The leaders of the four former Ukrainian provinces that joined Russia were presented with merits by the president Over two dozen people received state merits from Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. They included the acting heads of four former Ukrainian regions that joined Russia, following referendums this autumn.
Officials in the Egyptian capital Cairo are blaming the incident on a crowd stampede At least 27 spectators suffered injuries after a stand partially collapsed during a basketball game at an arena in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Saturday, the country’s health ministry has said.
The controversial ‘Mirotvorets’ database lists the late Soviet statesman as Kiev’s enemy over his position on Crimea The late Soviet reformist leader Mikhail Gorbachev has now been marked as “liquidated” by a controversial Ukrainian website that lists supposed enemies of Kiev.