Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Arrests More Than 20 Former Tax Officials In ‘Biggest-Ever’ Corruption Crackdown
Ukrainian law enforcement agents have arrested 23 former high-ranking tax-administration officials suspected of helping the government of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych to defraud the state of nearly 97 billion hryvnyas ($4 billion) in what authorities called the largest-ever operation of its kind here. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe...
Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Language Quotas For TV, Radio
Lawmakers have approved a bill that would require Ukrainian television and radio stations that broadcast nationwide to have at least 75 percent of their programming in the Ukrainian language. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, May 23, 2017
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Sentences Ukrainian Hacker To 30 Months For Fraud Scheme
A Ukrainian hacker was sentenced on May 22 to 30 months in a U.S. prison for a scheme using stolen unpublished news releases to make around $30 million in profits. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Decision To Grant Visa-Free Travel To Ukrainians Becomes Official
The European Union’s decision granting visa liberalization for Ukraine has been published in the EU’s official journal, paving the way for the visa-free regime to enter into force on 11 June, 20 days after its publication on May 22. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Opens Criminal Probe Against Stalin, Beria For Crimean Tatar Deportations
Ukrainian officials have announced a criminal investigation into Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his secret police chief, Lavrenty Beria, for the mass deportation of Muslim Tatars from the Crimean Peninsula during World War II, which killed tens of thousands. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, May 19, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Commemorates Deportation Of Crimean Tatars
Ukraine is commemorating the victims of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s mass deportation of Tatars from Crimea in 1944. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, May 18, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian LGBT Activists Attacked In Kharkiv
LGBT activists were attacked in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on May 17 at a rally to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
