Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
HRW: Russia Creating Climate Of Fear, Repression In Crimea
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Russian authorities have created a pervasive climate of fear and repression in Crimea in the two years since it annexed the peninsula from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Reiterates It Does Not Recognize Russia’s Annexation Of Crimea
The European Union has reiterated that it does not recognize Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian President To Visit Crimea
Russian news reports say President Vladimir Putin will visit Crimea on March 18, two years after Moscow illegally annexed the peninsula from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
German Minister Aims To Get Russian Sanctions Lifted
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has called on the European Union to create conditions by this summer to lift sanctions imposed against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian President Vows Swift End To Political Crisis
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has tried to reassure the European Union that Kyiv will soon overcome its worst political crisis in two years. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Lists Individuals It Wants EU To Blacklist Over Savchenko Trial
Ukraine has identified nearly 50 people it considers responsible for the “illegal detention and falsified trial” of Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko and has urged the European Union to impose sanctions against them. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Tears Down Giant Lenin Statue
Ukraine has torn down its largest remaining statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Ukrainian-Georgian ‘Dance Battle’
Dancers from two celebrated groups — Ukraine’s Virsky Ensemble and Georgia’s Rustavi Ensemble — are touring Ukrainian cities with an acrobatic dance showdown. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s President Calls EU Visa Liberalization A ‘Win-Win’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told RFE/RL in Brussels that Kyiv has completed the reforms needed to move forward on implementing visa-free travel to the European Union. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Calls EU Sanctions For Russia An ‘Effective Reaction’ To Savchenko Case
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on the EU to move forward with proposed sanctions on Russia over the imprisonment of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko. Poroshenko told RFE/RL in Brussels that Savchenko’s continued detention in Russia is a “brutal violation of national and international law.” …read more...
