Новости за 03.09.2015

Russia's Prime Minister, Dmitri Medvedev, announced a halt to a proposed ban on state-funding of imported medical goods.

Since the Ukrainian crisis began, relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated rapidly to lows not seen since the Cold War. From speeches by Putin lambasting the degeneracy of the West and critiquing its place in the world order, to those by the Obama administration blasting Russia’s attempt to revert to a supposedly long-since abandoned foreign policy based on geographic spheres of influence; from provocative flight paths by Russian military planes to the newly re-discovered martial... Читать дальше...

Humans are warlike, but when we commit violence, it's not usually senseless and rarely unprovoked. So as Ukrainians grapple with the shocking deadly grenade attack outside Parliament on Aug. 31, killing three National Guardsmen, they shouldn’t view the incident simply as an outburst of barbarity from a deranged individual.

Igor Debrin, 25, wanted to return to the car-building factory where he used to work with his father once he finished his stint with the National Guard, but his plans were cut short on Aug. 31 by a piece of shrapnel to the heart.

The man suspected of tossing a grenade that killed three National Guardsmen on Aug. 31 in front of parliament is described by friends as a Ukrainian patriot who fought valiantly against Russian-separatist forces in the east.

Simon Smith, the United Kingdom's ambassador to Ukraine, is wrapping up a three-year tour of duty this month with a clear parting message to Ukraine's leaders: Fight corruption or risk losing international support.

Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko can reel off one optimistic statistic after another about the growing economic sector that he oversees, except for one: Success in prosecuting the alleged financial crimes of his predecessor, Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.

When a Ukrainian designer's clothing appears in a leading street-style blog, it's usually because Daria Shapovalova wore it.

A rally staged by nationalist Svoboda Party near parliament ended in bloodshed, with three National Guard officers killed and scores wounded.

Visiting a school on Sept. 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked whether “all is bad” by an 11-year-old boy.

Sanctioning Chinese and Russian companies and individuals for their role in cyber attacks would be the first-time use of an executive order signed by US President Barack Obama in April aimed at hitting back at those who are "engaging in significant malicious cyber-enabled activities."

On Sept. 1, Oleh Lyashko’s Radical Party left the parliamentary coalition and switched to the opposition.

On Aug. 30, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that a police officer was arrested in Odesa when he solicited a Hr 1,200 bribe from a street vendor.

Back in 2010, then-Mexican ambassador to Ukraine Berenice Talavera told the Kyiv Post that she ate her country's cuisine at home because Kyiv lacked the proper ingredients.

Viktor Trofymenko was shocked during his first patrol on the Russian-Ukrainian front line more than a year ago when he, together with comrades from the Dnipro-1 Battalion, first saw shell craters and houses that had been completely destroyed by the fighting

Ukraine has more than 50,000 software engineers in the information technology industry. Also, according to the Brainbench rating of 2013, the nation ranked third in the number of certified master-level IT specialists among 50 countries.

In spite of a severe economic downturn, information technology companies continue to grow, and are investing in the most valuable asset they have – people.

Each summer, as part of ongoing efforts to influence their young, Russia’s government leaders and propagandists head to a conference center on the Klyazma River about 130 miles northeast of Moscow to address the “Terra Scientia” Russian Youth Education Conference.

One of the most famous Ukrainian folk choirs is giving a new performance in Kyiv. Founded in 1943, the choir will perform Ukrainian folk and ethnic songs, and folk dances. Seating is limited.

Only a year ago, Oleksandr Ishchenko worked as a financial and human resources analyst at Siemens. He was always interested in information technology, but didn't expect he'd be able to switch careers so quickly.

Kyiv offers plenty of opportunities to learn all kinds of dance, from basic-level Latin rumba and American swing to contemporary dancing. Some studios develop classical styles, inviting slow waltz and passionate tango. Others open their halls as dance houses.

Russian aggression in Ukraine, including military build-up, pose a challenge to European security, reads a statement by foreign ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.

When Radical Party leader Oleh Liashko said on Sept. 1 that his party was leaving the governing coalition after a bill on constitutional changes was passed the previous day, he exposed some of the fault lines running through Ukrainian politics. The unity of Ukraine's war-time government is now in question and that, in turn, could wreck the faltering peace process in Russian-occupied Donbas.

The three National Guardsmen killed in the grenade attack outside parliament on Aug. 31 were awarded the prestigious "For Courage" medal by President Petro Poroshenko -- and rightly so.

Bondholders cheering Ukraine's debt swap face the risk that Kiev will return to the bargaining table within a few years, following the path Greece trod after its 2012 restructuring.