Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Putin Inaugurates Crimea-Russia Rail Link
Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a ceremony on December 23 officially opening railway travel on a new bridge between mainland Russia and the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. Putin traveled on the first train ride from Kerch, on the Crimean Peninsula, to the Russian town of Taman, where he addressed a gathering. The railway bridge...
Amid Western Condemnation, Putin Opens Crimea Bridge To Rail Traffic
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken part in a ceremony officially opening a controversial bridge from mainland Russia to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula to rail traffic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Senate’s Top Democrat Pushes For Fresh Witnesses At Trump Impeachment Trial
A top Democrat has said a newly released e-mail on the withholding of U.S. aid to Ukraine underscores the need for new witnesses at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia, Ukraine Disclose Details Of New Gas Transit Deal
Officials from Russia and Ukraine have given details on a new five-year deal to transport Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia, Ukraine Reach Gas-Transit Deal
Moscow and Kyiv have reached a preliminary deal on the transit of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine but ahead of the looming New Year’s deadline. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s PrivatBank Files Additional Court Claims Against Former Oligarch Owners
Ukrainian state-owned PrivatBank on December 18 filed a $600 million lawsuit in Israel as part of its worldwide effort to recover assets it says the lender’s two previous majority shareholders had allegedly embezzled. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Passes Law That Fines Lawmakers For Multiple Voting
Ukraine’s national legislature, the Verkhovna Rada, on December 19 passed a law in its second and final reading that makes it a criminal offense for a member of parliament to vote for one or more lawmakers. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Ex-Envoy To UN Appointed Ambassador To Washington
Ukraine’s former two-term permanent representative to the UN Volodymyr Yelchenko has been named Kyiv’s new envoy to the United States. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fraught Gas Talks Between Russia, Ukraine, EU To Resume In Berlin
The next round of natural-gas transit talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union are set to resume in Berlin on December 19. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Swiss Court Orders Russia To Pay Ukraine Oil Firm $44 Million For Crimea Investments
The Supreme Court of Switzerland has ruled in favor of Ukraine’s state majority-owned Ukrnafta oil production company to recover $44 million in investments from Moscow that were lost as a result of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
