PHOTOS: Former Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and former Canadian PM Stephen Harper in their July 13, 2015, news conference announcing a Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. (Screen shot of CBC broadcast.) Below: Former Conservative immigra…
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drive-by planet: Oligarch Pyotr "Chocolate King" Poroshenko wins big in Ukraine’s low turn-out election: change to disbelieve in
The presidential election in Ukraine was held on the same date as elections to the European parliament that resulted in an unprecedented showing by anti-immigration Euro-skeptic parties. The Ukraine election held in the midst of conflict and poll boycotts saw EU-friendly billionaire Pyotr Poroshenko – aka the “Chocolate King” –
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Kiev probe into sniper attack short on evidence, credibility
Top from left: Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov, acting Prosecutor General Oleh Makhnitskyi and Head of the Security Service Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Below: Maidan shooters The investigation by Ukrainian security services into the mid-February sniper attack is rather like the cops investigating the cops – not exactly objective. Given the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Ukraine – The Renters’ Curse
What is so not-awesome about our news media is its propensity to relay to us news and events without the background context necessary have said news event make sense. Go take a look at the CBC’s reporting on what is happening in the Ukraine. I’ll reproduce the headlines here for
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Ukraine Proposes Jail For Positive Gay Depictions
Lawmakers in the Ukraine have introduced an anti-gay bill that would punish “propaganda of homosexuality” with fines and up to five years in prison. Russia recently enacted a similar law this year, with expected disastrous results. Gay activists in the country have been arrested simply for marching for equal rights,
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