Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Donetsk Separatists Release 16 Captured Ukrainian Soldiers
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s easter region of Donetsk have freed 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Inflation Spikes In Ukraine
New figures show that inflation in Ukraine during the first quarter of this year increased 20.3 percent compared to the January-March period in 2014, and that last month alone it rose by 45.8 percent. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Far-Right Leader Named Ukrainian Military Adviser
The controversial leader of Ukraine’s ultranationalist Pravy Sektor paramilitary group has been named an army adviser. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia To Quiz Migrants Seeking Residency On Stalin And Crimea
Russia has drafted a new, tougher version of its compulsory exam on Russian history, language, and civics that foreign labor migrants will need to pass in order to receive residence permits, the Izvestia newspaper reported on April 6. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Letters From Donbas, Part 4: ‘Everything’s Been Looted And Destroyed’
From teachers to pensioners to families with children, residents of rebel-held towns are struggling to get on with their lives amid the chaos and uncertainty. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine President Says No Objection To Vote On Regional Power
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on April 6 that he does not object to a referendum on giving more powers to restive regions in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Rights Commissioner Says Situation Worse Than In Russian Regions
The Russian-appointed human rights commissioner in Crimea has stated the situation with rights there is worse than in Russian regions. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Four Ukrainian Soldiers Killed After Vehicle Hit By Shell
Four Ukrainian soldiers were killed on April 5 in the east of the country after their vehicle was struck by a shell. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s Lavrov Calls For Pullback Of More Weapons In Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has proposed that both sides in the conflict in Ukraine withdraw weapons of under 100 mm caliber from the line of contact as a way of boosting confidence in a February cease-fire. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Trolls’ Vast Library Of Insulting Images
When the army of pro-Kremlin Internet trolls needs a crude photograph to smear Western and Ukrainian officials, they can turn to a website hosting an enormous library of such inflammatory images that was allegedly set up just for this purpose. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
