Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Global ‘Elders’ Call For Compliance With Minsk Agreement
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has met with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and other prominent former global leaders in Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Sticky Situation For Poroshenko As Russians Seize Candy Assets
Russian authorities have seized several assets at a candy factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russian city of Lipetsk. The move is certain to complicate Poroshenko’s attempts to divest himself of his holdings. But some critics suggest he’s not all that eager to sell. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe...
Ukrainian PM Says Wildfire Near Chornobyl Contained
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says firefighters have contained a large forest fire burning near the abandoned Chornobyl nuclear power plant. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Moscow’s Desperate Donbas Endgame
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lukashenka Calls Belarus ‘Island Of Stability And Order’
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says his country “remains an island of stability and order” even as it “smells war again in Europe.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian President’s Candy Factory Assets Seized In Russia
Russian authorities have seized several assets at a candy factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russian city of Lipetsk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Dogs Of War
As civilians have fled war-torn areas of eastern Ukraine, they’ve left behind their homes, their possessions, and sometimes their dogs and cats. Hundreds of these abandoned animals have wound up at a shelter on the outskirts of Kyiv, where a small staff is stretching its limited resources to feed and house the influx of strays. (Produced by...
Ukraine Pleads For Cash To Aid Stricken Economy
Ukrainian leaders are pleading for cash to rebuild an economy battered by a year of war, but said drawing investors to a country where shells are still booming is a struggle. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Forest Fire Blazes In Chornobyl Off-Limits Zone
Fire has engulfed a large section of woods in the exclusion zone around the destroyed Chornobyl nuclear power plant. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Riga Summit Likely To Disappoint Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
The latest draft of the Eastern Partnership declaration prepared for the bloc’s Riga summit next month contains little good news for EU hopefuls Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and highlights the shrinking ambitions of the European Union in its eastern neighborhood. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
