Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Detains Two Russian FSB Agents Who Came Ashore From Black Sea
Ukrainian authorities have detained two men identified as Russian security agents after they came ashore in a small boat on Ukrainian-government controlled territory along the Black Sea, officials of both countries say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Extends Russia’s Countersanctions On Western Food
President Vladimir Putin has extended Russia’s embargo on food products from the West until the end of 2018, continuing Moscow’s policy of retaliation for Western sanctions against Russia for its seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and its support for pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio...
Podcast: The Hot And Cold War
Don’t look now but Russia’s war in Ukraine is heating up again. Listen to The Power Vertical Podcast to find out why. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Aerial Video Shows Chernobyl Forest Fires
Ukrainian emergency services have released striking video shot by aircrews battling forest fires near the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Chernobyl was the site of the world’s worst civilian nuclear disaster in 1986. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Firefighters Battle Forest Fire Near Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
Ukrainian firefighters are battling to contain a forest fire inside the irradiated exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, officials say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Faces ‘Substantial Fine’ Over Russia Eurovision Row, Organizers Say
Ukraine’s national broadcaster is facing a “substantial fine” after Russia’s contestant in May’s Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv was barred from entering the country, organizers say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, June 29, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Defense Ministers Meet To Discuss Raising Spending, Afghanistan
Defense ministers from NATO’s 29 member states are meeting in Brussels on June 29 to discuss raising defense spending further and sending more troops to Afghanistan to help the government battle a resurgent Taliban. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Court To Hold Hearing In Yanukovych Treason Case
A court in Kyiv is scheduled to hold a hearing in former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s treason case on June 29. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
We’re All Russia’s Neighbors Now
It’s a good idea to pay very close attention to what Russia does to its neighbors, because it often foreshadows things Moscow will later try out farther to the West. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
