Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
The Savchenko Video ‘Evidence’: Ukraine’s ‘Hero’ Aviator Facing Terror Charges For Alleged Coup Plan
Hero of Ukraine Nadia Savchenko is facing serious criminal charges, including terrorism, and some say the alleged video and audio evidence against her is credible. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Journalist Pleads Not Guilty At Russian Espionage Trial
Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko, whom Russia has charged with espionage in a case seen by rights activists as politically motivated, has entered a not guilty plea as his trial began in Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Conflict Monitors Relaunch Long-Range Surveillance Drone Program
The European security organization responsible for monitoring the deadly conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine will reintroduce its long-range drone program more than a year and a half after it was dropped due to repeated shoot-downs. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Dead Coast
Once a sleepy resort town, Shyrokyne, on the Sea of Azov, is now one of the hottest points of the Ukraine war. RFE/RL photojournalist Andriy Dubchak visited the beach village that has now become a militarized ghost town. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Savchenko Announces Hunger Strike As Kyiv Court Decides Whether To Jail Her
Ukrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko announced a hunger strike as a court in Kyiv was deciding whether she will be placed in pretrial custody after the county’s chief prosecutor accused her of plotting terrorist attacks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, March 18, 2018
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
FSB Holds Crimean Tatar Activist For Questioning, Wife Fears Terror Charge
Crimean Tatar activist Nariman Memediminov has been taken in for questioning by Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers and may face charges of propagating terrorism, his wife says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Parliament Committee Green-Lights Savchenko Arrest
The Ukrainian parliament’s rules committee has unanimously approved the cancellation of immunity, detainment, and arrest of lawmaker and former Russian captive Nadia Savchenko, who is accused of plotting a “terrorist” attack on the legislature. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
From Hero To Terrorist? Ukraine’s Savchenko Refutes Terror Charges, But Admits To ‘Absurd Plans’
Ukrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko, a national heroine as a prisoner of war in Russia, told RFE/RL in an interview that charges of organizing an armed attack on parliament are “absurd.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Rejects Tatar Businessman’s Asylum Request
A businessman from Russia’s Tatarstan region says Ukraine has rejected his petition for political asylum. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
