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He is a descendant of Russia's last czar — and has lived in the jungle, starred in Bollywood movies and trained as a stuntman.
Ukraine's finance minister resigned Wednesday amid pressure over a blocked $15 billion International Monetary Fund loan and the president appointed the head of the state security service and former economy minister — a longtime ally — to replace him.
Natalia Lepleiskaya is just the sort of person today's Russia needs — a successful young IT manager who does charity work in her free time.
A former write-in candidate for Arizona governor who ended up homeless in Ukraine says he is flying back to Phoenix next week after being entangled in an online dating scam.
In his new book, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych shares his dreams about the future of his country. But are they his?
One sunny summer morning, a stray mongrel the neighbors called Naida swallowed a piece of sausage she found on the ground. Soon after, she collapsed.
The seven-year prison term handed down to Ukraine's former prime minister highlights the stark choice faced by President Viktor Yanukovych: Does he turn the country east or west?
Ukrainians held in police custody are routinely subjected to beatings, abuse and extortion, Amnesty International said Wednesday, urging the government to set up an independent body to investigate such crimes.
Ukraine on Friday stepped up pressure on Russia to lower the price of its natural gas, saying a 2009 import contract contradicts an earlier agreement and must be revised.
The main suspect in the brutal slaying of an investigative reporter in Ukraine more than 10 years ago alleged on Tuesday that former President Leonid Kuchma played a role in the killing, a lawyer said.
Thousands of opposition activists on Wednesday protested the arrest of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, clouding official celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence declaration.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday survived an attempt by prosecutors to have her jailed during her trial, but the request signaled growing pressure on the defiant opposition leader.
She refuses to rise when addressing the court, calls the judge a "monster," and is buoyed by supporters' chants of "Shame! Shame!" The judge demands order but fears expelling rowdy spectators because they're national lawmakers.
The chaotic trial of Yulia Tymoshenko was plunged further into disorder Wednesday when the former Ukrainian prime minister was expelled from the courtroom for calling the judge a monster.
Former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on trial Friday on charges of abuse of office, insisting during a chaotic hearing in a small and stiflingly hot courtroom that the case is a plot by the nation's president to keep her out of politics.
Former professors of a Palestinian engineer captured in Ukraine and sent to Israel to face charges he built missiles for the militant group Hamas refute allegations in his indictment that he was taught weapons systems.
When his brain cancer pain became unbearable, Vlad Zhukovsky pleaded for a stronger dose of painkiller, but the doctors refused, citing Ukrainian health regulations. Unable to withstand the agony, he tried to jump out of a hospital window, but a fellow patient held him back.
An Indian elephant called Boy, the pride of the Kiev Zoo, collapsed and died in his enclosure. Around the same time, Maya the camel succumbed to a digestive illness and Theo the zebra died after crashing into a metal fence.
AIDS drugs turned Andrei from a sickly baby into an energetic toddler, who giggles as he goes sledding in his snow-covered backyard. But the health of the 2-year-old is again at risk — he is out of his medication.
The quirky mayor of Kiev has raised plenty of eyebrows with colorful behavior in public — and just as many by vanishing from view for weeks.
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko vowed not to flee her homeland Monday as she again appeared before prosecutors in part of a wide-ranging corruption probe that has already sent 10 of her senior aides to jail and banned her from leaving the capital.
Liban Farah fled violence-torn Somalia with dreams of refuge in the European Union. He made it to new member state Slovakia — but was arrested and sent back to neighboring Ukraine, where human smugglers had helped him cross the border.
About 6,000 people gathered in Ukraine's capital Thursday on the fourth day of demonstrations against tax law changes, part of the largest nationwide wave of protests since the Orange Revolution of 2004.
How to protest domestic violence, corruption and a visit by Russia's Vladimir Putin? Ukraine's answer: take off your bra!
Last year, the Ukrainian economy nearly collapsed in the global financial crisis as steel plants stopped production and construction cranes froze. Angry Ukrainians lined up to empty their bank accounts and Kiev restaurants idled without customers.
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