Ukrainian authorities seek access to ex-prosecutor Pshonka’s archivesUkraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office is in talks to obtain the archives of ex-Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka with a “paramilitary group” that took part in the Maidan protests. The prosecutors believe that the archives contain information about the authorities’ struggles against the protestors, the office’s press service announced on Monday.10:22 20.05.2014
Prosecutors present evidence in Russian opposition activists' coup caseProsecutors on Tuesday completed presenting their evidence in the case against Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who face charges of organizing riots in May 2012, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI.17:32 13.05.2014
Ukrainian prosecutors investigate 47 cases over protests in KievKiev Prosecutor’s Office is investigating 47 criminal cases connected with the protests on the Independecne Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in Kiev, prosecutor Nikolai Gerasimyuk told the press on Wednesday13:59 30.04.2014
Poland launches investigation into alleged Ukrainian nationalists trainingPolish prosecutors have opened a criminal case against unidentified persons suspected of training Ukrainian nationalists who took part in mass riots in Ukrainian capital, Przemyslaw Nowak, spokesman for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.10:30 29.04.2014
ICC to hold preliminary hearing over events in UkraineProsecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda is beginning a preliminary hearing on the events in Ukraine that occurred between November 29, 2013, and February 22, 2014, the court announced in its press release Friday.16:40 25.04.2014
Ukrainian city court bans pro-Russian protestsThe Kharkiv District Administrative Court has banned a group of pro-Russian activists from protesting in the city, the 112.UA Ukrainian news agency reports.10:45 11.04.2014
Ukraine seeks to ramp up separatism penaltiesUkraine’s Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday will review a draft bill that proposes more severe penalties for separatism, acting president Aleksandr Turchinov declared in a public address on Monday.17:35 07.04.2014
Kiev riot police detained over protest shootingsThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday reported that 12 members of the Berkut riot police battalion have been detained on suspicion of their roles in the live-ammo shootings that occurred during the Kiev protests in February.12:39 03.04.2014
Penalties for repeat violations of protest rallies rules to be increasedA group of State Duma deputies have submitted a bill to tighten the criminal and administrative penalties for repeat violations of public event and demonstration regulations.11:02 01.04.2014
Greenpeace activists turn to ECHR over arrests in RussiaGreenpeace activists and members of the press filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) challenging their arrests in September 2013 following a protest at a Gazprom drilling platform, Greenpeace announced Monday.15:30 17.03.2014
Crimea initiates referendum for autonomy from Ukraine - reportThe Crimean Verkhovna Rada (parliament) has initiated a referendum on amending the autonomy status and broadening its governing options, the Sevastopolskaya Gazeta daily reports on Thursday.16:43 27.02.2014
Crimean police clear Simferopol after pro-Russian takeoverThe police have cautioned people in Simferopol, where the self-defense forces of the Russian-speaking population are holding the government and parliament buildings of the Crimea, against visiting the city center, Olga Kondrashova, head of the Interior Ministry’s Crimean department, told RIA Novosti.15:15 27.02.2014
Russian State Duma proposes fast-track citizenship for UkrainiansAt a recent plenary meeting of the State Duma, A Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov proposed that the citizenship procedure for Ukrainian nationals should be simplified, taking no longer than six months.12:16 25.02.2014
Sentences brought to the eight convicted of 2012 Moscow riotsMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday sentenced eight activists to prison terms of three to four years in prison for participation in Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.13:57 24.02.2014
Yanukovich’s whereabouts unknown - Ukrainian Security ServiceUkrainian Security Service has no information on the current whereabouts of president Viktor Yanukovich, and does not confirm reports of his detainment in Crimea, Ukrinform agency reports on Monday.11:56 24.02.2014
2012 Bolotnaya protesters found guiltyEight Russian opposition activists were found guilty of mass rioting and using violence against authorities over a 2012 anti-Kremlin rally Friday, as more than 100 people who had gathered outside the courtroom to show their support for the defendants were detained by police.15:52 21.02.2014
Eight convicted in 2012 Moscow riots caseMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Friday convicted eight activists charged in connection with Moscow's 2012 Bolotnaya riots, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.15:34 21.02.2014
Ukrainian President Yanukovich announces early electionsUkrainian Presdient Viktor Yanukovich on Friday declared that he is intitating the return to the 2004 constitution with redestributing power towards parliamentary republic form of government, and announced early presidential elections.15:18 21.02.2014
Radical protesters break truce, open fire on police in KievProsecutors have opened fire on police in down town Kiev, thus breaking the truce, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's press service announced reported on Friday.12:40 21.02.2014
Death toll is on the rise in ongoing Kiev clashesThe number of deaths in the ongoing clashes between the protesters and police in Kiev has officialy risen to 35, the Ukranian Health Ministry announced Thursday.15:06 20.02.2014