Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Azerbaijani Journalist Wanted By Baku Leaves Ukraine After Months Of Uncertainty
An Azerbaijani journalist who has been pursued by Baku since he fled his homeland under pressure a decade ago has left Ukraine for the Netherlands, where he has citizenship, colleagues say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin, Merkel Discuss Syria, Baltic Gas Pipeline
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed the situation in Syria and a controversial Baltic gas pipeline project in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
One Ukrainian Soldier Killed Fighting Separatists
Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed and five wounded in clashes in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Man Denies Sabotage Charges In Russia-Controlled Crimea
Ukrainian national Yevhen Panov pleaded not guilty to sabotage charges as a Russia-imposed court in annexed Crimea started his trial on April 16. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Jailed Ukrainian Lawmaker Savchenko Resumes Hunger Strike
Ukrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko, who is in jail pending trial on charges of plotting a terrorist attack on parliament with grenades and automatic weapons, has resumed a hunger strike. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Police Investigate Rocket-Propelled Grenade Attack On Kyiv Office Building
Ukrainian authorities say they are investigating a rocket-propelled-grenade attack on a building that houses the offices of two of Ukraine’s top independent news outlets in central Kyiv as “hooliganism.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Announces Plans To Quit CIS, Terminate Parts Of Russia Friendship Treaty
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced plans to quit the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and terminate parts of a friendship treaty with Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Missing Family Of Four In Eastern Ukraine Found Dead, Killed In Mine Blast
Ukrainian police say a missing family of four has been killed in an antitank mine explosion near the front line in the eastern region of Luhansk, an area the United Nations has called one of the most mine-contaminated places on Earth. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Spread of ‘Illiberalism’ In Postcommunist World Threatens Democracy – Freedom House
Contempt shown by governments for independent institutions and the civil society, attacks on the political opposition and independent media, as well as an incessant push to blend the ruling party with the state are becoming the new normal in postcommunist Europe and Eurasia, U.S.-based democracy monitor Freedom House warns in its latest report....
Merkel: New Pipeline Impossible Without Clarity For Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that a new natural-gas pipeline linking Russia with Germany cannot go ahead without clarity on Ukraine’s role as a gas transit route. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
