Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Objects To CIS Plan To Monitor Russia Election In Crimea
Ukraine has protested to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) over the organization’s plans to send monitors to the Russian State Duma elections in the region of Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, August 18, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Putin Ups The Ante
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Envoy In Kyiv Confident Ukraine Will Overcome Difficulties
The U.S. envoy in Kyiv says Ukrainians will overcome their current difficulties of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, corruption, and financial problems because they have survived so many major crises in recent years. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Outgoing U.S. Envoy: Ukraine ‘Can Survive Anything’ But Needs To Tackle Corruption
U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said that after making it through the tumultuous and violent year of 2014, “Ukraine can survive anything.” In an interview with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service TV program, Our Freedom, Pyatt reflected on his three years of duty in Kyiv. He said that he regretted more had not been done to eliminate...
Report Ties Trump Manager To U.S. Lobbying Funded By Yanukovych Government
The Associated Press reports that political consultant Paul Manafort, the chairman of Republican candidate Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential campaign, may have helped former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s government funnel millions of dollars to U.S. lobbyists in a way that obscured the source of the funding. …read more...
Ukraine Detains Uzbek Accused Of Fighting With Separatists
Authorities in Ukraine say they have detained an Uzbek citizen believed to have been fighting alongside Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, August 17, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian, Serbian Athletes Win Countries’ First Gold Medals In Rio
Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev has won his country’s first gold medal at the Rio Summer Olympics after winning the parallel bars in men’s gymnastics. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fighting Flares In Mariinka, Eastern Ukraine, As Both Sides Hold Ground
Ukrainian troops traded fire overnight with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern city of Mariinka, where both sides have been holding their positions for weeks. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
