Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
COVID-19 Exposes Funding Crisis In Ukraine’s Hospitals
COVID-19 is exposing acute funding shortages in Ukraine’s health service. In Kharkiv, a public hospital is mostly relying on private donations and patients are paying for medicines that are supposed to be free. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘A Nightmare’: Mourning Doctors Felled During Ukraine’s COVID-19 Outbreak
Current Time has spoken to spouses and close colleagues of medical staff who have died from COVID-19 while caring for others infected by the coronavirus. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Tells Russia To Stop ‘Inflicting Suffering On Crimea People’
The acting U.S. ambassador to Kyiv, Kristina Kvien, has called on Russia to “stop its legacy of inflicting suffering on the people of Crimea,” as Ukraine commemorated the victims of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s mass deportation of Crimean Tatars from their homeland in 1944. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Investigators Don’t Consider Rights Activist Suspect As Hundreds Rally On His Behalf
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says a noted Ukrainian civil rights activist will not be considered a suspect after a man who attacked him died. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Coffee, Crafts, Bazaars: Crimean Tatar Life Before The 1944 Deportation
In May 1944, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered the mass deportation of the entire Crimean Tatar population from the region to Central Asia, collectively accusing the community of collaborating with Nazi Germany. Here is a glimpse of Tatar life in the region before the deportation. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Return Of Crimea ‘Difficult And Slow Process,’ Says Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker
The speaker of Ukraine’s parliament says efforts to return control of Crimea to Kyiv are part of “a difficult and slow process,” that Ukraine is determined to resolve. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Court Rejects Crimean Blogger’s Appeal
A Russian military court has rejected an appeal by Crimean Tatar blogger Nariman Memedeminov to overturn his conviction on charges of inciting extremism, leaving him to serve the rest of his sentence in prison. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Parliament Approves Bank Legislation That Paves Way For IMF Funds
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved a banking bill that will help open up billions of dollars worth of aid to Kyiv from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Orangutans Are Crying: Ukrainian Zoo Animals Suffer During COVID-19 Lockdown
The owner of a private zoo in Ukraine is struggling to protect his animals from hunger, cold, and depression. Mykhaylo Pinchuk has had to modify feed for animals to save costs after the zoo closed to visitors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Law Firm Paid Millions To Former Ukrainian Prime Minister To Avoid Lawsuit — Report
An international law firm based in New York paid at least $11 million to avoid being sued by Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s former prime minister, according to The New York Times in a story published May 10. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
