Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukrainian Army, Separatists Accuse Each Other Of Truce Violations
The Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine continue to accuse each other of violating a cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Brazil Wins 1st Men’s Soccer Olympic Gold
Host Brazil beat Germany on penalties in Rio to win their first men’s Olympic soccer gold medal and send the soccer-mad nation into ecstasy. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Austrian High Court Rejects Ukrainian Firtash’s Extradition Appeal
Austria’s Constitutional Court has refused to consider an appeal by Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash in an attempt to fight his extradition to the United States, where he is wanted on corruption charges …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Erdogan Tells Poroshenko Turkey Won’t Recognize Crimea As Russian
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reassured his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko that Ankara will continue to recognize the Crimean Peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia, as Ukrainian territory. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Downplays Russian Force Build-Up; Urges Restraint From Kyiv, Moscow
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged both Russia and Ukraine to show restraint one day after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned he could not rule out “a full-scale Russian invasion.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Have Assault Rifle (Replica), Will Travel: Kalashnikov Opens Shop At Moscow Airport
Forget duty-free vodka and “matryoshka” dolls: Travelers looking for a last-minute souvenir of Russia can now pick up an assault rifle — well, a plastic replica — before heading for flights out of Moscow’s main airport. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump Campaign Chairman Resigns
Paul Manafort’s resignation on August 19 comes amid a campaign shake-up by Trump and reports about Manafort’s lobbying work for a Ukrainian political party that was pro-Russian. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Appoints Education Minister As Envoy To Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Dmitry Livanov as the president’s envoy on trade and economic ties with Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Opposition Party Will Not Campaign In Annexed Crimea
Russia’s opposition PARNAS party will not campaign for Russia’s upcoming legislative elections in the annexed region of Crimea because the Ukrainian government has denied permission for it to do so. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Shows Evidence Of Secret Payments Allegedly Made To Trump Aide Manafort
Ukrainian authorities have published excerpts from secret accounting ledgers of former President Viktor Yanukovych’s political party documenting more than $12.7 million in under-the-table payments that were earmarked for Paul Manafort, who is now U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign chairman. …read more Source:...
