Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Saakashvili Escapes Custody After Standoff With Police
Ukrainian security forces arrested former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on suspicion of assisting a criminal organization but he later escaped from custody in Kyiv with help from his supporters. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakashvili Supporters Rally In Tbilisi
Some 3,000 members of the Georgian political party founded by Mikheil Saakashvili have demonstrated in Tbilisi, warning against the former president’s extradition from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Police Clash With Saakashvili Supporters In Kyiv
Dozens of Ukrainian police raided a protest camp outside the parliament building in Kyiv early on December 6 in a failed attempt to detain Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president turned Ukrainian opposition leader. Authorities said at least four police officers were injured, while protesters said nine activists were injured. The raid...
Saakashvili Defiant As Police Clash With Supporters At Kyiv Protest Camp
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president turned Ukrainian opposition leader, has vowed that he will continue to resist arrest after his supporters dramatically freed him from custody in Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Cites ‘Concerns’ Ukraine May Be Backtracking On Fight Against Corruption
The U.S. State Department is raising “concerns” about signs that Ukraine may be backtracking on its commitment to fight corruption, jeopardizing support for Kyiv in the West. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Cites ‘Concerns’ Ukraine May Be Backtracking On Fight Against Corruption
The U.S. State Department is raising “concerns” about signs that Ukraine may be backtracking on its commitment to fight corruption, jeopardizing support for Kyiv in the West. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Prosecutors Say Manafort Wrote Op-Ed On Ukraine With Colleague In Russia
Prosecutors investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election have accused President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of working with a colleague “assessed to have ties” to a Russian intelligence service to draft an opinion piece about his work for Ukraine. …read more...
NATO Chief Says Alliance Will Maintain Focus Despite Tillerson ‘Rumors’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has praised Rex Tillerson for what he called a “strong personal commitment” to the alliance and said “rumors” that the U.S. secretary of state could lose his job would not affect meetings this week in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Chief Says Alliance Will Maintain Focus Despite Tillerson ‘Rumors’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has praised Rex Tillerson for what he called a “strong personal commitment” to the alliance and said “rumors” that the U.S. secretary of state could lose his job would not affect meetings this week in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian TV Station Hit By Blockade
Men dressed in camouflage blockaded Ukraine’s NewsOne TV station in Kyiv with sandbags and barbed wires on December 3. They were angry that the broadcaster covered an opposition rally organized by Mikheil Saakashvili’s political party. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
