Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Preliminary Stage Of Yanukovych’s Trial Resumes In Kyiv
A court in Kyiv has resumed hearings in the in-absentia treason trial of former President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany, Austria Object To Provision Of U.S. Senate’s Russian Sanctions Bill
Germany and Austria strongly objected to a provision in Russian sanctions legislation approved by the Senate on June 15, saying it could hurt European businesses involved in a project to bring Russian natural gas supplies to Europe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Two Russians, Navalny Party Members, Seek Political Asylum In Ukraine
Two Russian opposition figures from Aleksei Navalny’s party asked for political asylum at the Ukrainian border on June 15, Ukraine’s Border Guard Service said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
As Ukraine Says ‘Farewell Unwashed Russia,’ Putin Says Take Care In ‘Gay’ Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to use his marathon call-in show to poke fun at Ukraine’s tighter relations with the EU and suggest there are more gays there than in Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Bars Imprisoned Crimean Tatar From Seeing Dying Mother
Supporters of Akhtem Chiygoz, the head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis who has been held by Russian authorities since January 2015, say a Russian court in the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea has rejected a request that Chiygoz be allowed to see his mother, who is reportedly dying of cancer. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Bars Top Russian Boxer From Championship Match Over Crimea Visit
Ukraine has banned top Russian boxer Georgy Kushitashvili from entering the country for the European Boxing Championships because he had visited Crimea, Ukrainian and Russian officials said on June 14. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Senate Votes Overwhelmingly To Advance New Russia Sanctions
The U.S. Senate has voted overwhelmingly to cement existing economic sanctions imposed on Russia for its actions in Ukraine, and impose new ones in response to Moscow’s alleged meddling in last year’s election campaign. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Journalist Hopes To Steer Trial Away From ‘Politics’
Crimean journalist Mykola Semena has told RFE/RL that he welcomes the chance to make a straightforward, law-based case for his innocence at a trial he said has so far been dominated by politically charged statements by Russian prosecutors. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Sources: Ukraine’s Poroshenko To Meet Trump In Washington
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington sometime before next month’s G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, three Ukrainian officials in Kyiv and Washington told RFE/RL on June 14. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Belarusian Killed On Kyiv’s Maidan Honored As Hero Of Ukraine
A Belarusian man who was one of the first protesters killed during the Euromaidan protests in Kyiv in 2014 has been posthumously awarded a Hero of Ukraine medal. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
