Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ex-Director Of Moscow-Based Ukrainian Library Handed Suspended Sentence
The former director of Moscow’s Ukrainian Literature Library, Natalya Sharina, has been handed a four-year suspended sentence by a Moscow court in a case that is steeped in the confrontation between Moscow and Kyiv and which has been denounced by rights activists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
World Bank Says Russian Economy To Grow 1.3 Percent In 2017, 1.4 percent in 2018
The World Bank has forecast Russian economic growth at a 1.3 percent rate in 2017, helped by improving consumption in the country that is recovering from a two-year recession. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Montenegro Bars 149 Russians Linked To Annexation Of Crimea
Media reported on June 2 that Montenegro has barred 149 Russians and Ukrainians from entering the country in response to recent bans Moscow placed on Montenegrins traveling to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chechen Accused Of Plotting To Kill Putin Spared Death By Sharp-Shooting Wife
An assassination attempt on a Chechen man whom Russian authorities accuse of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin failed in Kyiv on June 1 after the victim’s wife returned gunfire and wounded the would-be assassin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Man Accused Of Plotting To Kill Putin Saved By Wife In Shootout
Adam Osmayev, a Chechen accused by Russian authorities of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin, was shot and wounded in Kyiv on June 1. Osmayev’s wife, Amina Okuyeva, returned fire, wounding the alleged attacker, who she says was posing as a journalist. The couple fought in eastern Ukraine alongside government troops against...
Orphaned By War In Ukraine
A garden party among friends ended when the shells fell, leaving 7-year-old Zhenya without any parents. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Vladimir Putin, Art Lover
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chechen Accused Of Plotting To Kill Putin Survives Shooting In Kyiv
A Chechen man whom Russian authorities accuse of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin was shot and wounded in Kyiv in what Ukrainian police say was an assassination attempt. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Envoy Warns Moscow Will Respond To NATO’s Eastern Boost
Russia’s ambassador to NATO says Moscow will respond to the alliance’s military deployment in Eastern members. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Verdict In Moscow-Based Ukrainian Library Director’s Hate-Crime Trial Postponed
A Moscow court has postponed the verdict in the trial of Natalya Sharina, a librarian who is charged with inciting hatred in a case that is steeped in the confrontation between Moscow and Kyiv and has been denounced by rights activists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
