Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
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...
Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Manafort Poses ‘Risk Of Flight,’ Court Documents Say
U.S. court documents state that Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, poses a “serious risk of flight” based on a history of deceptive conduct, his wealth, connections to “Ukrainian and Russian oligarchs,” and “strong evidence of guilt.” …read more Source: Radio Free...
Topless Activist Torches Teddy Bears In Protest Against Ukraine’s Poroshenko
A topless activist from the protest group Femen set fire to several large toy bears outside a shop selling candy made by a confectionery company owned by President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Woman Suspected In Killing Ukrainian Regional Security Officer Arrested
Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) chief Vasyl Hrytsak says a woman suspected of killing a top regional security officer earlier this year in the southeastern city of Mariupol has been arrested. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Anticorruption Agency Reportedly Detains Interior Minister’s Son
Reports from Ukraine say anticorruption investigators have detained the son of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Wife Of Man Accused Of Plot To Kill Putin Shot Dead Near Kyiv
Unknown attackers fired on the car of a Chechen couple near Kyiv late on October 30, killing the woman, Amina Okuyeva. Her husband, Adam Osmayev, was accused in 2012 of plotting to kill Vladimir Putin, and was targeted in an earlier assassination attempt in June 2017. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, with videos courtesy of lb.ua, Kyiv Police,...
Kremlin Says Russia Not Accused In U.S. Indictment
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has emphasized that the Kremlin sees no evidence of accusations of Russian meddling in the indictment handed down to U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and an associate. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Wife Of Chechen Accused Of Plotting To Kill Putin Shot Dead Near Kyiv
The wife of a Chechen man accused by Russian authorities of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin has been killed in an ambush near Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Manafort’s Lawyer Calls Charges Against Him ‘Ridiculous’
A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort said that charges against his client were “ridiculous” and stressed there was “no evidence” of collusion with the Russians. Speaking after Manafort pleaded not guilty in a federal court hearing on October 30, attorney Kevin Downing said...
Eyewitnesses Ponder Real Reasons Behind Raid On Kyiv Nightclub, Question Excessive Force
Eyewitnesses and human rights advocates say Ukrainian authorities used excessive force when they arrested 17 young clubgoers for drug possession and detained 32 others they described as draft dodgers in an early morning raid on a popular Kyiv nightclub. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
