Former Ukrainian economy and foreign minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was nominated for the post of prime minister in the new government, which will be formed after more than three months of protests finally led to the abolition of the current Ukrainian government. ...

The foreign ministers of Poland, Germany and France, are in the midst of negotiations with Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, and opposition leaders, in a bid to end the bloodshed that has gripped Maidan Square in Kiev over the last days ...

Ukraine is on the verge of a civil war, according to a media statement made by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, Feb. 19. ...

Russian opposition leader, and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny, reportedly traced an undeclared property worth RUB 86 mln to the deputy-speaker of the right-wing minority Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), Igor Lebedev, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Feb. 18. ...

Former-Bulgarian prime minister, and founder of the right-wing GERB party, Boyko Borisov, has made controversial choices to take the positions of party chair deputies, after being re-elected as GERB chair in a landslide election, which took place, Feb 16. ...

Ukraine may change the law to allow the entry of Russian citizens only with international passports, the Ukrainian daily Fakty.ua wrote Feb. 6. ...

A scandalous video referred to as the “Maidan Puppets,” by the media, where the U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland and the U.S. Ambassador to Kiev Jeffrey Payette frankly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the three main Ukrainian opposition leaders, was recently leaked to the Internet, Russian business daily Kommersant reported, on Feb. 7. ...

Russian anti-government campaigner, and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny, published a report on alleged instances of corruption surrounding the construction works in and around the Olympic village of Sochi ...

The Prague council refused to welcome Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, who was invited by his Czech counterpart, Milos Zeman, in April, Ukrainian daily Ukrainskaya Pravda wrote, on Feb. 5. ...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich went on sick leave from Jan. 30, according to the president’s press service. ...