Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine’s Lawmakers Vote To Allow Trade Embargo Against Russia
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to allow the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Court Extends Jail For Russians Accused Of Fighting With Separatists
Kyiv’s Holosiiv District Court extended the detention of two Russians alleged to be members of Russia’s armed forces until at least February 20. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv, Separatists Accuse Each Other Of Violating Holiday Cease-Fire
Ukrainian officials and Russian-backed separatists accused each other of violating a holiday cease-fire on December 23, just hours after the truce came into effect in Ukraine’s conflict-torn east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Issues Crimea Banknote
Russia has issued a new banknote dedicated to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed illegally by the Kremlin last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Reporters Dodge Shells Before New Cease-Fire Begins In Eastern Ukraine
Two RFE/RL stringers ran for cover during a mortar attack by Russian-backed separatists near the town of Novhorodske in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region on December 22. The latest fighting came just before a new cease-fire agreement reached in Minsk went into effect at midnight. (Vitaly Grynyov and Artem Lyuti, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian...
Poroshenko Says Ukraine Seeking Free Trade Deal With Israel
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Kyiv expects to sign a free trade agreement with Israel within the next six months. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine, Separatists Agree To Cease-Fire During Holidays
Ukraine reached an agreement with pro-Russian separatists for a truce during the Christmas and New Year holidays that went into effect at midnight December 22. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Expands Sanctions List For Russians, Ukrainians
The United States is adding nearly three dozen people and companies to its sanctions list for activity directly or indirectly connected to the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia To Continue ‘Efforts’ To Normalize Ukraine Ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow “will continue making efforts” to resolve trade disputes with the European Union and Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Warns Cancelling Nord Stream Project Would Hurt Europe
Russia warned December 21 that any move by the European Union to cancel the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia’s Baltic coast to Germany would only hurt Europe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
