Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukrainian Soldier Given 24 Years For Role In Deadly Shelling Of Journalists In Donbas
An Italian court has sentenced Ukrainian National Guardsman Vitaliy Markiv to 24 years in prison for his role in the deaths of an Italian photojournalist and his translator during fighting near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
G7 Ambassadors Criticize Ukrainian President’s Lustration Initiative
The Group of Seven countries’ ambassadors to Ukraine have expressed caution about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s proposal to lustrate Ukrainian officials who held office after the Maidan uprising in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Parliament Approves Chemical Castration Of Pedophiles
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has adopted a law allowing the forcible chemical castration of pedophiles. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Zelenskiy, Putin Discuss East Ukraine Conflict In First Phone Call
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have held their first telephone call and discussed the conflict in eastern Ukraine as well as swapping prisoners. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Wait, That’s My Name: ‘Clone Candidates’ Fill Ukrainian Parliamentary Election Ballots
People who say imitation is the greatest form of flattery have probably never run for election in Ukraine. Candidates in the July 21 parliamentary vote are facing stiff competition not only from legitimate opponents, but from “clone candidates” with identical or nearly identical names. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
EU Court Annuls Yanukovych Asset Freezes
The European Union’s General Court on July 11 has annulled asset freezes imposed on former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, his son Oleksandr, and five other associates. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Leader To Putin: Soviet Union’s Collapse ‘Was A Blessing,’ Not A Catastrophe
European Council President Donald Tusk has said that “the collapse of the Soviet Union was a blessing” for Central and Eastern Europe. Speaking on July 11 at an international conference in the Georgian city of Batumi, Tusk was referring to a frequently quoted statement from Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Russian parliament in...
Moscow Police Detain Dozens Of Supporters Of Crimean Tatars Convicted On Terrorism Charges
Police in Moscow have detained dozens of demonstrators who rallied in front of the Supreme Court to show solidarity with four Crimean Tatars sentenced to lengthy prison terms on terrorism charges. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian President Kicks Out ‘Rogue’ Official From Meeting Over Criminal Record
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy booted a regional government official with a criminal record from a meeting that was broadcast on live television. “Get out of here, rogue!” Zelenskiy shouted at Yaroslav Hodunok, a Boryspil city council secretary and parliamentary candidate. Zelenskiy was attending the meeting in the Kyiv...
Ukrainian President Boots Official Out Of Meeting On Live TV
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has kicked a regional government official with a criminal record out of a meeting broadcast live on television. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
