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Yanukovych replaces defense minister Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed decrees dismissing Mykhailo Yezhel as Ukraine's defense minister and appointing Dmytro Salamatin to this post.
Feb 8 at 20:04 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russia wants to suspend US adoptions Russia's Foreign Ministry is asking the government to suspend adoptions of Russian children by U.S. nationals following an "incessant string of crimes" allegedly committed by American adoptive parents.
2 days ago at 16:15 | Associated Press
Tymoshenko chants disrupt Yanukovych speech (updated) Supporters of Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko disrupted a speech by President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday, raucously chanting "Freedom for Yulia!" and setting the scene for a stormy October parliamentary election.
Feb 7 at 19:44 | Reuters
Ukrainian authorities not seeking for solution in Tymoshenko's case, says Teixeira Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira has said that at present Ukrainian authorities are not trying to find a way out of the situation around former prime minister of Ukrainian Yulia Tymoshenko.
2 days ago at 12:26 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian-American group: 'We support regime change in Ukraine' Editor’s Note: The following is a letter to two U.S. senators from the International Conference in Support of Ukraine.
Feb 6 at 09:34 | Askold S. Lozynskyj and Borys Potapenko
Ukrainian opposition to work in Constitutional Assembly after PACE resolution fulfilled The Ukrainian opposition forces will participate in the work of the Constitutional Assembly only after the authorities fulfill the demands set out in the resolution of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), including the release of opposition leaders, a member of the BYT-Batkivschyna faction and the leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party, Natalia Korolevska, said on Channel 5 on Monday evening.
Feb 7 at 12:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
Back Story: Reporting fairly on the president Michael Willard writes: When reality is bad, an accurate newspaper is going to show this in its stories.
Feb 9 at 21:53 | Michael Willard
EU integration and Ukraine: next steps? What has to happen in order for Ukraine to start benefiting from the Association Agreement with the EU, and the associated Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), conclusion of negotiations on which were announced at the EU/Ukraine Summit on 19 December?
3 days ago at 18:19 | Leigh Turner
Turkish Weekly: The Snow Revolution’s Orange Shadow Vladimir Putin’s regime is warning Russians that their budding “Snow Revolution” will be as big a mistake as Ukraine’s Orange Revolution of 2004. But, while the similarities between these two popular movements are palpable, their differences are essential, so comparing them might help the Russian opposition to avoid some mistakes.

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2 days ago at 18:37
Parliament again votes down proposal to decriminalize 'Tymoshenko article' The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has voted down a bill on decriminalizing Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – the one under which former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to imprisonment.
Feb 8 at 14:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Son of president’s ally goes free in murder Probe of gruesome slaying in 2007 is marked by changing testimony, favoritism.
Feb 9 at 23:18 | Mark Rachkevych and Vlad Lavrov
Lawmakers support Yanukovych's proposal not to introduce biometric passports The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has dismissed a bill introducing biometric passports in Ukraine.
3 days ago at 11:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Opposition hopes to hand subpoena to US court to Yanukovych in Tymoshenko's lawsuit All defenders in a lawsuit filed by former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, including Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, will obtain subpoenas to the U.S. court, hopes Yulia Tymoshenko's defense lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko.
2 days ago at 15:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine gets new defence minister Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday sacked Defence Minister Mikhailo Yezhel, replacing him with Dmytro Salamatin, a decree published on the presidential administration website said.
Feb 8 at 21:22 | Reuters
Ukrainian World Congress supports Tymoshenko's nomination for Nobel Prize The Ukrainian World Congress on Feb. 3 sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in support of the nomination by several members of Ukraine's parliament of the jailed opposition leader and former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Feb 9 at 11:35 | Interfax-Ukraine