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Duma Approves Tax Breaks For Sanctions-Hit Russians
Russia’s lower house of parliament has approved legislation to exempt Russians who are under Western sanctions from paying tax in Russia if they are registered as taxpayers in foreign countries. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Tatar Leader Likely To Face Trial Soon On Separatism Charge
A Crimean Tatar leader who has criticized Russia’s seizure of the Black Sea peninsula appears likely to face trial soon on what he says are spurious charges of separatism. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s Plan B In Ukraine
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s Plan B In Ukraine
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, March 22, 2017
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s Plan B In Ukraine (Transcript)
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Lawmaker Says Manafort Hid Yanukovych Payments
A member of Ukraine’s parliament has presented documents which he says proves that U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager tried to hide a large payment from Ukraine’s ousted pro-Russian president. Serhiy Leshchenko showed the documents at a news conference in Kyiv on March 21. They purportedly show a $750,000...
Student Says FSB Beat Him For Displaying Ukrainian Flag At Russia Rally
A postgraduate student at Moscow State University (MGU) says he was beaten and interrogated by the Federal Security Service (FSB) after he exposed a makeshift Ukrainian flag on the third anniversary of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Central Bank Revises Down GDP Outlook As Blockade Hits
Ukraine’s central bank said on March 21 that a blockade of the part of the country controlled by Russia-backed separatists will hit the country’s economy harder than previously expected. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Lawmaker Calls On U.S. To Investigate New ‘Evidence’ Of Secret Payments To Manafort
Paul Manafort is under scrutiny again after a Ukrainian lawmaker released documents he says show that U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman went to great lengths to hide $750,000 tied to his work for former President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
