Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
The Daily Vertical: Playing The Kremlin’s Game
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Defense Ministry Cuts Ties With Photographer Over Purported ‘Combat’ Photos
Ukrainian Defense Ministry has cut ties with a photographer who served as a ministry adviser amid controversy over the authenticity of photographs purportedly showing combat scenes in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rights Groups Say 13 Released From Secret Ukrainian Jail, Allege Torture
Thirteen civilians who were allegedly held incommunicado, interrogated, and tortured after being rounded up “abduction-style” have been released from a secret jail run by Ukraine’s domestic security service, two prominent human rights groups say. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany, France, Poland Call For Efforts To End Ukraine Conflict
The foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Poland have agreed that there should be greater international efforts to reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Police Suspect Suicide In Death Of Kyiv-Based Russian Journalist
Reports from Ukraine say Aleksandr Shchetinin, a Kyiv-based Russian journalist who founded the Novy Region news agency, has been found dead at his apartment. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Death At Hands Of Police Sparks Public Anger, Reform Pledge In South Ukraine
Ukraine’s interior minister has vowed there won’t be any “whitewash” as authorities investigate the death this week of a 31-year-old man at the hands of a half-dozen policemen with the man’s family looking on. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Podcast: The Tale Of The Tape
What do the the Glazyev tapes tell us about the origins of the war in eastern Ukraine? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Court Prolongs House Arrest Of Ukrainian Library Director
A court in Moscow has prolonged the house arrest of Natalya Sharina, the director of the Ukrainian Literature Library, who is facing charges of extremism and embezzlement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Human Rights Watch Demands Release Of Crimean Tatar Activist
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded the release of a Crimean Tatar activist who was forcibly admitted to a psychiatric clinic on the peninsula, which has been annexed by Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Glazyev’s Novorossia Fail
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
