The former president is due to appear in a Kiev courtroom via video link from Russia’s Rostov-on-Don.
Yanukovych To Give Evidence Today; Pravyi Sektor Will Not Prevent Accused Berkut Officers From Attending Court
November 28, 2016
Tag: Berkut
Yanukovych Appears As Witness In Ukrainian Court Via Video Link, But Hearing Rescheduled Until Monday
November 25, 2016
Viktor Yanukovych is due to give evidence in the trial of five former Berkut riot police officers charged with killing Maidan protesters, but he has not himself been charged.
Ukraine Live Day 609: Berkut Officer Who Led Attack On Maidan Protest Still A Commander In Interior Ministry
October 19, 2015
Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual […]
‘Novorossiya’s’ ‘Leftist’ Friends
May 30, 2015
The frenzied world-wide front is expanding Mercy to no one, no one, no one! Stanza from 1989 Russian anarchists’ song Vintovka – eto prazdnik (The Rifle is a Holiday) By the Russian punk bank Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defense) The annexation of Crimea, the “Novorossiya” project, and the fight against the “Kyiv junta” are not supported […]
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The State of Anarchy in Ukraine
May 7, 2014
As the body count begins to increase in eastern Ukraine and the chaos and general dystopian anarchy that has come to infect our conscious understanding of Ukraine has spread to other cities such as Odessa, many have started to wonder over whether or not the new government in Kiev will ever be able to truly […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 45: Ukraine Arrests Berkut Officers For ‘Mass Murder’
April 3, 2014
Ukraine has arrested members of the disbanded Berkut riot police that the Interior Ministry says are guilty of shooting protesters during the five-day Euromaidan revolution in February. Yesterday’s liveblog can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable […]
Ukraine Liveblog: Day 9 — Unifying the Police and Military
February 26, 2014
The country is simultaneously more united and more divided today, and the interim government is gaining control or disbanding part of deposed president Yanukovych’s security apparatus. At the same time, rival protests have been held in east Ukraine, and there’s now a growing rift between those who wish to declare independence from Ukraine and those […]
Russian State Duma Asks West To Not Interfere in Ukraine
January 24, 2014
On Wednesday the State Duma issued a statement on the events in Ukraine. As the Russian Foreign Minister did the day before, the deputies called on external forces to refrain from interfering in what is happening and to not aggravate the situation. “The State Duma calls on foreign politicians, who in violation of international law […]