Word: kiev
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Until June 25, the River Palace was one of the most popular casinos in Kiev, buzzing with customers trying their luck in rooms awash with the sounds of pinging bells and clicking roulette balls. But now the place is deserted, filled only with an eerie silence. The timing couldn't have been worse for Olha Stupak, who was one of the casino's senior supervisors. With a child about to enter university, car-loan repayments to make and rent to pay, she's going to struggle to get by on her savings and unemployment benefits. "I'm looking for work...
...noble aims, the law has drawn heavy criticism. With presidential elections scheduled for January, Tymoshenko's opponents and the country's casino workers accuse the Prime Minister of using the gambling ban to enhance her hard-earned reputation as a supporter of working-class voters - a poll by the Kiev-based Horshenin Institute in May showed that 82% are in favor of the law. "She has scored a few political points at our expense," says the River Palace's Stupak. President Viktor Yushchenko vetoed the law, calling it "populist," only to have his decision overturned by parliament. And Interior Minister...
...These levers are likely to play a significant role in Ukraine's upcoming presidential elections, set for next January. Last time around, in 2004, Russia and Putin threw their weight behind then Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, whose initial victory was overturned after massive protests in Kiev against vote-rigging, which turned into the so-called Orange Revolution. This time, analysts say the Kremlin will probably diversify its approach, with support for both Yanukovych and previously hostile Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, President Yushchenko's former Orange ally...
...harsh criticism from the Russian government, reminiscent of the outcry when Estonian authorities had a similar statue dismantled and relocated in Tallinn in 2007. "We have a shared history, but our views of it are very different," says Stanislav Kulchytsky, deputy director of the Institute of Ukrainian History in Kiev...
...Kiev, campaigners remain defiant that the truth about Soviet-era crimes must come out. "Do they want us to forget?" asks NGO Memorial's Krutsyk. "Anyone who does is an enemy of the Ukrainian people...