Section: US & Canada
Ukrainians Boycott Russian Goods as Tensions Escalate Over Gas – and Chocolate
Ukraine’s troubles with neighboring Russia extend beyond their scuffles in Ukraine’s restive, Russian-speaking east. Residents of cosmopolitan Kyiv, have decided to take their fight directly to Russia’s pocket by boycotting its products. From Kyiv, VOA’s Anita Powell looked at how many Ukrainians are fighting — with,...
Russia, Ukraine, Former Natural Gas Trading Partners, Now Trade Insults
Russia and Ukraine, once brotherly nations, are fighting over natural gas deliveries and military aid. Russia has stopped buying potatoes from Ukraine and selling gas to Ukraine. In return, Ukraine wants to seal its border with Russia, accusing the Kremlin of sending tanks and cannons to help Ukraine’s separatists. Just when relations could...
Gazprom Cuts Gas to Ukraine
A Gazprom spokesman, Sergei Kupriyanov, explained the Russian gas giant’s action to stop supplying natural gas to Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine’s President Promises Peace Plan, Ceasefire
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says he will put forward a detailed peace plan that will include a ceasefire in the government’s battle with pro-Russian separatists. Opening a meeting the country’s national security council in Kyiv, Poroshenko said Monday he would roll out the peace plan this week, and that a ceasefire...
Developments in Ukraine
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A look at the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-controlled gas producer Gazprom on Monday cut shipments to Ukraine in a dispute over prices and unpaid debts…. …read more Source: Associated...
RFE/RL Video Roundup – June 16, 2014
Iraqi tribesmen show support for security forces fighting militants in Mosul, Ukrainian activists protest a pro-Putin pianist in New York, Belarusians celebrate the Holiday of the Mermaids, plus stories from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Activists Protest Russian Pianist In New York
Pro-Ukrainian activists staged a protest outside New York’s Carnegie Hall on June 15 during the performance of Russian pianist Denis Matsuev. The musician was among some 500 Russian celebrities who signed an open letter in March supporting President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea. Some Russian members of the audience...
In Focus: Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis
Lyudmila Denisenko endured weeks of deadly shootouts between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian insurgents in her home city of Slovyansk, the epicenter of the separatist conflict ravaging eastern Ukraine. But when a children’s hospital was shelled two weeks ago, her patience finally snapped. She and her family fled for the relative safety of...
Time Ripe for Ukraine Corruption Reforms
Ukraine’s new president, billionaire Petro Poroshenko, ran for office promising voters that he would institute reforms to end the kleptocracy seen during the regime of desposed President Viktor Yanukovych. His election was the culmination of reform demands expressed last winter on the Maidan, a square in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, where...
