Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
U.S. Ambassador Says NATO Still ‘Most Effective Defensive Alliance’ Ever
The U.S. ambassador to Moscow says next week’s NATO Summit in Warsaw will bolster the western alliance’s defensive response to counter Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. In an interview with RFE/RL in the Russian capital on June 27, Ambassador John Tefft said that NATO remains the “most effective alliance man has ever put...
Eastern Angst: Brexit Vote Sends Jitters Through Countries On EU’s Fringe
As Europe grapples with Britain’s decision to leave the EU, the bloc’s eastern partners are weighing the implications of a Brexit for their own countries. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Arrests Former Riot Police For Alleged Role In Maidan Killings
Ukrainian authorities have arrested four former officers of the “Berkut” riot police for their alleged role in the violent dispersal of pro-European protesters in Kyiv in early 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Links EU Unity To Russia Sanctions; Moldova Committed To Joining EU
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said in the aftermath of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union that he “expects the sanctions against Russia as a country-aggressor” to be extended. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, June 24, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Former U.S. Defense Officials Warn Of Russian Response To NATO Summit
A former top U.S. Defense Department official has warned that the buildup of NATO troops in Eastern Europe, and Russia’s own troop movements along its western borders, are deepening the risk of an accidental outbreak of war. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Cuts Key Interest Rate For Third Month
Ukrainian monetary-policy makers have cut borrowing costs for a third month, citing a slowdown in inflation and a rebound of the national currency, and promised more easing to come in order to boost lending. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Forces Shelled In Attack Near Donetsk
Ukrainian positions in the east of the country came under heavy fire from Russia-backed separatists. An RFE/RL correspondent embedded with Ukrainian government troops in Avdiivka, near the city of Donetsk, captured footage of the attack on the night of June 22. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
KGB Investigates 138 Suspected Belarusian Mercenaries
The chairman of Belarus’s KGB says investigations have been launched into the activities of 138 Belarusian citizens who are thought to have been combatants in Ukraine’s eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, June 23, 2016
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
