Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Women In Kyiv Say They March For Equality, Not Flowers And Compliments
Nearly a thousand people marched through Kyiv on International Women’s Day calling for women to rise up, fight domestic violence, and demand equality. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Question Mark Hangs Over Russia’s Eurovision Entry Amid Boycott Calls
There are mounting calls in Russia to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest this year, with pro-Kremlin lawmakers accusing host country Ukraine of being anti-Russian and a prominent pop star calling Ukraine’s victory last year political and unfair. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Threatens Russian Bank With Sanctions Over Separatist Documents
Ukrainian authorities are threatening to impose sanctions on the local subsidiary of Sberbank, Russia’s main state bank, after Sberbank said it would recognize passports issued by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, March 8, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
European Diplomats Push For More U.S. Support Against Russian Aggression
Envoys from six European countries that border Russia have pushed for more U.S. military and economic support, as they repeated warnings to U.S. senators about an increasingly aggressive Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian FM Says Tillerson Pledges U.S. Support Against ‘Russian Aggression’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has assured him that Washington will continue to support Kyiv in its standoff with Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Courthouse Drama: Jailing Of Ukraine Tax Chief Could Signal Watershed In Fight Against ‘Corrupt Untouchables’
The arrest of a senior tax official and ally of the Ukrainian president has been hailed — including by the president — as a sign of good things to come in Ukraine’s crucial battle against rampant corruption. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Church Denies Duma Deputy’s Claim Of Weeping Tsar Statue In Crimea
Russian Orthodox Church officials in the Kremlin-annexed Crimea region have refuted a controversial claim by State Duma Deputy Natalya Poklonskaya that a bust of Tsar Nicholas II in Simferopol wept tears on the centennial of his abdication of power. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Tells UN Court It Has No Jurisdiction In Ukraine Case
Russia says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has no jurisdiction to issue an order Ukraine seeks to halt Moscow’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, March 7, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
