Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Finland Instructs Nearly 1 Million Reservists, Amid Tension With Russia
The Finish military has sent letters to 900,000 reservists to collect their contact details and remind them of their duties “in the event of war.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Anti-Maidan Activist Booed By Moscow Students
Students at a prestigious Moscow university angrily disrupted a lecture by Nikolai Starikov, the leader of a pro-Kremlin group that has backed separatist militants in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Podcast: States Within A State
Tatarstan and Chechnya have used different tactics to secure autonomy in Russia — and elicited very different responses from Moscow, …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pro-EU Demonstrators At Riga Summit
In the Latvian capital, Riga, pro-European demonstrators waved Ukrainian and Georgian flags outside the European Union’s Eastern Partnership summit. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Hollande Says Russia And Rebels Need To Be Pressured To Respect Truce
French President Francois Hollande has said that pressure needed to be applied on Russia and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine to respect a cease-fire he helped broker in February. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kremlin Trying To Free Russians Held By Kyiv
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on May 22 that Russia is “taking the necessary steps” to free two of its nationals captured by Ukrainian forces in the east of the country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Amnesty Says Torture Of Ukraine War Prisoners Widespread
Amnesty International says both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are almost daily perpetrating war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Eastern Partnership Summit Hangs On Wording
The European Union’s Eastern Partnership summit in Riga enters its second and final day on May 22 with the biggest issues likely to be the wording of the summit’s final declaration and prospects for eventual visa liberalization for Ukraine and Georgia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU, Ukraine Sign $2 Billion Loan Deal At Eastern Summit
The European Union and Ukraine have signed a 1.8 billion euro ($2 billion) loan deal to help revive Ukraine’s ailing economy. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
One Worker Killed In Shelling Of Industrial Site In Ukraine
One worker has been killed and two wounded in eastern Ukraine in heavy shelling of a plant belonging to the country’s largest steel compan …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
