Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Arrested Ukrainian Lawmaker Savchenko’s Home, Office Searched
Ukrainian law enforcement officers have searched the home and office of lawmaker Nadia Savchenko, who is in jail pending trial on charges of plotting a terrorist attack on parliament with grenades and automatic weapons. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Christians Celebrate Easter With ‘Holy Fire’
Orthodox and Eastern Rite Christians in Ukraine celebrated Easter on April 7 and 8, one week later than the holiday celebrated by believers in Western churches. On the evening before Easter Sunday, a church delegation brought the Holy Fire, a flame lit at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, to the cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Kyiv....
Five Killed As Train Collides With Minibus In Crimea
Authorities in Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Crimea region say five people were killed when a commuter train collided with a minibus on the peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Holy Fire’ Ceremony Helps Orthodox Christians Usher In Easter
The “Holy Fire” ceremony in Jerusalem helped Eastern Orthodox Christians usher in Easter, one week after Christians in the West also celebrated the religion’s holiest day. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
In Ukraine’s Language Battleground, Some Soldiers Switching Sides
In Ukraine, some Russian-speakers are switching to Ukrainian in a gesture aimed at beating back decades of Kremlin dominance. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Person A’ In His Own Words: On The Record With Shadowy Operative In Russia Probe
Before he was dubbed the elusive ‘Person A’ by U.S. prosecutors investigating Kremlin interference, a Russian-Ukrainian political operative and alleged spy spoke exclusively on the record to RFE/RL about Paul Manafort and more. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
CPJ Urges Ukraine Prosecutors To Return Azerbaijani Opposition Journalist’s Passport
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ukrainian authorities to “immediately” return the Dutch passport of a journalist who fled his homeland of Azerbaijan a decade ago, and stop any extradition procedures against him. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Tables Turned On Anticorruption Activists In Ukraine
Ukraine’s electronic asset-declaration system has been hailed as a crowning achievement of the post-Maidan government. But critics now warn it is being undermined and used as a tool to quash critics. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Man Released From Russian Prison In 2016 Dies At 75
A Ukrainian man who was freed from a Russian prison and returned home in a high-profile prisoner exchange in 2016 has died at the age of 75. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Facebook Deletes Accounts, Postings In Russian Linked To ‘Troll Factory’
Facebook says it has deleted dozens of pages linked to a Russian “troll factory” that was indicted in the United States for political activities aimed at influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
