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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko for talks on energy amid unease in Europe over possible cuts in gas supplies this winter. The two premiers are due to meet at the Livadia...

A perhaps bigger disappointment in Washington is that of First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko. As an American, it was assumed that she would have a positive influence on the president. Instead, it is believed by Washington experts on Ukraine and by...

A man holding a Russian flag speaks with a girl during a naval parade at the Crimean Peninsula port of Sevastopol, Ukraine, May 11, 2008. Photograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/Associated Press From the terrace there are views of the Crimean peninsula, with...

October 11, 2009 Billionaire EU campaigner 'paid' Tony Blair Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Bojan Pancevski Tony Blair, the favourite to become Europe’s first president, is believed to have accepted tens of thousands of pounds from a steel billionaire campaigning for Ukraine...

Yalta European Strategy turns into �old boys� club of ex-�elite� Today, 20:49 Taras Kuzio, Special to Kyiv Post Taras Kuzio writes that the importance of YES annual summit is by far overestimated. I have never been invited to Victor Pinchuk�s annual...

Every September Russia hosts the Valdai Group, where leading experts and commentators are invited to talk with Russia�s leaders and share their vintage brandy...But this year, the nearest approximation, the annual YES meeting, was moved to September, just after Valdai....