Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Kyiv Court Says U.S.-Born Suprun Can No Longer Head Health Ministry
A court in Kyiv has ruled that U.S.-born Acting Health Minister Ulyana Suprun can no longer head the ministry. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Reports: U.S. Prosecutors Subpoena Records From Trump’s Inauguration Committee
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times both reported that the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan issued a subpoena seeking information on the committee’s donors and event attendees, ticket details, federal disclosure filings, and other details. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Election Commission Receives 83 Filings For Presidential Candidates
Ukraine’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has completed acceptance of registration documents for the March 31 presidential election, saying 83 candidates have put forth their names. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Orthodox Church Enthrones Metropolitan Epifaniy
Metropolitan Epifaniy was officially installed as the leader of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine on February 3. President Petro Poroshenko attended the ceremony in a packed St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv. Epifaniy was elected to lead the church at its unifying assembly in December. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Enthrones Epifaniy As Leader
The new Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has installed its first metropolitan, Epifaniy, at a ceremony in Kyiv on February 3, in a process that further establishes the new church body’s independence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Preelection Dismissal At Ukraine’s Public Broadcaster Sparks Outcry
The supervisory board of Ukraine’s public broadcaster has fired the operator’s director without explanation in a closed-door decision just two months before a potentially divisive presidential election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Volker: Russia May Face More Action Over Detention Of Ukrainian Sailors
The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine says Washington and Europe are considering measures against Russia for its detention of 24 Ukrainian crew members captured in the Kerch Strait. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lie-Detector Loyalty Tests Proposed For Ukrainians In Separatist-Controlled East
Doubts have been raised in Ukraine about a prosecutor’s proposal for residents of the separatist-controlled east to face a loyalty lie detector test. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Blasts Kyiv For ‘Blatant Interference’ In Orthodox Church
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine’s government of “blatant interference” in the Orthodox Church in Ukraine after a new national institution split from Moscow’s patronage. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kick In The Grass: Fans Jeer Ukrainian Soccer Player’s Transfer To Russia
A top Ukrainian soccer player’s decision to move to an elite team in Russia has not only triggered anger in Ukraine, but highlighted the dire state of the game there. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
