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15.12.2009, 09:35 2 comments

Ukraine gets into North Korea illegal arms export mess

Ukraine has become embroiled in another arms scandal after a cargo plane carrying tonnes of weapons, allegedly from North Korea, and destined for Ukraine has been seized during a refueling stop at Bangkok airport.

AFP Photo / Str Thailand out 25.12.2009, 13:42 3 comments

Plane seized in Thailand with North Korean arms was destined for Ukraine

Ukraine was the final destination of the plane that was seized in Thailand two weeks ago for carrying a cargo of weaponry from North Korea.

19.09.2009, 13:21 4 comments

Ukraine’s “helping hand” in Ossetian war

A newspaper in Ukraine has reported that Kiev provided assistance to Tbilisi during last year's armed conflict with Russia in South Ossetia.

31.08.2010, 17:35 10 comments

Cash-strapped Iceland to host “private army” – and Russian jets

Iceland is set to give a private army contractor the green light in what critics are calling the most ambitious move by a corporation to perform tasks once reserved for national militaries.

S-300 air defense missile 07.10.2010, 15:44 10 comments

Russia to compensate Iran US$166,8M for canceling S-300 deal

Russia and Iran have started negotiations over compensation for non-delivered S-300 air defense missile complexes, informs RIA Novosti. The contract was banned on September 22 by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

25.05.2009, 18:59 6 comments

North Korea’s neighbours to create A-bombs of their own?

The North Korean nuclear test affects the balance of power in the region, says Pavel Leshakov, the head of the Centre for Korean Studies at Moscow State University.

A couple of WWII Red Army veterans in Donetsk, Ukraine (AFP Photo / Victoria Sinistra) 06.05.2009, 09:40 4 comments

Red Army veterans celebrate victory in WWII worldwide

As Russia prepares to mark victory in WWII, six decades since leaving the battlefield, Red Army veterans around the world are gathering to remember their fighting days, and preserve the memory and facts of the war.

Monument to Stepan Bandera, Ukraine 30.01.2010, 18:44 13 comments

Jews worldwide outraged by Yushchenko’s praising of nationalists

The largest Jewish human rights organization in the US, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, joined the chorus of those who condemn the declaration of controversial nationalist leader Stepan Bandera as a Hero of Ukraine.

14.01.2010, 18:40 22 comments

Yushchenko brings Stalin to court over genocide

Kiev’s Court of Appeals has found Josef Stalin and other Bolshevik leaders guilty of genocide against the Ukrainians during the famine, or “Holodomor” as it is called in Ukraine, of 1932-33.

Mistakes acknowledged: US soldiers question a man in Iraq (AFP: Oliver Laban-Mattei, file photo) 24.10.2010, 21:54 4 comments

“Increased secrecy breeds corruption” – WikiLeaks spokesperson

Governments should work on decreasing secrecy around its activities, believes WiliLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson.

Faina freed, but questions remain

Published: 13 February, 2009, 12:19


AFP Photo / Tony Karumba

The crew of the Ukrainian ship Faina that had been hijacked by Somali pirates for more than four months has landed in Kiev airport. President Viktor Yushchenko has greeted the crew personally.

 
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