Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukrainian Deputy Attacks Yatsenyuk As Brawl Breaks Out In Parliament
A fight broke out among deputies belonging to Ukraine’s ruling coalition after a lawmaker tried to remove Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk from the podium as he spoke to parliament. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Says Will Stay In IMF Despite ‘Politicization’
Russia will stay in the International Monetary Fund despite the fund’s ‘political’ motives for changing its rules this week so Ukraine could more easily skip payments on its debt to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Invites Netherlands To Help Search For Stolen Art
Ukraine’s police chief invited the Netherlands to help find a trove of Dutch 17th century paintings that was stolen from a Dutch museum. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Alexievich Receives Nobel Literature Prize
Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich has received her Nobel Prize in Literature from the king of Sweden in Stockholm. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Jumps Into Stolen Dutch Paintings Mystery With Eye To Referendum
Word that a trove of heisted Dutch masterpieces was being peddled in Ukraine has put Kyiv in an awkward position ahead of a key test of Dutch-Ukrainian relations. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What’s Behind Italy’s Step Back On Extending Sanctions Against Russia?
It was supposed to be a done deal: EU envoys had been expected to approve a six-month extension of sanctions against Russia over its interference in Ukraine, as agreed by EU leaders last month. But Italy has upended that plan. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakashvili Predicts ‘Defeat’ For Putin’s Russia
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says Kremlin animosity toward his country was driven by the success of his pro-Western reforms. Saakashvili, who now governs the Odesa region in Ukraine, was speaking with Vitaly Portnikov of RFE/RL’s Russian Service. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Officer Killed During Raids To Arrest ‘Saboteur’ Group
A Ukrainian security officer has been killed during a special operation to detain an alleged group of saboteurs. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Orders Government To Sue If Ukraine Defaults On Debt
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Finance Ministry to take Ukraine to court if the country defaults on its $3 billion debt to Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Sentences Azerbaijani Men For Attacks On Maidan Activists
A court in Kyiv has sentenced two Azerbaijani citizens for attacks against Maidan activists during the early 2014 protests that brought down Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
