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Two Soldiers, One Rebel Reported Killed In East Ukraine
Two Ukrainian soldiers and a pro-Russian separatist have been reported killed in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dutch Court Names Ukraine Party In Scythian Gold Lawsuit
A Dutch court has granted Ukraine’s request to be a party in the high-profile Scythian gold lawsuit. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Turns To Poppies In Rebuke Of Russian WWII ‘Myth’
Ukraine is making the crimson poppy flower a symbol of the victory over Nazi Germany, part of a shift away from Soviet imagery Kyiv says the Kremlin is using to influence neighbors and promote self-serving myths about World War II amid a conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: Putin’s Partition Fixation
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...
Russian Paper Removes Article About Soldier Wounded In Ukraine
Journalists at a Siberian newspaper say they spent three days using scissors to cut an article about a Russian soldier who was wounded fighting alongside pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine out of 50,000 copies of the publication. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Duma Strips Immunity From Deputy Who Opposed Crimea Seizure
Russia’s the lower house of parliament has voted almost unanimously to strip the immunity of lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov, the only member of the State Duma who voted against the annexation of Crimea last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Vladimir Putin, Is That You?
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was once an ardent defender of Ukraine’s borders. Don’t believe it? Watch the video. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin’s 2008 Comments On Crimea, Before A Sharp Change Of Tack
In an interview with Germany’s ARD television in 2008, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow recognizes all of Ukraine’s borders, and that there is no issue of ethnic conflict in Crimea. His comments, delivered shortly after Russia’s military intervention in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia, stand in...
Explosion In Ukraine’s Kharkiv Targets National Flag Memorial
A bomb has been detonated under a national flag memorial in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian-Born Classical Pianist Fired For Pro-Rebel Comments
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has sacked a Ukrainian-born classical pianist because of her political commentary on social-media sites in support of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
