Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
More Than Two Dozen U.S. Senators Urge Trump To Stay Firm On Russia Sanctions
More than two dozen U.S. senators have urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump not to weaken sanctions targeting Russia for its actions in Crimea and elsewhere in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Congress Passes Massive Defense Bill, Including Global Magnitsky Rights Measure
The U.S. Congress has backed legislation giving the president new, broader authority to impose sanctions on human rights abusers worldwide, building on an earlier law that has infuriated the Kremlin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, December 8, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s Revenge
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN: East Ukraine’s Civilians Face ‘Host Of Rights Violations’
The United Nations says civilians in eastern Ukraine are facing “a host of human rights violations” due to the “failure” by the parties to the conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists to implement a peace accord signed in February 2015. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU States, Parliament Remove Key Obstacle To Visa-Free Travel For Ukraine, Georgia
European Union member states and the European Parliament have struck a deal to end a dispute that had been holding up a decision to allow Ukrainians and Georgians to visit the bloc without needing a visa. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lawyers For Crimean Journalist Charged With Separatism Start Studying Case
Lawyers for Mykola Semena, a Crimean journalist and contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), say their client has received the final written charges from the Russian-imposed authorities in Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Gorbachev Blames ‘Greedy’ Russian, Ukrainian Leaders For 1991 Soviet Collapse
Mikhail Gorbachev has blamed the late Russian President Boris Yeltsin and other politicians for the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, saying that their hunger for power destroyed the country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian President Rejects Fugitive Lawmaker’s Corruption Accusations, But Shock Waves Extend Abroad
Corruption accusations by a former ally of Ukraine’s president have reverberated beyond the country’s borders, as fugitive lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko says he’s turned damning recordings over to the FBI. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Chief Urges Continued Pressure On Russia Over Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called for continued diplomatic pressure and sanctions on Russia until Moscow respects a February 2015 agreement aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
