Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Apple’s Apps Show Ukraine’s Crimea As Part Of Russia
Apple is showing Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula as being part of Russia on some of its apps, a move that lawmakers in Moscow hailed as correcting an earlier “error” by the U.S. technology giant but one that is sure to anger Kyiv. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Central Bank Accuses Kolomoyskiy Of Campaign To ‘Create Chaos’
Ukraine’s central bank has accused tycoon Ihor Kolomoyskiy of organizing an attack on it and spreading “lies” in the media to “create chaos” at the institution. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Naftogaz CEO Touts Ukraine’s First Receipt Of U.S. Liquefied Gas
The head of the state-owned Naftogaz oil and gas conglomerate, Andriy Kobolyev, lauded the fourth consecutive year that Ukraine hasn’t imported natural gas from its neighbor Russia. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Offers Award For ‘Godfather’ Of Smugglers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged on November 26 that an Odesa businessman and reputed trafficker managed to evade capture during a police roundup of 10 suspects related to a corruption case in the State Customs Service. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Sentsov To Receive EU’s Top Human Rights Prize A Year Later
Ukrainian cinematographer Oleg Sentsov, who was one of the most prominent political prisoners in Russia, will receive last year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought from the European Parliament on November 26. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Speak On Phone Ahead Of Next Month’s Planned Meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the phone two weeks before their planned meeting in Paris. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ex-‘Mayor’ Of Separatist-Controlled Town Was Ukraine Informant
The former “mayor” of Horlivka, a town in the Donetsk region controlled by Russian-backed separatists, has been a Ukrainian military intelligence agent. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Swastika Painted On Statue Of Prominent Jewish Writer In Kyiv
Vandals have painted large swastikas on a monument of the prominent Jewish author and playwright Sholem Aleichem in Kyiv just days ahead of a summit of regional Jewish leaders in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Soccer Association Seeks Probe Into Millions Of Allegedly Embezzled UEFA Funds
Ukraine soccer’s governing body, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF), has called on law enforcement agencies to investigate its former president, who is now a lawmaker, on suspicion of embezzling up to 380 million euros ($418 million). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
March In Dnipro Urges Ukrainian Women To Not Remain ‘Silent’ On Domestic Violence
About two dozen men and women on November 24 assembled in the center of Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth biggest city, ahead of a yearly worldwide campaign to protest domestic violence against women. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
