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Ukrainian President To Press EU Leaders On Russia Sanctions
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was set to meet with top European Union leaders to press them to keep up sanctions against Russia. Poroshenko’s November 24 meeting with Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker comes amid worries in Kyiv that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will weaken Western resolve against Russia upon taking office in...
Russian PM To Meet Red Cross Head For Talks On Syria, Ukraine
The conflicts in Syria and Ukraine were expected to top the agenda for talks in Moscow between Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and the head of the international Red Cross. Medvedev’s press service said the November 24 meeting with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, would focus on...
EU Parliament Urges Fight Against Russia’s ‘Fake News’
The European Parliament has warned that “hostile propaganda” by Russia against the EU is growing, while urging member states to increase their efforts to counter disinformation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump Names South Carolina Governor U.S. Ambassador To UN
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as his intended nominee for the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, tapping a candidate who criticized him during the presidential race and who has little experience in foreign affairs. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: What Happened To The Europe Ukrainians Died For?
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Landmine Casualties Increased Sharply In 2015
The number of casualties from landmines and similar explosives rose sharply last year to the highest level in a decade, a monitoring group said in a report issued on November 22. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Releases Video Of Detained Russia Soldiers As Kyiv, Moscow Trade Accusations
Ukrainian authorities have released a video showing what they say was the detention of two military deserters who had defected to Russia, escalating a standoff between Kyiv and Moscow over the fate of the two men. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
1,000 Toy Soldiers Protest At Russian Consulate Over Crimea
Protesters in the Ukrainian city of Lviv placed 1,000 toy soldiers outside the Russian consulate to protest Moscow’s control over the Crimean peninsula. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Recording Appears To Tie Serbian Nationalist To Crimea Seizure
A Serbian nationalist leader who is accused of plotting to kill Montenegro’s prime minister may have helped send fellow Serbian militants to Crimea to support Russia’s seizure of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, a recorded conversation suggests. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Teacher Accused Of Attempting To Sell 13-Year-Old
Ukrainian authorities say they have arrested a teacher accused of trying to sell a 13-year-old girl for $10,000. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
