Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Mueller Probe Focuses On 2016 Manafort Meeting With Kilimnik
The U.S. special counsel’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is focusing on a meeting by Donald Trump’s then-campaign chairman and a business associate who prosecutors say has ties to Russian intelligence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dutch ‘Confident’ Moscow Will Agree To Talks on Findings Of MH17 Downing Probe
The Netherlands says it is “increasingly confident” Russia will agree to formal talks about the findings of an international investigation that Moscow bears legal responsibility for its role in the 2014 downing of a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
France Backs Changes To EU Energy Rules Seen As Threat To Nord Stream 2
France says it supports proposed amendments to rules on the European Union’s energy market that could potentially threaten the completion of an underwater natural-gas pipeline between Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Moves To Bar Election Monitors From ‘Aggressor State’ Russia
Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to ban Russian citizens from serving as election monitors in the country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Google Censors Search Results After Russian Government Threat, Reports Say
Google has begun censoring websites blacklisted by the Russian government after Russia’s communications watchdog threatened to block the search-engine giant for not following its increasingly stringent rules, the Russian daily Vedomosti reported. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU To Call For Ukraine Support Ahead Of Elections, In Document Seen By RFE/RL
Eighteen European Union member states have called on the bloc to be “ready to act” in support of Ukraine in case Russian tries to undermine the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, according to a document seen by RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
After Slip In Polls, Tymoshenko Goes Low In Ukraine Campaigning
Presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko claimed this week without evidence that Ukraine’s American-born acting health minister was sent to “experiment” on Ukrainians and that President Poroshenko was bribing prospective voters. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Parliament Passes Constitutional Amendment To Reflect EU, NATO Aspirations
The Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved in its final reading a constitutional amendment that reflects the country’s strategic goal of becoming a member of NATO and the European Union. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Lies And Hatred’: Ukrainian Ex-President Yanukovych Slams Treason Conviction, Blames Europe
Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s pro-Russia former president, has again rejected his conviction by a Ukrainian court on charges of high treason over attempts to quash a 2014 pro-Western uprising known as the Maidan protests. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Opens Treason Probe Against Pro-Russian Politician
Ukrainian authorities say they are investigating allegations that Viktor Medvedchuk, a shadowy Ukrainian political operative with close personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has committed high treason. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
