News / MN Newsletter // May 18

May 18, 2019

Russia Ukraine Human rights groups present report on harassing activists in Crimea | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Poroshenko calls on new Ukraine's govt to continue course in EU, seek strengthening of sanctions against Russia until restoration of territorial integrity - Interfax Ukraine RFE/RL: Czech soldier gets suspended sentence for joining Donbas separatists | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv not Kiev: Another two Turkish airports start spelling "Kyiv" correctly – Ukraine envoy - UNIAN Poroshenko Grants Ukrainian Citizenship To Russian Ex-MP Ponomaryov - Ukrainian News Agency Human rights groups present report on harassing activists in Crimea | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Human rights defenders have presented their report on the directed persecution of civil activists in Russia-annexed Crimea. “Since 2014 in Russia-occupied Crimea, two main groups of persons have been persecuted: ‘political’ Ukrainians and representatives of the Crimean Tatar people. Read More Poroshenko calls on new Ukraine's govt to continue course in EU, seek strengthening of sanctions against Russia until restoration of territorial integrity - Interfax Ukraine Interfax Ukraine 15:25 18.05.2019 Poroshenko calls on new Ukraine's govt to continue course in EU, seek strengthening of sanctions against Russia until restoration of territorial integrity President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has called on the team of the new president to continue the movement of Ukraine to the European Union, to preserve the international coalition against Russian aggression and to seek strengthening of sanctions against Moscow until the full restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Read More RFE/RL: Czech soldier gets suspended sentence for joining Donbas separatists | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine RFE/RL: Czech soldier gets suspended sentence for joining Donbas separatists Published May 18 at 2:53 pm (Archive photo) An armed pro-Russian separatist stands guard in the village of Spartak near the airport of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 10, 2015. Read More Kyiv not Kiev: Another two Turkish airports start spelling "Kyiv" correctly – Ukraine envoy - UNIAN UNIAN Kyiv not Kiev: Another two Turkish airports start spelling "Kyiv" correctly – Ukraine envoyUkrainian authorities have been pushing for the correct spelling of the capital city by air carriers and airport operators across the world. Read More Poroshenko Grants Ukrainian Citizenship To Russian Ex-MP Ponomaryov - Ukrainian News Agency Ukrainian News Agency 17 May 2019, Friday, 18:01 46 2019-05-17T18:01:00+03:00 Politics 2019-05-18T12:30:05+03:00 Ukrainian news Poroshenko Grants Ukrainian Citizenship To Russian Ex-MP Ponomaryov Poroshenko Grants Ukrainian Citizenship To Russian Ex-MP Ponomaryov President Petro Poroshenko has granted Ukrainian citizenship to former member of Russia’s State Duma Ilya Ponomaryov. Ponomaryov announced this on his Facebook page, the Ukrainian News Agency reports. Read More

Top News Australian federal election 2019: Coalition on track to form government either outright or in minority – politics live - The Guardian The 20 best true-crime shows ever - The Guardian Microsoft and Sony strike games streaming deal - BBC News The woman accused of killing a pregnant teen and taking her baby plotted it for weeks, authorities say - CNN Inside Google's Civil War - Fortune Australian federal election 2019: Coalition on track to form government either outright or in minority – politics live - The Guardian The Guardian 6.00pm EDT18:00 Welcome to election day Calla Wahlquist Congratulations, we made it. The polls are open on election day. In just 10 short hours we can sink into the comforting embrace of psephological graphs and trying to watch multiple television broadcasts at once. Read More The 20 best true-crime shows ever - The Guardian The Guardian The Dropout Available on iTunes/various Her love of black rollnecks and a fake baritone voice might have made her a favourite of Twitter meme-makers, but the case of fraudulent US entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes is actually rather dark. Read More Microsoft and Sony strike games streaming deal - BBC News BBC News Image copyright Getty Images Microsoft and Sony have formed a partnership on video games streaming, despite being fierce competitors. It is expected Sony will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud service to host its upcoming PlayStation streaming service. Read More The woman accused of killing a pregnant teen and taking her baby plotted it for weeks, authorities say - CNN CNN Clarisa Figueroa, 46, strangled 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez at Figueroa's Chicago home last month, then removed the teen's baby from her body and pretended it was hers, authorities say. Read More Inside Google's Civil War - Fortune Fortune It started in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2018, when 100 employees walked out of Google’s office at 11:10 a.m. local time. Thirteen hours later, the elevators at the company’s New York City headquarters were so packed that workers took the stairs down to the street to protest. Read More

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