Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Russian Ultranationalist Dugin Sparks Outrage in U.S. With Texas Lecture
Kremlin-connected ideologue Aleksandr Dugin is teaming up with a U.S. white supremacist for an online lecture at a Texas university, outraging Ukrainian-Americans. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Instructors Give Ukrainians Firing Drills
U.S. instructors gave Ukrainian National Guard forces firing drills, using armored vehicles and automatic weapons, at a military base in the west of Ukraine on April 23. Some 300 U.S. paratroops are in Ukraine to improve the fighting capabilities of Ukrainian troops. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Pentagon Calls Russian Claim Of U.S. Troops In Eastern Ukraine ‘Ridiculous’
The Pentagon has denied a Kremlin claim that U.S. military trainers have been sent into eastern Ukraine, calling the statement a “ridiculous attempt to shift the focus” from Russia’s own military activities there. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Coal Miners Protest In Kyiv
Hundreds of coal miners have marched through Ukraine’s capital demanding that the government stop buying fuel from abroad and put an end to the closing of mines. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko: Ukrainians Should Vote On Whether to Join NATO
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has repeated a pledge to put the question of NATO membership before the Ukrainian people in a referendum vote. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Sentences Crimean Historian To Seven Years In Jail
A historian from Crimea, Oleksiy Chyrniy, has been sentenced to seven years in jail in Russia on terrorism charges. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Says Russia Increasing Military Presence In Ukraine
The United States says Russia has deployed additional air defense systems into eastern Ukraine and is involved in training exercises of separatist forces in the area in breach of a cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Many’ More Human Remains Found At MH17 Crash Site
Dutch investigators say they have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after returning to the site of the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Hollande: France Will Reimburse Russia If Warships Not Delivered
French President Francois Hollande says France will refund payments made by Russia for two Mistral amphibious-assault ships if the warships are not delivered because of Moscow’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Charges Gazprom With Abusing Market Position
Russian energy giant Gazprom has rejected European Union charges that it was abusing its dominant market position, saying the accusations are “unfounded.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
