Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Putin Tells Trump That Russia Open To ‘Wide-Ranging’ Dialogue With U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow remains open for dialogue with Washington. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Truce In Eastern Ukraine Appears Largely To Be Holding
A fresh truce between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine appears for the most part to be holding. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Medvedev Announces Russian Ban On Ukrainian Goods
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced a ban on Ukrainian goods, including agricultural and industrial products, days after adding Ukrainian firms and individuals to Russia’s sanctions list. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Rejects French, German Appeal To Release Ukrainian Sailors
The Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected what it says are unacceptable demands by Germany and France to release Ukrainian soldiers held by Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Newspaper Publishes New Year’s Messages From Jailed Activists
Imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, a Crimean native who opposed Russia’s 2014 takeover of the Ukrainian peninsula, has written in a letter to the Moscow-based Novaya Gazeta newspaper that he is not “going to give in.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Ukrainian Grandmother’s First Trip Abroad
Ukrainian Tetyana Bagatska had never been abroad until her granddaughter, Current Time’s Liubov Bagatska, invited her to visit her in Prague. There she discovered electric scooters, self-service checkouts, and the wonders of Prague’s Old Town. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Says Crimea Barrier Is Complete
Russian authorities say they have finished building a barrier dividing the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow forcibly seized in 2014, from mainland Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Do You Know Your Pelmeni From Your Pierogi?
There are dumplings … and then there are dumplings! Across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, nothing inspires more passionate debate than which dumplings — pelmeni, pierogi, varenyky, or khinkali, to name a few — are better. And which ones are the real deal? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Ends Martial Law In Ukraine As Tensions With Russia Continue
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced the end of martial law in the country’s border regions that was imposed last month after Russia seized Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Expands Targeted Sanctions Against Ukraine
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expanded Russia’s targeted sanctions against Ukrainian individuals and legal entities. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
