Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Kyiv Locked Down As Hundreds Protest Ukraine’s Government
Ukrainian authorities locked down the heart of the capital on November 15 as hundreds of demonstrators protested outside government buildings over poor economic conditions and rising prices for vital necessities such as natural gas and bread. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Safari Park Fights For Survival
Russian businessman Oleg Zubkov bought an abandoned Soviet military base in Crimea and turned it into a safari park. The park once had 500,000 visitors a year, but since Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula, numbers are way down. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Stoltenberg Says NATO Wants Dialogue With Russia
NATO wants dialogue with Russia, the chief of the alliance said ahead of talks with EU defense ministers in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Puts Six Crimeans In Russian Parliament On Sanctions Blacklist
The United States on November 14 added six Crimean representatives newly elected to Russia’s parliament to its sanctions blacklist for supporting Moscow’s illegal annexation of the Ukrainian territory in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Investigation Uncovers Poroshenko’s, Allies’ Spanish Coastal Villas
Along the picturesque shores of Estepona in southern Spain’s Costa del Sol lie some of Europe’s most elegant resorts and luxury estates, whose owners and residents include Hollywood actors, superstar athletes, and some of the continent’s political elite. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Two Allies in Ukraine Of Odesa Region’s Former Governor Quit Posts
Two close allies in Ukraine of Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili have resigned from their posts, just days after Saakashvili himself stepped down from his post as the governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moldovans Protest Election Of Pro-Russia President
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Moldova’s capital on November 14 after a pro-Russia politician was declared the winner of the country’s presidential runoff election. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Mogherini: EU Policy Toward Russia Will Not Change Regardless Of U.S.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the EU will not change its policy towards Russia even if the United States would alter its position under the administration of incoming president Donald Trump. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Explainer: How Trump Could Roll Back Obama’s Russia Policies
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump portrays himself as a preeminent deal-maker and has said he plans to seek a deal with Moscow that’s “great for America, but also good for Russia.” Here’s a look at how Trump could roll back U.S. policies enacted under his predecessor. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Exclusive: Chernobyl’s New Containment Shield
Engineers are getting ready to move a 31,000-ton steel structure into place over the destroyed reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The covering will contain both the reactor and the crumbling sarcophagus built quickly after the 1986 disaster. RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service was given exclusive access to sites inside the contaminated...
