Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Putin, Xi, Rohani Attend CICA Summit In Tajikistan
A summit of a 27-member regional grouping called the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) opened on June 15 in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian President Hassan Rohani, and other leaders of member countries including Saudi Arabia and...
Salt Of The Earth: Inside Ukraine’s Artyomsol Mine
In eastern Ukraine, a massive salt-mining operation is hoping to crack Western markets after Russia blocked its imports. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Begins Handing Out Passports To Ukrainians From Conflict Zone
Russia has begun handing out Russian passports to Ukrainians from separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, a move condemned by Kyiv as “legally void.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Brussels To Drop Criticism Of Ukraine’s Controversial Education Law
A draft statement expected to be issued at an upcoming EU-Ukraine summit will express Brussels’ continued recognition of Ukraine’s European aspirations while dropping criticism of the country’s education law, according to a copy of the draft seen by RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘It’s Time To Pay’: Ukraine Detains Donetsk Separatist Referendum Organizer
The chief organizer of a 2014 Donetsk separatist “independence” referendum in eastern Ukraine condemned by the international community has been detained by Ukrainian authorities, Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko has announced. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
HBO Series Fuels Chernobyl Tourism Boom
Tourists are flocking to explore Chernobyl’s exclusion zone in Ukraine after the HBO miniseries dramatized the 1986 meltdown at the doomed nuclear plant. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poll Shows Fewer Russians Consider Ukraine, U.S. As Enemies
Fewer Russians consider Ukraine and the United States as enemy states as they shift their attention toward growing domestic problems, according to a new poll. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Senators Submit Bill To Sanction Russian Gas Pipeline
A group of U.S. Republican senators has introduced a bill to sanction a Kremlin pipeline project as Washington seeks to force its European allies to reduce their dependence on Russian energy. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakashvili, Party Colleagues To Run In Ukraine’s Parliamentary Elections
The party of Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who served as governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region in 2015-16, has presented its list of top 10 candidates for Ukraine’s July 21 parliamentary elections. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
More Than 500 Torture Cases Documented By UN In Ukraine Conflict
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has documented more than 500 cases of ill-treatment, incommunicado detention, and torture by both Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists since the conflict erupted in April 2014, the mission’s head said in Kyiv on June 13. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
