The Tasks Ahead for Ukraine's New President Ukraine's new president gives the West a legitimate partner in this large European democracy. By MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI posts
The Wall Street Journal Ukraine’s former president, living in self-imposed exile in Russia, has sent President Donald Trump a peace plan on ending the conflict in Ukraine, in the newest freelance effort by a Ukrainian politician to reach out to the White House.
Ukraine’s Ex-President Viktor Yanukovych Pushes Peace Proposal
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The letter is unlikely to be taken seriously or have much chance of success, analysts said, because Mr. Yanukovych has little support in Ukraine and little credibility in the West after he fled to Russia, from where he makes infrequent statements tha Read more ... t chime with the Kremlin’s positions
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Newsweek Europe Mikheil Saakashvili, who resigned the Kiev government because of corruption, thinks it is.
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Newsweek Mikheil Saakashvili—who resigned the Kiev government because of corruption—thinks it is.
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The Wall Street Journal America’s European allies are insisting that the West must not compromise on its principles or weaken its support for Ukraine, in response to a call this week between President-Elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
NATO, Europe Urge No Compromise With Russia Over Ukraine
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During the campaign, Mr. Trump raised the possibility that U.S. defense of European allies could be contingent on whether they spend enough on defense.
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VICE News The former president of Georgia now governs one of Ukraine's most corrupt regions, Odessa.
In this exclusive interview, Simon Ostrovsky spent a day with Mikheil Saakashvili to find out how he was handling his new job: http://bit.ly/1kFfJDw
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VICE News The former president of Georgia now governs one of Ukraine's most corrupt regions, Odessa.
In this exclusive interview, Simon Ostrovsky spent a day with Mikheil Saakashvili to find out how he was handling his new job: http://bit.ly/1kFfJDw
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The Daily Beast Amid the sadness that's spread throughout Ukraine, Lviv, a city in the west, provides the country with real hope for change and democracy.
Ukraine’s Happiest Sad City
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In an exclusive interview, the mayor of Western Ukraine’s most important metropolis explains how and why he’s brought democracy to Lviv.
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NPR As president, Saakashvili led his tiny country, a former Soviet republic, in the brief war with Russia in 2008, which Georgia quickly lost. He left the country after his party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections.
He also spent a nu Read more ... mber of years in Ukraine when he was young, so Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko made Saakashvili a Ukrainian citizen and appointed him as governor of Odessa last month.
A Thorn For Russia, Georgia's Ex-President Pops Up In Ukraine
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As president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili boldly took on much larger Russia in 2008. He promptly lost. Now he's a governor in Ukraine, which is also doing battle with Russia.
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The Economist Mutual sympathy between Ukraine and Georgia has been put under strain since Ukraine's president hired Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's former president, to head his newly established council of international advisers. Tensions from the appointment come Read more ... at a time of economic woes and political division in a country whose orientation in the conflict between Russia and the West seems increasingly uncertain http://econ.st/1AvSJ9N
Divisive advisor
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OF ALL Russia’s neighbours, Ukraine and Georgia should understand each others’ situations. Both countries have fought losing battles against Russian troops...
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Fox Business Fmr. President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili says the Ukrainian people are at the mercy of Russian President Vladimir Putin: "I think it's a bleak moment not only for Ukraine, but indeed for Europe and also for the United States."
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