Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Confession: Belarusian Played Angry Ukrainian In Russian TV Report Slamming Euromaidan
After a Russian blogger exposed a young Belarusian for playing a disgruntled Ukrainian in a Russian state TV report criticizing Euromaidan, the man came forward and confessed to a “monstrous mistake.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Prominent Crimean Lawyer Jailed For Five Days Over 2013 Social-Media Post
A Russia-controlled court in Crimea has sentenced prominent lawyer Emil Kurbedinov to five days in jail for a 2013 Facebook post made before Russian forces seized and subsequently annexed the peninsula from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Says Russia Blocking Kerch Strait, Plans To Send Ukrainian Navy Ships
Ukraine is accusing Russia of keeping up its blockade of the Kerch Strait that links the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov, warning that it will soon send more navy ships through the strait. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
At OSCE Meeting, Ukraine Pleads For Ramped-Up Russia Sanctions
Ukraine has used a gathering of foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to call for increased sanctions against Russia, accusing Moscow of stepping up “aggression” against Kyiv and sowing “instability and insecurity” in the OSCE region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Parliament Approves Bill To Terminate Friendship Treaty With Russia
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved a move by President Petro Poroshenko to terminate the country’s Treaty of Friendship with Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia-Imposed Authorities In Crimea Detain Prominent Lawyer
Russia-imposed authorities in Crimea have detained a prominent lawyer, Emil Kurbedinov, his colleagues say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
CNN: U.S. Making Plans To Sail Warship Into Black Sea
The channel reported December 5 that U.S. military officials have asked the State Department to notify Turkey of possible plans for a ship to pass through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Hero In Ukraine, Hated In Belarus
Mikhail Zhyzneuski, who was shot dead during the Euromaidan protests of 2014, is considered a hero in Ukraine. But in his home city of Homiel in Balarus, his grave has been vandalized and his family say they have been treated as pariahs. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU To Sanction Nine People Over Ukraine Separatist Vote
The European Union is now expected to add nine individuals allegedly involved in the organization of last month’s elections in the areas controlled by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine to its sanctions list, according to sources in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘We Feel Like Little Insects’ — Families Separated By Barbed Wire On Ukraine-Russia Border
As tensions grow between Moscow and Kyiv, families living in two villages along the Ukraine-Russia border have been separated by a barbed-wire fence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
