The House impeachment committees released their transcripts of the several depositions this week, including William Taylor, the senior US diplomat in Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, and Michael McKinsley, the former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. A primary insight uncovered in Taylor’s testimony is the extent to which [...]
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Ukraine prosecutors file charges against 18 top Russia officials
Prosecutors in Ukraine on Monday announced charges against 18 top Russian officials over the annexation of Crimea in March 2014. During a press conference Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko announced the charges ...
Ukraine prosecutor reopens murder case against ex-PM Tymoshenko
The UkraineProsecutor General on Monday reopened the murder case against former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The charges, originally filed in January , allege that Tymoshenko and former prime...
Europe rights court rules Ukraine violated ex-PM Tymoshenko's rights
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Ukraine violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by jailing former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for...
Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Ukrainian government to investigate police abuses and strengthen mechanisms to hold police accountable for brutality and torture. In a report, AI alleged that reports of police abuse and torture...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed a decree on Sunday pardoning Yuriy Lutsenko, a former interior minister and a close ally of the imprisoned former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko ....
A Ukrainian court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by opposition leader Yuriy Lutsenko, who is currently serving a four-year sentence. Lutsenko, the former interior minister and ally of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , was...
Ukraine opposition suing president for crimes against Ukrainian people
A Ukrainian opposition group filed a lawsuit on Monday that seeks to charge President Viktor Yanukovych with crimes against the Ukrainian people. The lawsuit was filed by Batkivshchyna ,...
A Ukrainian court on Friday handed down a two-year prison sentence to the former interior minister under ex-Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . Yuriy Lutsenko was convicted and sentenced for negligence in authorizing an illegal...
Ukraine high court denies opposition leaders' appeals to run in parliamentary elections
Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday declined to overturn a lower court decision prohibiting former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former interior affairs minister Yuriy Lutsenko from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections....