Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will pay an official visit to the Republic of Latvia in the near future. Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko stated this during a joint press conference with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, an Ukrinform correspondent reported “We are planning a visit of the President of Ukraine to Riga soon, I think it will take place next week,” he said. According to him, today’s meeting of the foreign…
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For Kremlin, Ukrainian election a choice between lesser of three evils
By Andrew Osborn on Friday, March 8, 2019Before Russia annexed Crimea and backed separatists in east Ukraine, Moscow had a Ukrainian president who did much of what it wanted. Now, as Ukraine readies to elect a new leader, none of the main candidates look that enticing to Russia. Viktor Yanukovich, the last Moscow-friendly Ukrainian president, was toppled by protests in 2014 and fled to Russia, and Petro Poroshenko, his successor, has put fierce opposition to Moscow at…