Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Alleged Nazi War Criminal Wanted By Russia Dies In Canada
A Canadian man suspected of being a Nazi war criminal who participated in a 1943 massacre of villagers in Belarus has died, his lawyer said May 28. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Signs Ukraine Debt Repayment Legislation
President Petro Poroshenko has signed legislation granting Ukraine’s cash-starved government the right to stop payments to foreign debt holders. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Navalny Says Putin Will Stop At Nothing To Stay In Power
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says Vladimir Putin will stop at nothing to maintain his “monopoly on power” and accused the Russian president of launching a war against Ukraine in order to enrich himself and his inner circle. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What Putin Got Wrong
Putin has managed to baffle, bewilder, and distract everybody with his hybrid war in Ukraine. But the consequences of his failures and mistakes will likely be much more enduring than his shock-and-awe tactics. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Scathing Report Says Russia At War With Ukraine, Putin Lying
A Washington-based think tank on international affairs has released a scathing report on Russia’s “direct military intervention” in eastern Ukraine, concluding that President Vladimir Putin has led his country into war and has lied about it. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Military Losses In Peacetime To Be Classified
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that classifies military losses while conducting special operations in peacetime. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Report: Russia Massing Troops, Heavy Weapons At Ukrainian Border
The Russian Army has brought large numbers of troops and hundreds of pieces of military hardware to an area near the Ukrainian border, a Reuters correspondent reports. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dramatic Battle Violates Ukraine Cease-Fire
RFE/RL has recorded dramatic evidence of the cease-fire in Ukraine being violated, with pro-government forces coming under sustained shelling in the village of Shyrokyne. The attack, filmed on May 24, resulted in one Ukrainian soldier dying of shrapnel wounds and another being wounded. Ukrainian military officials said Russian-backed separatists...
Hopes Turn To Despair For Donetsk Family In Russia
The Denisenkos and their four children fled the conflict in eastern Ukraine last fall. But the warm welcome they had been promised in Russia never materialized. Instead, the family is facing hostility, unemployment, and crushing poverty. They now desperately want to return home. (RFE/RL’s Russian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free...
Ukrainian Separatist Leader Laid To Rest
The funeral has been held of prominent Ukrainian separatist commander Aleksei Mozgovoi, who was killed in a mysterious gangland-style hit on May 23. The May 27 funeral was attended by members of his unit, the Ghost battalion, and residents in rebel-held Alchevsk. It concluded with a volley of gunfire in his honor. Rebel leaders have said Kyiv was...
