Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s Savchenko Condemns Russian ‘Slave Mentality’
Ukraine’s most popular politician, who spent nearly two years in Russian and rebel captivity, has accused Russians of having the mentality of slaves in an interview with Ukrainian news site Apostrof. Nadiya Savchenko, a former military pilot, who was captured during the height of combat in east Ukraine two years ago, was elected to...
Fighting Flares In Mariinka, Eastern Ukraine, As Both Sides Hold Ground
Ukrainian troops traded fire overnight with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern city of Mariinka, where both sides have been holding their positions for weeks. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Grants Asylum To Kremlin Critic
A Russian opposition activist who was the first person charged under a strict new law restricting protests has received political asylum in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nazarbaev Says Poroshenko Seeks Compromise On Donbas
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev says Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is “inclined to finding compromises” on to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nazarbaev Says Poroshenko Seeks Compromise On Donbas
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev says Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is “inclined to finding compromises” on to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, August 16, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: The Crimea Con Job
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rio 2016: Ukraine Feels ‘Robbed of Gold’ In Bout With Russia
Ukraine’s Minister of Sport Igor Zhdanov has declared that one of the country’s top Olympians “was robbed of the deserved gold” in a scrappy wrestling final against Russia. Ukraine’s Zhan Beleniuk went into Monday night’s 85kg Greco Roman final bout with Russian Davit Chakvetadze as world number one. An evenly matched...
The Daily Vertical: The Crimea Con Job (Transcript)
So by now the holes in Russia’s story about an alleged Ukrainian terror plot in Crimea are big enough to drive a truck through. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
These are the only sanctions that Russia cares about
Russia can expect ‘indefinite’ sanctions for its illegal annexation of Crimea , according to a Russia specialist. …read more Source:...
