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News Analysis: Crimean Tatars Push Kyiv’s Hand On Recovering Crimea
Activists in southern Ukraine, led by representatives of the Crimean Tatar minority, are pushing hard to force Kyiv to adopt a more aggressive policy aimed at recovering Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimeans Voice Anger At Blackout
People in Crimea have been voicing anger after the peninsula’s electricity supplies from Ukraine were cut off. Crimea was annexed by Russia last year, but continued to receive electricity supplies from Ukraine until explosions on November 20-21 brought down four electricity transmission towers. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read...
Poland Repatriates Ethnic Poles From Conflict-Torn Eastern Ukraine
A group of ethnic Poles from Ukraine’s conflict-torn eastern region of Donetsk has arrived in Poland. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia To Halt Gas Supplies To Ukraine, Mulling Coal Cuts
Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak says Moscow will cut gas supplies to Ukraine for Kyiv’s failure to pay up front for deliveries and might also suspend coal shipments to Ukraine in retaliation for a power blackout of Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Supreme Court To Hear Ukrainian Filmmaker’s Appeal In Terrorism Case
Russia’s Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal in the case of Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who was jailed in August for 20 years on terrorism charges that he and international rights groups call politically motivated. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Three Detained After Ukraine Flag Attached To Moscow Skyscraper
Police in Moscow have detained three people after they attached Ukraine’s national flag to scaffolding on a Stalin-era skyscraper. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Clashes In Ukraine After Crimea Electricity Sabotaged
Ukrainian activists fought with security forces, preventing repairs being made to electricity transmission towers which were blown up at the weekend. Russian-annexed Crimea has been cut off from Ukrainian electricity supplies as a result of the damage. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Most Of Crimea Still Without Electricity
About three-quarters of Crimea’s population remained without power on November 23 after four electricity transmission towers were blown up in Ukraine’s Kherson region just north of the peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Explainer: What Can Moldova’s Crisis Teach The EU?
Moldova was once a star pupil in a program to bring neighboring countries closer to the European Union. Now a political crisis could put Moldova back in Moscow’s orbit. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
State Of Emergency Declared In Crimea After Power Black Out
Regional officials in Crimea say a state of emergency was introduced on the peninsula early on November 22 after the disruption of electricity supplies from Ukraine’s Kherson region to the north. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
