Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Judge Rules Manafort Lied To Prosecutors, Grand Jury During Russia Probe
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, breached his plea agreement by intentionally lying to prosecutors and the grand jury as part of the special counsel’s Russia probe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Senators To Try Again With Tougher Russia Sanctions Bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on February 13 that would impose drastic new sanctions on Russia over its meddling in U.S. elections and aggression against Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Are Russian Trolls Saving Measles From Extinction?
Scientists are beginning ask whether the European measles epidemic was bolstered by Russian trolls who infiltrated anti-vaccination groups to spread the Kremlin’s agenda. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.N. Official Says Peace Negotiations For Ukraine Have ‘Lost Momentum’
Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca made the comment in a speech before the U.N. Security Council at an event marking the fourth anniversary of the accords. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Court Extends Inter RAO Top Manager’s Pretrial Detention In Spying Case
Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court on February 12 ruled to extend the pretrial detention of Karina Tsurkan, an executive with energy holding company Inter RAO charged with spying, until at least mid-April, Russian media reported. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Threatening Democracies Worldwide, Pompeo Tells Slovaks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is on a tour of Central Europe, warned on February 12 that Russian President Vladimir Putin poses a threat to democracies worldwide. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Court Upholds Prolongation Of Ukrainian Sailors’ Pretrial Detentions
A Moscow court on February 12 upheld the extension of the pretrial detention of four of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces along with their three naval vessels in November near the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Official Suspected In Activist’s Death Faces Detention Order
A court in Kyiv is expected to consider a request from Ukrainian prosecutors to detain a high-ranking regional official suspected of organizing the killing of anticorruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Banderite’ Rebrand: Ukrainian Police Declare Admiration For Nazi Collaborators To Make A Point
Across social media, Ukrainian cops made it known: They’re “Banderites,” from the ministry on down. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Temple To Space In A Ukrainian Church
The “Space Museum” in the small Ukrainian town of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy is housed in a 19th-century Orthodox church. It’s one of many buildings that were repurposed or destroyed as part of an antireligion campaign during the Soviet era. It now houses artifacts including a lunar rover. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe...
