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Newly freed Ukrainian opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko speaks at Independence Square on February 22, 2014. (AFP photo/Bulent Kilic)

Ukraine: Parliament chief takes presidential power

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2014 | World

Kiev, AP—The whereabouts and legitimacy of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych were unclear on Sunday, after he left the capital and his rival Yulia Tymoshenko was freed from prison and returned to Kiev to address a massive, adoring crowd. Ukraine’s newly...

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Anti-government protesters hold shields as they guard the Ukrainian Parliament building in Kiev February 22, 2014. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)

Ukraine parliament removes Yanukovich

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 22, 2014 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Ukraine’s parliament voted on Saturday to remove President Viktor Yanukovich from office, hours after he abandoned his Kiev office to protesters and denounced what he described as a coup. The apparent toppling of the pro-Russian leader looks likely...

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People supporting EU integration hold a rally in front of the Mikhailovsky Zlatoverkhy Cathedral (St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral) in Kiev, November 30, 2013 (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)

Ukrainian demonstrators converge outside monastery

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 30, 2013 | World

Kiev, Associated Press—About 10,000 anti-government demonstrators angry about Ukraine’s refusal to sign a pro-European Union agreement converged Saturday on a square outside a monastery where protesters driven away in a pre-dawn clash with police were taking...

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Protesters hold a EU flag as they take part in a rally to support EU integration in central Kiev November 24, 2013 (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)

Tens of thousands rally in Kiev for closer EU ties

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 24, 2013 | World

Kiev, AP—About 50,000 demonstrators rallied in the center of Kiev on Sunday to demand that the Ukrainian government reverse course and sign a landmark agreement with the European Union in defiance of Russia. The protest was the biggest Ukraine has seen since the...

Ukraine parliament rejects proposed laws to release Tymoshenko

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2013 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday rejected draft laws that would allow jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to go to Germany for medical treatment, clouding prospects for a landmark trade agreement with the European Union. The ex-Soviet...