- 17:43 20/09/2013
Lithuania's President said Friday that the EU will not sign a key cooperation deal with Ukraine until former premier Yulia Tymoshenko is released from jail, but the Ukrainian leader declined to commit to a solution.
- 15:25 20/09/2013
Ukrainian experts and equipment could play a role in the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons, the ex-Soviet nation’s leader said Friday.
- 02:03 20/09/2013
Russia respects Ukraine’s right to choose its priorities and partners, including Kiev’s choice between closer economic cooperation with Moscow or European integration, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
- 10:16 19/09/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 20:40 18/09/2013
Ukraine’s government on Wednesday approved the draft European Union Association Agreement, moving the country one step closer to its final signing, which is slated for November.
- 17:54 18/09/2013
Maintenance of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, costs Ukraine some 50 million euros ($66.7 million) a year, the station’s head said Wednesday.
- 11:40 17/09/2013
Police in southern Russia said Tuesday they have detained a man they suspect of selling counterfeit condoms and attempting to bribe an official.
- 19:43 13/09/2013
An unequal energy partnership between Russia and the Ukraine is driving the two former Soviet countries further and further apart, Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said Friday, according to his spokesman.
- 13:46 12/09/2013
A Ukrainian man who called himself “Archangel Michael” and robbed a bank only to hand some of the cash to strangers has been sent to a psychiatric hospital, Ukrainian media reported this week.
- 12:02 12/09/2013
Ukraine has extradited to Russia a suspected killer and member of an extremist group thought to have been involved in the killing of a judge, the Russian Prosecutor General's office reported Thursday.
- 21:43 10/09/2013
Kiev confirmed on Tuesday that Russia had provided official notification that it would stop using the only land-based training facility for pilots of carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft, the so-called Nitka Center, located in Crimea.
- 16:26 05/09/2013
A record number of Jewish pilgrims have reportedly gathered in a central Ukrainian town to celebrate the Jewish New Year, despite the erection of a crucifix near a Hasidic prayer site and alleged vandalism.
- 09:34 03/09/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 21:31 02/09/2013
A Ukrainian man who got into a fight with his girlfriend in a Russian border village stole her father’s tractor and made an apparently unlawful run for the border, local media reported.
- 18:34 01/09/2013
Russia underlined its dominance in rhythmic gymnastics Sunday, topping the medal table at the world championships that finished on Sunday in Kiev, Ukraine.
- 21:16 30/08/2013
Russia’s Yana Kudryavtseva won gold in the individual all-around at the world rhythmic gymnastics championships in Kiev on Friday.
- 20:04 30/08/2013
Ukraine and Russia are set to sign off on a joint production deal to modernize the An-124 heavy lift transport aircraft, with the final document to be signed in September, a Ukrainian government news bulletin said Friday.
- 17:07 30/08/2013
Ukraine will decide through popular vote whether to sign a free-trade pact with the European Union or join the rival Russia-led Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday.
- 11:04 30/08/2013
A popular Ukrainian comedy group has unveiled plans to set up a comic party, in an apparent bid to make fun of the country’s politicians, the UNIAN news agency reported Friday.
