northern Ukraine and in neighboring Belarus darkened the skies over Kyiv on May 11-12, worrying …
Peter Byrne
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