Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Renames Third-Largest City
The Ukrainian parliament has voted to change the name of the country’s third-largest city from Dnipropetrovsk to Dnipro. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU’s Mogherini Sees Russia Sanctions Being Extended
European Union foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini says she expects sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine to be renewed in July. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, May 19, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chechnya Convicts Two Ukrainians Of Fighting With Separatists
The Supreme Court of Russia’s North Caucasus region of Chechnya has found two Ukrainian citizens guilty of fighting alongside Chechen separatists in the 1990s. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: History As Heresy
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Report Shows People Across The Globe Willing To Help Refugees
Despite what their governments might say, citizens around the world are overwhelmingly open to the idea of helping refugees. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
IMF Mission Says Kyiv Making Progress On Economy, Despite Difficulties
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said at the conclusion of an eight-day visit to Kyiv that Ukraine has made considerable progress in restoring macroeconomic stability during the past year, despite difficult circumstances faced by the war-torn country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Students, Artists Mark Anniversary Of Crimean Tatar Deportation
Students at Kyiv’s National University marked the anniversary of the 1944 mass deportation of Crimean Tatars by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. While in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, artists commemorated the anniversary. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Diplomat In Moscow For Ukraine Talks
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has discussed the implementation of the Minsk cease-fire agreement for eastern Ukraine with Russian officials. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Commemorates Crimean Tatars’ Deportation
Ukraine is commemorating on May 18 the victims of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s mass deportation of Tatars from Crimea in 1944. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
