Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine’s Loznitsa Wins Cannes ‘Un Certain Regard’ Prize For Best Director
Ukrainian film director Serhiy Loznitsa won a best director prize in the Cannes film festival’s Un Certain Regard competition for Donbass, his odyssey about the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Commemorates Deportation Of Crimean Tatars; Dozens Detained
Ukraine commemorated the victims of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s mass deportation of Crimean Tatars from their homeland in 1944, and authorities on the Russian-controlled peninsula briefly detained dozens of people there. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Merkel To Meet Putin In Sochi For Talks On Iran, Ukraine, Nord Stream 2
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on May 18 for talks expected to focus on the Ukraine conflict, Europe’s response to the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, and the construction of a pipeline bringing gas from Russia to Germany. …read more...
Poroshenko Enacts New Sanctions Against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to enact a recently adopted decision to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Polish Leader Asks UN To Deploy Peacekeepers In Eastern Ukraine
Poland’s president has asked the UN Security Council to deploy a UN peacekeeping force in eastern Ukraine throughout the zone of conflict with Russia-backed separatists and along the border with Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Court Orders Russian Journalist Held On Suspicion Of Treason
A Ukrainian court has ordered the head of a major Russian state news agency’s branch in Ukraine held for two months on charges of high treason in a case that drew angry criticism from Moscow and expressions of concern from media watchdogs. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker Determined To Carry Hunger Strike ‘To The End’
A lawyer for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who opposed Moscow’s 2014 annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea and is now in prison in Russia, says his client is “serious” about a strict hunger strike he began on May 14 and that he “plans to see it to the end.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Detained Journalist For Russian State Agency Transferred To Ukrainian Region Near Crimea
The head of a major Russian state news agency’s branch in Ukraine has been transferred to the southern region of Kherson for prosecution following his arrest in Kyiv on suspicion of treason. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker Sentsov Starts Hunger Strike In Russian Prison
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who opposed Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and is now in prison in Russia, has started a hunger strike to demand the release of all Ukrainian nationals held in Russian penitentiaries. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
One Government Soldier Killed In Ukraine’s East
Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed and two wounded in clashes in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
