16/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - Catherine Ashton “disappointed” by verdict against former defence minister. On Friday 13 April, the EU high representative for foreign affairs expressed her “disappointment” with the five-year sentence meted out the previous day against former Ukrainian defence minister, Valery Ivashchenko. Ashton underlined the fact that despite the repeated appeals made to Ukraine to respect international standards on fair trials, particularly with regard to...