On Monday, Ukraine’s parliament sprung to action and filled two important posts. They appointed Oleg Makhnitski, a lawmaker with Svoboda (Freedom) Party, as the prosecutor general and Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, a lawmaker with the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms party, as the
Some good came out of a very violent week in Kiev, Ukraine. David and Lisa Bundy of Montgomery, AL, traveled to Kiev during the worst week of the three month protest to pick up four orphans they adopted. Their apartment
While saying it “hears” Ukraine’s dream of joining the EU, the Western bloc failed Monday to hold out the prospect of entry in spite of regime change that began with pro-EU protests. As the bloc’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton
By now, you may have seen Gallup’s recent poll concluding that, “For the first time, more Americans think President Barack Obama is not respected by other world leaders than believe he is. Americans’ opinions have shifted dramatically in the past
The Guardian UK: The hunt is on for Ukraine’s fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovych, who is believed to be hiding in the pro-Russian Crimean peninsula. The country’s new acting government has issued a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of the
On February 20 the Ukrainian Gun Owners Association announced its push for constitutional protections of “an unconditional right” for “Ukrainian citizens to bear arms.” On February 24, Gun Owners of America executive director Larry Pratt told Breitbart News, “We should go
The Ukraine Gun Owners Association wants the new government to add their own right to bear arms to the country’s constitution. As of today Ukrainian Gun Owners Association will start to work on the preparation of amendments to the Constitution,
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Russia doubts the new Ukraine government and said he did not see any legitimate authority figures to talk to. Parliament passed a resolution on Saturday that ousted Viktor Yanukovich from the presidency and set
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s acting government issued a warrant Monday for the arrest of President Viktor Yanukovych, last reportedly seen in the pro-Russian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, accusing him of mass crimes against protesters who stood up for
On Saturday, Ukraine’s parliament passed a resolution that kicked out President Viktor Yanukovich and set new elections on May 25, but it also voted out many department heads, while other posts resigned. Now Ukrainians need to structure a new government
It is finally calm in Ukraine’s capital Kiev after three months of active protests, but the Crimean peninsula is heating up. Protesters gathered in Sevastopol in Crimea to demonstrate against the actions of parliament in Kiev and declare their plans
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev weighed in on the political crisis in Ukraine and said it occurred because the country’s government did not act democratically. “Ultimately this is the result of the failure of the government to act democratically” and
Lamp fittings worth tens of millions of euros, money transfers for vast sums, lists of critical journalists: more evidence of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych’s pampered lifestyle and paranoia emerged on Sunday. As parliament voted to handover his lavish private
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should be nervous after the recent unrest in Ukraine, and a partition of the country would be unacceptable. Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation after a peace deal in which
Ukraine’s parliament sprang into action on Sunday and voted their speaker Oleksandr Turchynov interim president until elections are held on May 25. They passed a resolution on Saturday that ousted President Viktor Yanukovich and called for early elections on May
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7 PM to 10 PM EST, host and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will host a program highlighting the upcoming five-year anniversary of a Tea Party movement
Columnist Frank Rich broke out the Nazi comparison to slam NBC’s coverage of the Sochi Olympics for casting a blind eye on the many human rights violations going on in nearby Ukraine. In a February 21 piece for New York
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Freed Yulia Tymoshenko gives passionate speech to Ukraine’s opposition crowds Ukraine protesters storm Yanukovych’s secret palace President Obama draws another line, and tells Ukraine not to cross it Freed Yulia Tymoshenko gives passionate speech
The Nation‘s Stephen Cohen has penned a lengthy criticism of the Venezuelan opposition, now subject to the brutal repression of Hugo Chávez’s successor, President Nicolás Maduro, as well as the violence perpetrated by left-wing colectivo vigilantes. The essence of the charge against
Now that the Ukrainian opposition has toppled the government, the leaked telephone conversation between the U.S. Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, in which the latter told him to “f— the E.U.,” has taken
Human Rights Foundation Chairman Garry Kasparov has been a consistent voice against the aggression of Russian premier Vladimir Putin, and on Thursday night on Twitter he made his dissatisfaction with Obama’s passive approach to the situation in Ukraine strikingly clear: “How
With a power vacuum and what looks to be a long struggle to see who will rule in Kiev, the Associated Press reports today on the possibility of the Ukraine being split in two. Though supposedly ousted in a coup,
UPDATE 4:33 PM ET: This concludes our live update. For more on Ukraine, click here UPDATE 4:09 PM ET: Reuters reports that Ukraine’s border authorities said they had refused to allow ousted President Viktor Yanukovich to leave the country. The Interfax news
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Saturday to dismiss President Viktor Yanukovich and hold early elections on May 25. Parliament said Yanukovich was “not fulfilling his obligations” in the resolution calling for new elections. On Thursday, Yanukovich signed a deal with the
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Protesters took control of Ukraine’s capital Saturday, seizing the president’s office as parliament sought to oust him and form a new government. President Viktor Yanukovych described the events as a coup and insisted he would not
