Contents tagged with Joe Biden

  • Daughter of former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Shokin plans to sue Biden over insult to her grandmother

    Former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin’s daughter Alina intends to sue former US Vice President Joe Biden. She regarded a statement made by Biden to be an insult to her grandmother.

    "I have considered the situation of former Vice President Biden's speech, in which he insulted my late grandmother and my father. Considering this concerns my whole family, I am planning to go to court to protect the dignity of my family and show the highest principles of the equality of all American citizens …

  • Groysman accepts Biden’s invitation to visit the US

    Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has accepted an invitation issued by US Vice President Joseph Biden to visit the United States in June.  This was announced in a statement released by the Department of Information and Communication of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Government after a telephone conversation between Groysman and Biden.

    "The Prime Minister accepted the invitation of Vice President Joe Biden to visit the United States in June of this year,” the statement read.

    The two …

  • US Vice President Joe Biden calls on Russia to release Nadiya Savchenko

    US Vice President Joe Biden called on Russia to release Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is on trial in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

    “Today, as we mark International Women’s Day and honor all the brave women who struggle against injustice in this world, we also stand with Nadiya and with the Ukrainian people. And we call on Russia to make the right choice—to drop all charges and release her at once. Nadiya deserves to go home to her family and friends and join her fellow Rada …

  • Biden holds separate conversations with Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk

    US Vice President Joe Biden held separate phone conversations with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in which he called on the two politicians to unite Ukraine’s ruling coalition, according to a statement made by the White House.

    "He [Biden] called on the leadership of Ukraine to unite and restore the confidence of the public around a strong coalition… as well as to accelerate Ukraine's efforts to combat corruption, strengthen justice and the rule of law and to …