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Council Of Europe’s Experts Criticize Ukraine Language Laws
The Council of Europe’s constitutional experts have criticized controversial language legislation adopted in Ukraine earlier this year and previous regulations regarding educational institutions signed into law by the country’s previous president, Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
H-Hour For ‘Normandy Four’: Breakthrough Will Be Elusive At Paris Peace Talks On The War In Ukraine
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France will meet in Paris on December 9 to seek progress toward ending the only war on the European continent. Nobody is holding their breath for a breakthrough. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Political Consultant Says Giuliani Has Left Kyiv
A former Ukrainian government adviser says Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer who is at the center of the president’s impeachment inquiry, has left Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Cosmopolitan Magazine Editor Fired Over Post About Hero Colonel’s Funeral
The Ukrainian edition of Cosmopolitan magazine on December 5 has dismissed its deputy chief editor over a social media post she made that ridiculed a funeral for a security service colonel who was killed in a combat mission in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ally Of Ukrainian Ex-PM Sought Plan To Import U.S. Gas To Ukraine
A Texas-based lobbying firm was hired by a company linked to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s political party to develop a plan to import U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) into Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Court Extends Arrest Of Ex-U.S. Soldier Wanted Over Florida Killings
A Ukrainian court has extended by 60 days the arrest of a U.S. combat veteran who fought in the Donbas conflict and who is wanted in the United States on charges related to a double homicide. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pelosi Asks U.S. Lawmakers To Proceed With Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has instructed the legislative chamber’s Judiciary Committee chairman to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his alleged pressuring of Ukraine to investigate a political rival. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine To Issue Diplomatic Response Over Kazakh President’s Denial Of Crimea’s Annexation
Ukraine has voiced concern over Kazakh President President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev’s description of Russia’s takeover of the Crimea, when he said it wasn’t an annexation. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Prosecutors Question Second Ukraine Naftogaz Executive In Giuliani Probe
U.S. federal prosecutors have interviewed a second executive at the Ukrainian state-owned Naftogaz energy giant as part of their investigation into the business dealings of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, suggesting the scope of their probe is widening. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Detains Member Of United Russia Party Member From Crimea
Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) on December 4 detained a member of Russia’s governing United Russia party while he was crossing the administrative border with Crimea on suspicion of infringing on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...