Ukraine
Why Some Russians are Ready to Acquire Ukrainian Citizenship
August 08, 2009Eight Reasons Why Some Russians are More than Ready to Acquire Ukrainian Citizenship By Paul Goble Patriarch Kirill’s suggestion that he is ready to acquire dual citizenship in Ukraine has prompted activists of the Russian National...
Moldovan police break up counterfeiting gang, seize 2m fake USD
July 24, 2009The Moldova One TV state channel reports that Moldovan police have discovered an unprecedented case of printing fake dollars. Following a large-scale search operation, the law enforcers confiscated about 2m forged dollars. Members and leaders of the criminal...
Moldovan air company helicopter hit by a missile in Afghanistan
July 15, 2009A helicopter operated by a Moldovan air company was hit by a missile in Afghanistan. According to the Civil Aviation Administration of Moldova (CCA), on July 14, at 8:00 a.m. (local time) the helicopter MI-26 with the registration number ER-MCV was hit...
Moldova Helicopter with Ukrainian crew crashed in Afghanistan
July 15, 2009NATO and Afghan officials say a helicopter carrying civilian contractors crashed Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, killing all six people on board and a child on the ground. Afghan officials say the aircraft may have been shot down, but NATO commanders...
Russians, Germans Ready to Prepare Common Textbook on 20th Century
June 22, 2009By Paul Goble On the 68th anniversary of the German attack on the Soviet Union, a senior Moscow academician said that Russian historians are close to an agreement with their German colleagues to write a common textbook on 20th history, something possible...
George Soros Commits $100 Million to Central, Eastern Europe
June 19, 2009Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros has indicated that he will give $100 million to support nonprofits in central and eastern Europe working to help the poor affected by the global economic downturn, the Financial Times reports. The...
Moscow Wants to Unite Muslims of the Post-Soviet Space
June 18, 2009By Paul Goble For the first time since the end of the Soviet Union, Moscow this week is hosting senior Muslim leaders from eight post-Soviet states to discuss the formation of a coordinating council among them, a step Russian government officials...
Four citizens of the Republic of Moldova lost their lives in a road accident in the Ukraine
June 13, 20084 citizens of the Republic of Moldova lost their lives and other 20 suffered from injuries as a result of a road accident in the region Cernigov from the Ukraine, DECA-press Agency transmits. The Ukrainian authorities announced that an auto bus on...
Four dead and 19 injured Moldovans in car accident in Ukraine
June 13, 2008All the victims of the car accident which happened on Thursday, June 12, in Ukraine, are Moldovan citizens. The bus circulating on the route Chisinau-Moscow and carrying 33 Moldovan citizens and one Russian, skidded off the road and turned round some...
Chartered plane crashes in Ukraine
December 10, 2007A chartered passenger plane flying from the Czech Republic to Ukraine has crashed near Kiev. The plane, carrying two pilots and four passengers, went down at about 7 p.m. Moscow time Sunday, ITAR-TASS reported. The plane reportedly belonged to...