Politics of Ukraine

Racy photos of a young female Ukrainian Minister that were circulated online have caused an uproar in the country. Government officials have defended the appointment of Anastasia Deeva as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs in the cabinet, claiming she was chosen for her skills and experience.

Moscow appreciates NATO member Greece's position regarding the West's decision to impose retaliatory sanctions following the annexation of Crimea, visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday.

The speaker of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, Deputy Prime Minister Georghy Muradov, Economy Minister Valentin Demidov and representatives from the Crimean culture, education and tourism sector took part in a debate on Friday in the Russian House in Belgrade as part of a visit aimed at boosting economic ties with Serbia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin supports the deployment of armed OSCE observers in eastern Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

Putin was in Berlin on Wednesday where he spoke about the implementation of the 2015 Minsk peace agreement with French, German, and Ukrainian leaders.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said "no miracles" were achieved on the Ukraine crisis on Oct. 20, but talks with the country's leader and his Russian and French counterparts did lead to some progress on ending a deadlock in the peace process.

Arseny Pavlov, a military leader of the pro-Russian rebels known by his nom de guerre "Motorola," has been killed in an explosion in Donetsk.

"Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is violating the ceasefire and has declared war on us," said Aleksandr Zakharchenko, who is the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

Since Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014 and the military operations in eastern Ukraine, the concept of a "Cold War" has become part of our daily lexicon again. While the U.S.-led Western alliance hasn't fully digested the annexation of Crimea and has been busy developing strategies on how to best confront Russian expansionism in Eastern Europe, the Kremlin decided to get directly involved in

The results of the Russian parliamentary elections in Crimea were not legally valid in the eyes of Turkey, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said on Sept. 23 in a written statement.

Turkey continued to support the territorial integrity of Ukraine, including the Crimean peninsula, said Bilgiç, adding that the weekend's elections were considered within this perspective. 

According to his website, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has held a meeting with U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

A statement said that Poroshenko "informed Hillary Clinton about the situation in Donbas" and stressed that "Ukraine today fights for freedom and democratic values, which unite the whole democratic world."

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed Friday that it was time the deep and historic ties binding the two countries were manifested in further economic cooperation.