Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
White House Says Trump Will Sign Russian Sanctions Bill
The White House announced late on July 28 that U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to sign legislation strengthening sanctions against Russia over its alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Patriarch Calls For Unity Against Russian ‘Aggressor’
Thousands of followers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, led by Ukrainian Patriarch Filaret, performed a traditional cross-bearing procession in Kyiv on July 28 to mark the Day of the Christianization of Kievan Rus. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakashvili’s Options Limited After Losing Ukrainian Citizenship
What’s next for Mikheil Saakashvili — the former Georgian president who is now effectively stateless after being stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Inventor Builds Wooden “Robots”
Ukrainian Dmitry Balandin operates a construction crane for a living. And for fun, he builds elaborate robot-like models out of hundreds of wooden parts. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Teenage Thrill Seekers
Transit authorities in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, are urging thrill-seeking teenagers to stop riding on top of metro trains. So-called “metro surfing” is one of several risky activities taken up by young Ukrainian daredevils seeking fame on YouTube. The call to abandon the perilous stunts comes after two recent deaths on...
Saakashvili Lashes Out At Poroshenko, Vows To Seek Return To Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and Odesa region governor who has been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, lashed out at Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a video statement posted on Facebook on July 27. “I love Ukraine with all my heart and I will continue the fight here, in Ukraine, whatever the...
Russian Supreme Court Extends Crimean Tatar’s Prison Term
Russia’s Supreme Court has prolonged to 15 years the prison term for a jailed Crimean Tatar man, who was earlier sentenced to 12 years in April after a court found him guilty of creating a cell on behalf of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic group. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakashvili Lashes Out, Vows To Seek Return To Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and Odesa regional governor who has been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, is vowing to resist what he called the “cowardly” move and to “continue fighting for a real European Ukraine.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Adds Russians, Entities To Crimea Sanctions Over Siemens Case
RFE/RL has learned that the European Union has added four Russian individuals and three Russian entities to its sanctions list after revelations that four gas turbines from the German company Siemens were “illegally” diverted from Russia to Ukraine’s occupied Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Playing The ‘Little Russia’ Card
When the Kremlin or its proxies start dreaming up new names for Ukraine it’s often a sign that trouble is on the way. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
