Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Two Ukrainian Localities Hold Local Elections On November 29
Voters in Ukraine’s eastern city of Mariupol and the nearby town of Krasnoarmiisk are heading to the polling stations on November 29. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Klitschko’s Heavyweight Reign Ends
Britain’s Tyson Fury has defeated Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine to become world heavyweight boxing champion. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko To Take Part In Holodomor Memorial Ceremony
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is due to take part in ceremonies to commemorate the millions who died of famine under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Says Russia Cuts Coal Deliveries To Ukraine
Ukraine’s energy minister has told the parliament in Kyiv that Russia has begun to restrict coal supplies to Ukraine, days after the Kremlin threatened to punish Kyiv for a power blackout of Russian-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ten Members Say Nord Stream Extension Not In EU Interests
Ten European governments — the easternmost members of the European Union — have complained in a letter that Russia’s plans to extend its natural-gas link to Germany run counter to EU interests and risk further destabilizing Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
OSCE Issues Discussion Paper On ‘Propaganda’
The media-freedom representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has issued a discussion paper on propaganda and media freedom, repeating her assertion that propaganda is “an ugly scar on the face of modern journalism.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimeans Putting On Brave Faces, But Frustration Mounting Over Blackout
Crimea has been dealing with massive power shortages since unidentified saboteurs knocked down electricity pylons on the Ukrainian mainland last weekend. Residents of the region taken over by Russia last year are putting on brave faces, but frustration is mounting. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Bans Russian Aircraft Transit, Stops Importing Russian Gas
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country has imposed a ban on transit flights over Ukraine for all Russian airlines. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Gas Supplies To Ukraine Halted
Russia’s state-controlled natural-gas giant Gazprom has stopped deliveries of gas to Ukraine because of Kyiv’s alleged failure to make the required prepayments. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Explainer: Why Ukraine Supplies Electricity To Crimea, And Why It Stopped
Who stands behind the destruction of electricity pylons in southern Ukraine that left almost 2 million residents of Crimea in the dark? And why isn’t Russia supplying power to its annexed territory in the first place? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
