Section: US & Canada
In a bid to save Soviet-era art, Kiev activists preserve a slice of history
Eager to erase its communist past, Ukraine recently launched a campaign to destroy Soviet-era symbols. But efforts to preserve these works point to the value of art as an important relic of history. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Putin Defends Jailing of 77-Year-old Activist
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday defended the jailing of an elderly rights activist over calls to protest, stressing he wants to prevent events like France’s “yellow vest” revolt. The Russian leader was responding to an appeal to free 77-year-old Sergei Ponomaryov, a prominent rights activist who is serving 16 days in...
Will America recover from Donald Trump and the Reign of Lies?
True? Not true? Does it matter? (Win McNamee/Getty Images) The great American cavalcade of liars and lawyers slithers into Courtroom 2. Just outside the chamber, high above us as we enter, there are red stains in the plaster, reminiscent of the scene in Tess of the d’Urbervilles in which Mrs. Brooks looks up to see “The oblong white...
Ukrainian Court Reinstates Nasirov After He Was Charged With Embezzlement
A court in Kyiv has reinstated Roman Nasirov to the position of head of the State Fiscal Service after he was fired in January following his arrest on suspicion of embezzlement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Former Russian Navy Officer Sentenced To 14 Years On Charge Of Spying For Ukraine
Retired Russian navy officer Leonid Parkhomenko has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after a military tribunal in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don found him guilty of passing classified documents to Ukrainian intelligence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
From Pole to Pole: The Rise and Fall of Liberal Poland
In June 2004, O’Connell Street, Dublin’s main thoroughfare, spoke Polish. Or so it seemed, anyway, to me and the many other Poles there looking for a place to stay and a job—any job. I was lucky: I got one at a lunch franchise called Itsa Bagel. I wore a fully organic gray linen apron, made fancy sandwiches I couldn’t afford,...
He Faked His Own Death to Save His Life. Did He Discredit His Profession By Doing So?
Arkady Babchenko, the Russian journalist now living in exile in Ukraine, spent the strangest night of his life in a morgue this spring. His face still crusted in the makeup that police had used to make him look dead, Babchenko watched his friends reacting on Facebook to the news of his gruesome murder. That news broke on the night of May 29, and...
‘Hard Times Produce Strong People’ — Ukraine’s Women Warriors
The number of female soldiers in Ukraine’s military has risen sharply since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. About one third are officers like Olena Belska who commands a mortar unit in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Current State Of Trump-Related Investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing escalating criminal investigations in Washington and New York that are examining not only whether his campaign coordinated with the Kremlin but also whether he illegally bought the silence of two women who say they had sex with him. A look at the nearly three dozen people charged by special...
Crimean Lawyer Released After Serving Five-Day Term For 2013 Social Media Post
Prominent Crimean lawyer Emil Kurbedinov has been released from jail after serving a five-day term. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
