Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Pray For Rain: Crimea’s Dry-Up A Headache For Moscow, Dilemma For Kyiv
After Russia cut Crimea off from the rest of Ukraine by seizing control in 2014, Kyiv cut off the water supply with the grand-scale equivalent of a twist of the wrist. Now Moscow is scrambling to supply water to the desiccated peninsula and its people, and Kyiv is wondering whether to turn the taps back on. …read more Source:: Radio Free...
COVID-19: New Death Reported In Russia; New Restrictions In Effect In Ukraine
The global death toll from the coronavirus is more than 27,700 with almost 600,000 infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here’s a roundup of developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast countries. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Crimea Rom-Com Brought Scathing Reviews – And Good Money For The Head of RT, Report Says
“The Crimean Bridge. Stolen With Love!” A new investigation by the anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny has concluded that the head of the Kremlin-funded RT network and her husband got a sizable amount of state financing for a rom-com film that was savaged by critics. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
COVID-19: Ukraine Widens State Of Emergency; Putin To Address Nation
The global death toll from the coronavirus has almost reach 19,000 with more than 425,000 infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here’s a roundup of developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast countries. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Cabinet Submits IMF-Required Bill On Banks To Parliament
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted to parliament a revised bill on banking regulations needed to meet requirements set by the International Monetary Fund for a new lending package as the country’s feeble economy braces for the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Coronavirus Further Complicates Life At Line Of Contact In Eastern Ukraine
The global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been acutely felt in eastern Ukraine, where the line of contact between government-controlled territory and regions held by Russia-backed separatist formations has become even more complicated than usual. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Polish Court Convicts Three Men For Torching Hungarian Center In Ukraine
A court in Krakow has found three Polish men with right-wing, pro-Russian leanings guilty of committing terrorist acts for their roles in firebombing a Hungarian cultural center in western Ukraine last year. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
MH17 Trial Resumes Briefly Amid Coronavirus Restrictions
The trial in absentia of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with multiple counts of murder over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 resumed briefly at The Hague on March 23 amid coronavirus restrictions. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Records 26 New COVID-19 Cases As Kyiv Shuts All Public Transportation
Ukraine saw the number confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 73 as the capital, Kyiv, on March 23 is closing all public transportation for noncritical personnel. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Zelenskiy, IMF Director Hold Talks On Greater Financial Support Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva about greater financial support as the eastern European faces a possible crisis due to the coronavirus. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
