Russian Black Sea fleet ships based in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol are preparing for large-scale naval exercises.
Ukraine’s gas industry is the playing field for the country’s internal political duels. If the EU wants to avoid being held hostage to continued chaos in Ukraine’s energy sector, it should offer Kyiv a real incentive for transparency and stability.
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, another kind of barrier has gone up in Europe. Citizens of countries east of the EU need visas to visit the bloc, which has tightened controls to fight illegal immigration. For many EU outsiders, the bloc's visa policy is perceived as an unfair ruling on which states are truly part of Europe.
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has organized public hearings about the international contacts of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) during World War II, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
In remarks which appeared to refer to political disturbances in ex-Soviet Moldova, Lavrov said there should be no "hidden agendas" in relations between the United States and Russia.
Russia has threatened to fine Ukraine for failing to buy enough gas in the first quarter, increasing pressure on its neighbor at a time when the World Bank said Kyiv's economy was contracting fast.
The Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod is facing serious reductions of its water supply, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the Ukrainian capital to hear the ex-Soviet state's opposition leader demand the resignation of the country's leaders for failing to tackle the economic crisis.
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has pledged that Ukraine's state energy company Naftogaz would make timely, full payment for gas shipments in March by Russian giant Gazprom.
Ukraine's opposition disrupted debate in parliament on measures to restore IMF credits, a day ahead of street protests against economic hardship.
An exhibition has opened in the Ukrainian capital to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the writer Nikolai Gogol.
Parliament in Ukraine called a presidential election for October 25, pitching the ex-Soviet state into new political turmoil as it grapples with a shrinking economy.
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