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“English fans need to know that if they try to mess with Ukrainian women then we will try to mess with them. The sex industry exploits women who are so poor and often uneducated. That is why we are going to try to attack every match.”
Inna Shevchenko, a member of Femen, the women's group that stages topless protests against men who come to Ukraine for sex tourism.
Inna Shevchenko, a member of Femen, the women's group that stages topless protests against men who come to Ukraine for sex tourism.
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With one incident after another showing the Obama administration's lack of regard for allies, a curious phenomenon is emerging. Countries with strategic importance to the U.S. are drifting off. Surprised? In one example cited, Ukraine elected Viktor Yanukovych prime minister, following the Obama administration's scrapping of missile defense and failure to bring Ukraine into NATO. Yanukovych has since extended a Crimean poIn February, Ukraine elected Viktor Yanukovich prime minister, following the Obama administration's scrapping of missile defense and failure to bring Ukraine into NATO. Yanukovych has since extended a Crimean port lease to Russia's Black Sea Fleet to 2042. He's also taking Russian energy subsidies. Advantage: Russia.rt lease to Russia's Black Sea Fleet to 2042. He's also taking Russian energy subsidies. Advantage: Russia. May 1, 2010 at 09:31 |
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Friedbert Pfluger writes from Kyiv: On Tuesday, I became a witness to the riots in the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament. Members threw punches, smoke bombs and eggs, from which the speaker had to be protected by three umbrellas. The fight further underscored the polarization of Ukraine between a western region that regards itself as part of Central Europe and an eastern part that leans toward Russia. Still, why such passions? Read the entire article here. Apr 30, 2010 at 11:41 |
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The agreement on Russia's Black Sea Fleet continues to be the subject of heated debate in both Russia and Ukraine. However, the concerns expressed by opposition parties and the public differ significantly in the two countries. The agreement's detractors in Ukraine are worried that extending the foreign naval base's lease will undermine the sovereignty of their country. In Russia, opponents are mostly concerned about the agreement's high price tag. Read the story here. Apr 30, 2010 at 00:09 |
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Yevgeny Kiselyov writes:Passions are raging in Kiev over the agreement President Dmitry Medvedev signed with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on April 21 in Kharkiv that provides a significant discount on the price of Russian gas in exchange for extending the lease for the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol until 2042. Read the story here. Apr 29, 2010 at 23:07 |
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In an update of John Howard Griffin’s 1961 classic study of racism in the US, “Black Like Me,” in which a white journalist passed as a black man, a Russian writer donned a hijab in order to see for herself just how the reaction of Muscovites to “ordinary Muslim girls” has changed since the period since the subway bombings in the Russian capital. Apr 29, 2010 at 20:12 | Paul Goble |
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Russia has exploited Ukraine's current economic weakness this month, which reflects badly on the way that Russia exercises its status as a great regional power. Moreover, Viktor Yanukovich, the President of Ukraine, appeared to behave sycophantically toward Russia, when he declared that the Soviet-induced Ukrainian famine of the 1930s was not a genocide. Click here to read more. Apr 29, 2010 at 10:13 |
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It’s no secret that the newspaper business is in very serious trouble. That’s a problem for the companies that own newspapers and for the journalists who work for them, but it is also a problem for the rest of us. Apr 28, 2010 at 20:16 | Greg Satell |
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The murder of Moscow Judge Eduard Chuvashov two weeks ago is only the tip of the iceberg of a much bigger problem, a St. Petersburg scholar says, one that threatens not only the lives of judges and their families but even the possibility of justice in the Russian Federation. Apr 28, 2010 at 17:47 | Paul Goble |
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On May 3 we celebrate World Press Freedom Day. Apr 28, 2010 at 17:17 | Paul Kokoski |
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The Financial Times writes:Viktor Yanukovych became the president of Ukraine promising a rapprochement with Russia. He has certainly delivered one. The deal Mr Yanukovich has just signed with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, represents a decisive break with the policies of his predecessor, Viktor Yushchenko. By allowing the Russian navy to extend the lease over its base at Sevastopol in the Crimea, he has effectively torpedoed Ukraine’s pursuit of Nato membership. The alliance’s rules prohibit any member nation from hosting foreign bases on its soil. Read the story here. Apr 27, 2010 at 20:22 |
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Tomas Valasek writes:The new Ukrainian president has got off to a bad start in foreign policy terms. Last week, Viktor Yanukovych signed a lease agreement with Moscow that will allow the Russian Black Sea Fleet to stay in Ukraine for at least another 32 years. In doing so, the new president gave up an important piece of Ukrainian sovereignty. Read the story here. Apr 27, 2010 at 20:06 |
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Alexander Golts writes:The Duke of Wellington used to say some victories are worse than defeat. I suspect that President Dmitry Medvedev's “brilliant diplomatic victory” in Kharkiv on behalf of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will in reality create very serious problems for Russia in the future. Read the story here. Apr 27, 2010 at 10:07 |
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Tony Barber writes from Brussels:If the Greek debt crisis is teaching the European Union some harsh lessons about the design of its monetary union, no less serious is the message coming from Ukraine about the effectiveness of EU foreign policy. Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine's newly elected president, agreed a deal with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia last week that gave Moscow a 25-year extension of the right to station its Black Sea fleet in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. In return, Ukraine secured a 30 per cent cut in the price of Russian gas deliveries. Read the story here. Apr 27, 2010 at 09:50 |
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A majority of commentators hated "Russia's man" in the run-up to the Ukrainian presidential election, but Viktor Yanukovych has so far proven himself to be a better president than many would have thought since he beat his rival in recent elections, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. Read the story here. Apr 27, 2010 at 09:35 |
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Editor’s Note: The following is a statement made by Robert A. McConnell, co-founder of the U.S. Ukraine Foundation, on April 21 before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. Apr 26, 2010 at 16:35 | Robert A. McConnell |