Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
UN Adopts Updated Resolution To Safeguard Rights In Crimea
The UN General Assembly on December 18 adopted a draft resolution seeking protection of human rights in Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Ukraine’s permanent mission to the international body in New York. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Lifts Prosecutorial Immunity For Members Of Parliament
Ukraine’s national legislature, the Verkhovna Rada, on December 18 passed a bill in its final reading that cancels prosecutorial immunity for lawmakers. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Top U.S. Envoy To Ukraine Set To Leave Post After Impeachment Testimony
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, will be leaving his post next month, following a short term marked by the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Associate Of Rudy Giuliani Received $1-Million Payment From Ukraine Oligarch, Says U.S. Prosecutor
U.S. prosecutors said in court on December 17 that Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, received a $1-million payment from a lawyer for Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Senator Concerned Over Reports Top U.S. Envoy To Ukraine To Be Recalled Early
A top U.S. senator said he is concerned over reports that the Trump administration plans to recall its top diplomat from Ukraine after he gave critical testimony during the impeachment hearing. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Backs National Player After ‘Nazi’ Chants In Spain
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed support for a Ukrainian soccer player in Spain after fans directed offensive language at him and accused him of being a Nazi during a second-tier league game on December 15. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Prosecutor Chosen As Ukraine’s New Anti-Corruption Chief
A selection commission has named a new chief for Ukraine’s National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPZK), an independent body that outlines and implements policies to prevent fraud. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Deports Azerbaijani Opposition Blogger To Baku
Ukraine has deported Azerbaijani opposition blogger Elvin Isayev who is wanted by the Prosecutor-General’s Office of Grave Crimes, his country’s State Migration Service said in a news release over the weekend. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Two More Suspects In Ukraine Journalist’s Murder Case Placed Under Arrest
A court in Kyiv has placed two more suspects in the case of the 2016 killing of prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet under arrest. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine, Russia To Continue Gas-Transit Talks
Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz say they will continue talks on the extension of a deal on gas transit from Russia to Europe through Ukrainian territory beyond the end of December, when the current 10-year agreement expires. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
