What to do while in Ukraine

Ukrainian dog hunter Alex Vedula sentenced to four years in prison. For the first time in Ukraine, the court gave a penalty of imprisonment for cruelty to animals. The guy did not have problem with police before and has positive characteristics. 19-year-old Alex abused  very badly puppy, filming the process of killing them  on the mobile phone camera. And after uploading the video on the Internet. At the court he explained  that he mocked the puppies to show authorities, as many appeared homeless animals in Ukraine. Psychiatric examination revealed that Alex is absolutely healthy. By the way, Alex Vedula  had an accomplice - 19-year-old Roman Polibino, who filmed the process of killing animals.  His court also sentenced to four years in prison, but suspended for 3 years. This means that  Polibino may not be planted if it is within three years did not violate the law. Those present at the court welcomed the court verdict with applause. Sad but on the very next day volu

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia could be deducted six points in its qualifying group for the next European Championship if its fans turn violent again at Euro 2012. UEFA fined the Russian football association 120,000 euros ($150,000) on Wednedsay because its fans attacked stadium stewards at a match last week in Poland. UEFA also gave the federation a suspended six-point deduction for a repeat offense. “This decision is suspended for a probationary period running from now until the end of the playoffs of the next UEFA European Football Championship,” UEFA said in a statement. Russia can appeal the verdict within three days. Russian fans were filmed fighting with stadium staff in Wroclaw after a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic last Friday. Police said violence flared when stewards tried to detain a man they believed threw a firecracker. Four stewards were treated at a hospital but were not seriously injured. Russia’s fine was also imposed by UEFA’s disciplinary panel b

Andrei Arshavin came to my attention at Euro 2008 the same way a man might find a beautiful woman in a dimly lit bar shortly after a breakup. Back then he got my mind off all that was wrong with Arsenal and offered the promise of something better. And as I watched him on Tuesday, in  Russia’s 1-1 draw against Poland , I was reminded of why I once fell for him and why we simply can never be. Arshavin was the most exciting player at Euro 2008, and on the back of his swashbuckling play Russia made it to the semifinals. By the time he scored against Holland in the quarterfinals I was drooling lustily over the prospect of seeing him in an Arsenal shirt. Arsenal had lost the iconic talents of Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry and become a nursery for Europe’s best teenaged talents. They were good enough to play exciting football but lacking the experience and grit to win close matches in the same manner of the great Gunners teams from earlier in the decade. On the evidence of Euro 200

The leader of the French Jewish umbrella organisation has expressed surprise that his country's football team did not visit Auschwitz ahead of the Euro 2012 tournament in Poland. Several members of the England team spent the day at Auschwitz or visiting other Holocaust sites in Krakow ahead of the opening of the European competition. Teams from Italy, the Netherlands and Germany also organised visits. But the French team, which played England in a one-all draw on Monday, is based in the Ukraine and did not arrange a similar visit. Noting that England had taken a step ahead of France, CRIF president Dr Richard Prasquier wrote on the organisation's website that the lack of a visit was "shocking". He acknowledged that a visit was more difficult for the French team, which is based in Donetsk in the Ukraine, than for the teams based in Krakow. "But the plane shortens distances and the fact that the visit does not seem to have been considered is shocking

Ukraine hoped the European soccer championships would showcase its progress since the  Soviet Union  collapsed. Instead, it’s shining the spotlight on accusations of political repression, graft and aging infrastructure. Almost eight years after the bloodless Orange Revolution propelled the country toward closer European integration, the bloc’s leaders are boycotting the tournament, which culminates July 1 in Kiev. They say democratic values have slipped since President  Viktor Yanukovych  took over in 2010, dislodging the leaders of the protests that overran the capital’s main square. That’s left Ukraine’s leader, who’s struggling to secure cheaper energy imports from traditional ally Russia and unlock international aid, looking isolated at a time when the economy is losing steam. Halfway into his five-year term, credit markets signal a 44 percent chance of a Ukrainian default, while Societe Generale SA predicts the hryvnia will be devalued. “Euro 2012 is definitely a chan