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Protesters Clash With Police In Kyiv
Protesters scuffled with police near Ukraine’s parliament building in Kyiv during an antigovernment demonstration. Police used tear gas to try to disperse the crowd of some 4,500 people, who were calling for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to enact anticorruption reforms or step down. Injuries were reported by both security officers...
Protesters In Kyiv Demand Electoral Reforms
Thousands of opposition protesters demonstrated in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to demand reforms to the electoral system and new anticorruption measures. Minor scuffles were reported in front of the parliament building during the mainly peaceful protest. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Says Two Soldiers Killed In East
Ukraine’s military says that two of its soldiers were killed amid multiple cease-fire violations by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on October 16. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Farewell, Russian World
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, October 17, 2017
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Congo Wins Seat At Human Rights Council, Despite Abuses
The UN General Assembly has elected the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Human Rights Council, despite protests that the country’s record of human rights abuses make it unfit for the job. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Thousands Of Protesters Rally With Saakashvili In Kyiv, Amid Heavy Police Presence
Thousands of protesters gathered amid a heavy police presence in front of Ukraine’s parliament in Kyiv on October 17 for a rally organized by firebrand politician Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Security Service Warns Of Potential Violence; Saakashvili Pledges Peaceful Protest
Ukraine’s main security agency has claimed it averted potential violence planned during a protest in front of the country’s parliament, an action organized by controversial firebrand politician Mikheil Saakashvili. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakshvili Calls For ‘Calm And Peaceful’ Protest In Kyiv
Former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region Mikheil Saakashvili says the current generation of Ukrainian leaders needs to be replaced, accusing them of having a condescending attitude toward their citizens. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service in Kyiv on October 16, he called on demonstrators to turn...
The Morning Vertical, October 16, 2017
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
