WEST PALM BEACH, FL — Wladimir Klitschko’s training camp is buffeted by the plush villas and well-manicured golf courses of the PGA National Golf Resort.

Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko (L) and Sultan Ibragimov will go head-to-head Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
After the golfers finish a round they can bring their cool drinks inside the big white tent next to the registration desk and

MOSCOW, Russia — Russia threatened that, if Ukraine joined NATO, and allowed parts of a U.S. missile defense system to be built in Ukraine, Russia would aim some of its ICBMs at Ukraine.

A Russian SS-27 Topol-M mobile ICBM
The Russians are serious about this.

There are numerous reasons why. Many Russians are still upset about how they lost the Cold War, and are no longer a superpower. The

KIEV, Ukraine — The elephant in the room of Ukrainian politics is the ongoing competition between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and President Viktor Yushchenko.

Yulia Tymoshenko at a Cabinet of Ministers meeting.
The rivalry drives each leader to offer competing, sometimes conflicting, government initiatives, then trade criticism whenever an opportunity presents itself, observers said.

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WASHINGTON, DC — Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine have agreed on a reshuffling of the cards in Russia-Ukraine gas relations.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Ukraine counterpart Viktor Yushchenko exchange documents as they meet in Moscow’s Kremlin.
During Yushchenko’s February 12-13 visit to Moscow the two presidents adopted on a personal basis

KIEV, Ukraine — Russia’s No. 1 export earner — natural gas sold to Europe — travels to market by one of the most convoluted and lucrative energy distribution networks in the world. Square in the middle stands Ukraine.

The former Soviet republic is now locked in a dispute with the Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom over a host of purported issues — and a few real ones — all related to

KIEV, Ukraine — Russia’s No. 1 export earner — natural gas sold to Europe — travels to market by one of the most convoluted and lucrative energy distribution networks in the world. Square in the middle stands Ukraine.

The former Soviet republic is now locked in a dispute with the Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom over a host of purported issues — and a few real ones — all related to

KIEV, Ukraine — After the Cabinets approval of the privatization terms of Odessa Portside Plant (OPP), the State Property Fund (SPF) refused to call for the privatization auction at its meeting yesterday.

Valentyna Semenyuk
The head of the SPF, Valentyna Semenyuk, explained this refusal as being due to discrepancies in the privatization terms of the Cabinet and the Competition Regulatory

KIEV, Ukraine — Russia will resume a joint project with Ukraine to build An-70 military transport aircraft after an almost 2-year delay in setting up the program, the Ukrainian defense minister said on Friday.

An-70 military transport plane
Russia withdrew from the program in May 2006 to build the giant plane, which was launched in 1984, on the grounds that it was outdated.

“Russia has

Kiev - is the largest cultural, scientific and industrial center of the country, the place of religious pilgrimage and a very attractive tourist destination. It can boast for a long and glorious history full of heroic deeds and sometimes is called as “the mother of Slavic cities”, actually by right.

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BERLIN, Germany — Despite fierce objections from Russia, the United States is pushing NATO to start membership negotiations with Ukraine and Georgia at an alliance summit meeting in Bucharest in April, diplomats said Wednesday.

Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has made NATO membership one of her main foreign policy goals.
The U.S. pressure is likely to lead to divisions inside the 26-member alliance,