Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
‘I’m Not Afraid’: Online Revelations Of Sexual Violence Spark Debate In Russia
All this month, women in Ukraine, Russia, and other countries have been posting stories of the sexual violence they have endured. In Russia, the harrowing accounts of what comes across as pervasive harassment and abuse have provoked a wide-ranging social self-examination that seems unwelcome to the ruling political and religious elites....
Drone Disrupts Ukrainian Parliament
Ukrainian opposition MPs disrupted a debate by flying a drone in parliament to film alleged voting fraud. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN Report Finds ‘Rampant Impunity’ For Killings In Eastern Ukraine
A UN human rights report says there has been “limited accountability” in eastern Ukraine for arbitrary killings and torture by separatist fighters and Ukrainian soldiers. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Aliyev, Poroshenko Hold Talks In Baku
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, held talks in Baku on July 14. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO, Russia Still Disagree On Ukraine But Consider Baltic Safety Measures
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says that NATO and Russia remain at loggerheads over Ukraine but are considering a proposal to lessen the risk of accidental military confrontations in Baltic airspace. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Sentsov ‘Victim Of Vindictive System,’ Says European Filmmaker
Russia’s politically charged imprisonment of Crimean film director Oleh Sentsov has outraged critics as a perceived effort to suppress dissent on the Ukrainian peninsula following its forceful annexation by Moscow in 2014. Mike Downey, a film producer and the deputy head of the European Film Academy, talks about why the case remains...
OSCE Expresses Concern Over Russia’s List Of ‘Terrorists, Extremists’
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has expressed concern over the decision by Russian authorities to publish what they called an updated “list of terrorists and extremists,” which includes journalists and activists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Filmmaker Sentsov Turns 40 In Russian Prison
Supporters in Ukraine and beyond mark Oleh Sentsov’s 40th birthday on July 13 — the third consecutive birthday the Crimean film director is spending behind bars in Russia, which convicted him of conspiring to commit terrorism on the annexed peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Lists Crimean Journalists, Activists As ‘Terrorists’ And ‘Extremists’
Authorities in Moscow have listed 22 people who were born on Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula as “terrorists and extremists.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO-Russia Council: From High Hopes To Broken Dreams
The NATO-Russia Council began as a promising effort to bury the Cold War past, but it has been on a downhill slide for the better part of a decade. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
