Section: Public Radio International (USA)
Ukraine is wild about mushrooms — even during the pandemic
This year, a bumper crop of mushrooms is rewarding locals with plenty to eat and sell to restaurants, which is helping some families navigate an economic downturn during the pandemic. But mushroom-foraging tours have suffered. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert
Latvia and Lithuania have banned Kremlin-tied RT television channels over links to Dmitry Kiselev, who is sanctioned by the EU for spreading propaganda about Ukraine. “The problem is that RT is a part of this infrastructure of propaganda,” media expert Solvita Denisa-Liepniece told The World’s Carol Hills. …read more...
No. 1 rule for police: Defend human rights, says Ukraine’s former police chief
Khatia Dekanoidze knows about police reform. As the former chief of the National Police of Ukraine, she continues to work on police reform efforts in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. She spoke with The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about what US police officers can do now to reform. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
‘Between Two Fires’ looks at the complexities of life in Putin’s Russia
Joshua Yaffa lives in Russia and is the Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker magazine. In his new book, “Between Two Fires,” he writes about how complicated life is in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and how — to some degree — he found the same in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Pompeo heads to Kyiv under shadow of political ‘theater’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Kyiv under the shadow of the impeachment trial in the Senate and a contentious interview in which Pompeo asked a reporter, “Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?” …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Alyona Alyona breathes new life into Ukrainian rap scene
When Alyona Savranenko turned 12, hip-hop found her in a small rural village. Now Savranenko, a former kindergarten teacher, is the biggest rapper in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Ukraine is ‘sending a very clear message to corrupt elites’
The instances of corruption coming to light in Ukraine these days aren’t necessarily warning signs of a country moving backward. They’re signs of progress. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Is Russia’s new bridge to Crimea ‘primarily an image project’?
The railway portion of Europe’s longest bridge opened Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. The infrastructure project cost around $3.5 billion and spans nearly 12 miles. But as far as many European leaders are concerned, it’s nothing to celebrate. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
This former Ukrainian MP wants US politicians to ‘stop playing the Ukrainian card’
Many Republicans say a “black ledger” acquired by Sergii Leshchenko is a forgery and that it was publicly released to link President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, to corruption in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
Gordon Sondland testifies on impeachment inquiry
Sondland described broad involvement at the upper levels of the Trump administration in a pressure campaign against Ukraine. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
