Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Russian Court Leaves Jailed Ukrainian Sailors In Pretrial Detention
A Moscow court has prolonged the pretrial detention for 12 of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces who attacked three Ukrainian Navy vessels in the Black Sea in November. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Flames Of Protest: The Wave Of Self-Immolations Against Soviet Tanks
Jan Palach set himself alight in central Prague 50 years ago, a shocking act that made headlines around the world. But it’s less well known that others, before and after Palach, took the same desperate action to protest the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Paris Opera Drops Star Russian Dancer After Homophobic Rant
The Paris Opera Ballet has dropped Ukrainian-born dance star Sergei Polunin from a production of Swan Lake after he made a homophobic and sexist rant on social media. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
No Entry: Ukrainian Crowd Blocks Priests From Church
There was a confrontation at a church in northern Ukraine, as residents prevented priests affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate from entering on Sunday, January 13. There has been tension in the Orthodox community since the Orthodox Church of Ukraine recently split from the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. …read more Source:...
Far-Right German Journalist Implicated In Firebombing Of Hungarian Center In Ukraine
A Polish man accused of involvement in the firebombing of a Hungarian cultural center in western Ukraine last year says he received instructions on the attack from a German journalist who has worked for a German deputy with the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Friendship Of The Peoples’ Is A Street Divided Between Ukraine, Russia
Friendship Of The Peoples Street long served as more of a bridge than a divide between two towns along the Russia-Ukraine border. Now, a fence bisects the street, driving a visible wedge between neighbors. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
OSCE Monitoring Drone Shot Down Over Eastern Ukraine
A surveillance drone operated by monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine has been shot down near the government-controlled village of Popasna in the Luhansk region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Court To Consider Prolonging Pretrial Detention Of Ukrainian Sailors
A court in Moscow says it will consider a request by the Russian Investigative Committee to prolong the pretrial detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces who attacked three Ukrainian navy vessels in the Black Sea in November. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Last Link Of Luhansk
Crossing through the only corridor that remains open for people in Ukraine’s Luhansk region to navigate the so-called line of contact. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany Says U.S. Sanctions Against Gas Pipeline ‘Not The Way To Go’
U.S. sanctions against the Moscow-backed Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline project would be the wrong way to solve a dispute over energy supply, according to German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
