by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2014 | World
Moscow, AP—Russia offered Wednesday to restore the discounted gas prices it granted Ukraine under the ousted pro-Russian president, but Ukraine demanded an even better deal and called for arbitration to settle the dispute. Speaking in Moscow, Russia’s President...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 9, 2014 | World
Kiev, AP—As separatists in Crimea kept up pressure for unification with Moscow, Ukraine on Sunday solemnly commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of its greatest poet, with the prime minister vowing not to give up “a single centimeter” of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 3, 2013 | World
Kiev, Ukraine, AP—Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Tuesday, leaving the country’s political tensions unresolved with calls for more mass protests. The opposition called for the vote in...