Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Former Lawmaker Who Defected To Ukraine Lambasts Russia
Former Russian State Duma Deputy Denis Voronenkov, who defected to Ukraine last year, has called Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region ” a mistake.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Chief Urges Allies To ‘Keep Up The Momentum’ On Defense Spending
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has urged member-states to step up defense spending, speaking on the eve of U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis’s first meeting with his 27 counterparts in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, February 14, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rights Groups Press Ukraine Separatists Over Missing Russian LGBT Activist, Musician
International rights groups have urged separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine to disclose the location and ensure the safety of a Russian LGBT activist and a fellow performance artist who went missing there two weeks ago. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
European Parliament Set To Pave Way For Visa-Free Travel For Georgians, Ukrainians
The European Parliament is set to endorse new rules governing the suspension of visa-free regimes with countries outside the European Union, a key step toward visa-free travel for Georgians and Ukrainians to the Schengen zone. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Very High-Level’ Belarusian Authorities Reversed Ban On Ukrainian Author
A Belarusian official says an order requiring Ukrainian author Serhiy Zhadan to leave the country and barring him from entry was rescinded after high-level officials intervened. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: It’s The Kremlin’s World
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Beneath Ukraine’s Battlefields, Some Sanctuary And Sparkling Wine
In a complex of cool caves smack in the middle of Europe’s only active war, Artwinery’s vintners try to keep up their bubbly business as usual. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Author Seized In Belarus, Ordered To Leave
A well-known Ukrainian poet and novelist says he was seized by security agents in the middle of the night while visiting Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and ordered to leave the country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU’s Juncker Promises Ukraine 600 Million Euros In Aid
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker says the European Union will give Ukraine 600 million euros ($640 million) to bolster government finances. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
