Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
European Parliament Committee Backs Georgia Visa-Free Travel
The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee voted overwhelmingly for visa liberalization for Georgia to the EU’s Schengen zone. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Vice President To Make Final Ukraine Visit
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ukraine for talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on January 15. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Tillerson: Russian ‘Illegal’ Actions In Ukraine Required More Forceful Response
U.S. Secretary of State-nominee Rex Tillerson said the United States should have had a more robust military response following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Asked at his confirmation hearing by Senator Ben Cardin what the U.S. response should have been, Tillerson said more defensive weapons, intelligence,...
Tillerson Takes Firm Stance On ‘Resurgent’ Russia In Senate Hearing
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state has portrayed Russia as a dangerous and destabilizing global actor that disregards U.S. interests, but said Moscow is “not unpredictable” and that Washington must improve its understanding of the Kremlin’s thinking. …read more Source: Radio Free...
The Morning Vertical, January 11, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
World War II Monument Defaced In Ukraine’s Lviv Region
A monument in western Ukraine honoring the memory of some 900 people who were massacred during World War II has been severely damaged by unknown vandals. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
World Bank Sees 1.5 Percent GDP Growth In Russia For 2017
The World Bank is predicting 1.5 percent growth in Russia’s gross domestic product in 2017 and sees a gain of 1.7 percent in 2018 and 1.8 percent the following year, helped by increases in commodity prices. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Canada Appoints Russia Critic Sanctioned By Moscow As Foreign Minister
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on January 10 appointed Chrystia Freeland, a critic of Russia who has been sanctioned by Moscow, as the country’s new top diplomat. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Savchenko Publishes ‘Prisoner’ Lists, Angering Ukrainian Authorities
Ukrainian lawmaker Nadia Savchenko has published the names of hundreds of people who have been taken captive or gone missing during the nearly three-year-old war in eastern Ukraine, ignoring appeals by authorities to keep the information secret. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Senators Look To Cement Ukraine-Related Sanctions On Russia
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are pushing new legislation that would cement into U.S. law the sanctions imposed on Russia for its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
