Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Kerry Expresses Concern To Lavrov Over Ukraine Attacks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on August 13 to express “grave concern” about the sharp increase in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine, the State Department said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Adds Four Countries To Food Import Ban, Threatens Ukraine
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that four countries have been added to its import ban list for foreign food. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Hard Times In Luhansk
For almost a year, areas of eastern Ukraine under the control of Russia-backed separatists have been cut off from the rest of the country. The economic price is enormous. Much of Ukraine’s 17 percent fall in GDP is due to the collapse in economic activity in these areas. At the market in Luhansk, money is scarce and prices are soaring. The...
Ukraine Reports Intense Battles Near Mariupol
Ukraine has reported intense battles with pro-Russian separatists near the government-held coastal city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UK Minister Blasts ‘Russian-Inspired Terrorism’ In Ukraine
The British Defense Secretary, Michael Fallon, has promised Kyiv continuing support against “Russian-inspired terrorism” in eastern Ukraine. Fallon was speaking as he visited British instructors conducting training exercises with Ukrainian troops in the Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv, on August 11. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service)...
Putin Meets With His Security Council On Worsening Ukraine Violence
The Kremlin press service says Russian President Vladimir Putin has held an “operative meeting” on August 12 with the members of the Russian Security Council about escalating violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Crimes Of Russian Soldiers Abroad
As the trial of a Russian private accused of slaughtering an entire Armenian family in January gets under way in Gyumri on August 12, RFE/RL takes a look at some of the worst crimes Russian soldiers have been accused of committing abroad, off the battlefield. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Retested Doping Samples Implicate 28 Athletes From Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Disciplinary action has been initiated against 28 athletes after the IAAF, world athletics’ governing body, retested samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships and discovered what it described as 32 “adverse findings.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Four Ukrainians Sought In $100 Million U.S. Insider Trading Case
An alliance of U.S.-based stock traders and computer hackers in Ukraine made as much as $100 million in illegal profits from stealing market-moving corporate information, U.S. authorities charged August 11. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Says Attacks In Eastern Ukraine Violate Minsk Deal
The European Union said on August 11 that increasing attacks in government-held areas in eastern Ukraine violate February’s cease-fire deal that was agreed in Minsk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
