On Sunday Ukrainian prime minister Yatsenyuk resigned, just four days after the Dutch voted against Ukraine joining the European Union. Taken together, these two events are clear signals that the US-backed coup in Ukraine has not given that country freedom and democracy. They also suggest a deeper dissatisfaction among Europeans over Washington’s addiction to interventionism. According to US and... 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk declared a moratorium on the payment of three-billion-dollar debt to Russia. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine supported his decision. In addition, the official Kiev is not going to pay the debt of $507 million to Russian banks (the debt was amassed by two Ukrainian companies that collaborated with Russian banks). “From today, all payments shall be... 

Unknown hackers leaked a letter addressed to Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk from US Senator Richard Durbin, assuring support and instructing him which key officials should and shouldn’t remain in office. The letter was published on Facebook page of Leonid Kozhara, Ukraine’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Kozhara copied the letter from the website news-front.info, which in... 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk raised many eyebrows in the West with his “expressive” speech in Berlin. According to him, Putin’s goal is to lead a war against the West, so Ukraine asks the West to help him protect Europe and the European Union. Merkel praised Ukraine’s current economic reforms and promised to fund them. Now German Chancellor Merkel knows who is... 

Zaporozhskaya nuclear plant There has been an accident at a nuclear plant in the southeast of Ukraine, Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk has revealed during the first session of his new Cabinet. A minor accident occurred at Zaporozhskaya nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, last Friday, according to the facility’s website. A reactor was switched off and put to maintenance as a result. The incident... 

Masked anti-government protesters toppled the monument to Vladimir Lenin in Kiev on Sunday pulling him down with steel ropes, and smashing the granite figure with sledgehammers. A huge crowd queued to get a piece of the statue. A group of protesters singing the national hymn of Ukraine then hoisted the national flag on the vacant pedestal, as the passing cars were honking in support of the act and... 

The US Senate has threatened to impose political sanctions on Ukraine over the jailing of former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, urging Kiev to immediately release the opposition leader. The Senate adopted a resolution on Saturday that stressed that the Tymoshenko trial was “politically motivated” and urged her immediate release citing her poor health condition. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry... 

A court in Kiev has sentenced Ukraine’s ex-prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, to seven years in prison for an abuse of her office. Her supporters and opponents have taken to the streets, raising fears that violence could break out. Immediately after the verdict was pronounced, Yulia Tymoshenko condemned the decision. “I do not agree with the verdict,” said Tymoshenko. “No authoritarian...