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The Morning Vertical, March 2, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian PM Says Blockade Forces Firms To Buy From Russia
Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman said that the nationalist blockade of coal supplies from separatist territory in the east is having a major impact on Ukrainian companies. Speaking to RFE/RL in Kyiv on February 28, he said the blockade was forcing firms to buy coal from Russia. (Current Time TV) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Simplifies Legal Process For Gender Transition
Ukraine’s Health Ministry has taken steps to reduce the legal obstacles faced by transgender people. Since the end of December 2016, it’s no longer necessary to petition a board of mental health professionals or spend a month in a psychiatric facility in order to legally change one’s gender. (Maryna Stupak, Current Time TV)...
Tensions Rise In Ukraine As Separatists Seize Companies Over Blockade
Tensions over a blockade hampering commerce between eastern territories held by Russia-backed separatists and the rest of Ukraine have mounted after the separatists announced they would seize control of enterprises on the land and the Ukrainian interior minister said Kyiv should end the blockade by force if necessary. …read more Source:...
The Morning Vertical, March 1, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nightlife In A Separatist Stronghold
Separatists have imposed a strict curfew on Donetsk, but the Ukrainian city’s young people keep on partying on. (RFE/RL’s Russian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Moves A Step Closer To Visa-Free Travel In European Union
Negotiators for the European Parliament and European Union member states have reached a deal to allow Ukrainian citizens to enter the political bloc without a visa. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Minister Asks For Police To Break Up Activist Blockade Of East
Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on February 28 that he has requested permission for the police force to break up an activist blockade of the country’s transit routes with areas of the east held by separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Court Sets Date For RFE/RL Journalist’s ‘Separatism’ Trial
A court in Russia-annexed Crimea has set March 20 for the start of a trial against an RFE/RL contributing correspondent who faces separatism-related charges for one of his articles. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Passports, Banknotes, And Blackmail
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
