Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Kazakh Blogger Who Fled To Kyiv Ordered Held 60 Days Pending Extradition Decision
A Kyiv court has ordered a Kazakh blogger who fled to Ukraine after criticizing President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s government held under arrest for two months as authorities consider handing her over to Kazakhstan. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
City Council Member Found Dead With Broken Skull In Eastern Ukraine, Murder Probe Launched
Police in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine have launched a murder investigation after a city council member in the government-held Luhansk region city of Syevyerodonetsk was found dead, his skull broken. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Serbs Fighting For Separatists In Ukraine
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) says there are some 300 Serbs fighting alongside Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. They appear to motivated by a nationalist agenda stressing traditional links between Russia and Serbia. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service/Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Judge Turns Down Manafort Request To Ease Home Confinement
A U.S. judge has turned down a request by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, to release him from home confinement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Explainer: The Facts Behind The Now-Endangered U.S. ‘Diversity Visa’ Plan
The Uzbek man accused of killing eight people in the New York City terror attack first came to the United States in 2010 under the Diversity Visa Immigrant Program. Designed to provide permanent residency status to people from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States, the program is now under fire from President Donald Trump....
Russian Defense Minister Meets U.S. Ambassador In Moscow
The Russian Defense Ministry says Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman discussed bilateral relations and international security issues during a meeting on November 2. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Wants To Question Manafort, But Says Requests To U.S. Have Been Unanswered
Ukrainian prosecutors intend to ask the U.S. Justice Department for permission to interview President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, following his indictment earlier this week, an official said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Fancy Bear’ Tried To Hack E-Mail Of Ukrainian Making Artillery-Guidance App
An officer who developed an artillery-guidance app used by the Ukrainian military in its fight against Moscow-backed separatists was among the members of Ukraine’s political and military elite targeted by a hacking group with alleged links to Russian security services. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Belarusian, Ukrainian Presidents Discuss Ties In Abu Dhabi
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for talks in the United Arab Emirates. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Interior Minister’s Son Released From Detention
A Kyiv court has released the 29-year-old son of Ukraine’s powerful interior minister after his arrest the day before by anticorruption officials on embezzlement charges. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
