KIEV, Dec. 28 ??“ Ihor Bakay, a close financial confidant of outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, fled Ukraine amid a range of suspicious deaths reported ahead of an anticipated change of power in Ukraine.

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KIEV, March 28??”Exactly 61 years after the United States declared independence from Britain, Ralph Waldo Emerson??™s Concord Hymn referred to the opening salvo of his country??™s successful revolt against monarchy as ???the shot heard round the world.???

KIEV ??“ When a police officer stopped a truck driver from Khoruzhivka, a small village in the Sumy region, and demanded a bribe, for both it was business as usual. But what happened later was a nightmare for the officer and for thousands of his fellow servicemen.

KAMIANETS-PODILSKIY, Nov. 21 ??“ Like most of Ukraine, this small city in western Ukraine usually looks grim in November. With all leaves down from trees, dark colors usually dominate the landscape. But this time it??™s different. It??™s orange.

KYIV, March 16 – A Ukrainian politician’s article on Bitcoin has turned into an internet sensation by trending for 24 hours among the best-read stories on one of the world’s most popular financial websites.

NEW YORK ??“ Viktor, 31, and his wife Lena, 30, got up at four o??™clock in the morning Sunday, packed their bags, started the car and took off for four-hour ride from Boston, Massachusetts, to New York City.

KIROVOHRAD ??“ A mobster attack, gunshots, seizure of ballots and disappearance of election officials. This may sound like a new Hollywood blockbuster, but it is not.