Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
UN Torture Group Suspends Ukraine Visit Over Obstructions
A United Nations torture prevention group has suspended its visit to Ukraine after being denied access to places in several parts of the country where it suspects people are being deprived of their liberty by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Who Pretended To Be High Schooler Faces U.S. Fraud Charges
A Ukrainian man accused of faking his name and age while attending a central Pennsylvania high school and having sex with an underage girl is facing federal passport fraud and social security fraud charges in the United States. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Swiss Law Makes It Easier To Seize, Repatriate Funds Plundered By Dictators
Switzerland’s government says it will implement a new law in July that will make it easier to seize and repatriate illicit wealth that has been stashed in its banks by foreign dictators. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s New Hope
Nadia Sacvhenko could just turn out to be Ukraine’s Vaclav Havel; or its Lech Walesa; or its Nelson Mandela. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s New Hope
Nadia Sacvhenko could just turn out to be Ukraine’s Vaclav Havel; or its Lech Walesa; or its Nelson Mandela. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Savchenko Released, But Fate Of Other Ukrainians Imprisoned In Russia Unclear
With Russia’s release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko, who returned to a hero’s welcome in Kyiv, attention now shifts to the fate of other Ukrainians jailed in Russia on charges their supporters say are dubious. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Savchenko Vows To Fight To Free Other Prisoners
Ukraine’s Nadia Savchenko vowed to fight for the release of other prisoners still held by Russia. The 35-year-old pilot was freed on May 25 after almost two years in Russian captivity. She was swapped for two Russians convicted of fighting alongside pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine. After arriving at Kyiv airport, Savchenko told...
Savchenko Defiant After Release By Russia
Freed Ukrainian pilot Nadio Savchenko said she was prepared to continue fighting for her country. After nearly two years of imprisonment, she was released by Russia on May 25 in a prisoner exchange. Savchenko was swapped for two Russians who had been captured in eastern Ukraine while fighting alongside Russia-backed separatists. Speaking next to...
Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko arrived at Kyiv’s airport following a prisoner swap with two Russian prisoners held by Ukraine. Savchenko claims to have been abducted by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in June 2014 and smuggled across the border into Russia. She told reporters that she was ready to once again give her life for...
Tatar Activist Reported Missing In Russia-Annexed Crimea
Crimean Tatar activist Ervin Ibragimov has gone missing, his colleagues says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
