Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
No Casualties In Central Kyiv Bomb Blast
A bomb exploded in downtown Kyiv early in the morning on April 2. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Signs New Russian Gas Deal
Kyiv has signed a new agreement to buy Russian gas over the next three months at a price of $248 per thousand cubic meters. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko’s Lawyer Claims Russian Twitter ‘Extremism’ Probe
A lawyer for Nadia Savchenko, a Ukrainian air force officer who is on hunger strike in a Russian prison, says Russian authorities are investigating him for potential “extremist” language posted on his Twitter account. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Merkel Says Ukraine Cease-Fire Not Fully Implemented
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says fighting in eastern Ukraine has been reduced in recent weeks but that the Minsk cease-fire plan has not yet been fully implemented. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Senators Urge FIFA To Take World Cup Away From Russia
Thirteen U.S. senators have written to FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, urging the organization to replace Russia as host of the 2018 World Cup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Communist Party Chief Summoned For Questioning
Ukrainian Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko has been summoned by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) for questioning over a recent trip to Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Security Service Apprehends ‘Bombers’ In Odesa
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has detained three people suspected of involvement in a series of explosions in the southeastern city of Odesa. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Claims ‘Take Or Pay’ Gas Deal With Ukraine
Russia’s energy minister says his country has a “take or pay” deal for natural gas with Ukraine that, in the absence of any fresh agreement, comes into effect on April 1. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
World Bank Says Russia’s Economic Outlook Worse Than Thought
The World Bank predicts Russia’s economy will shrink more than previously forecast in the next two years as the effects of low oil prices and Western sanctions over Moscow’s interference in Ukraine take hold …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Just Give Us Our Freedom,’ Says Wife Of Exiled Crimean Tatar Leader
Mustafa Dzhemilev, the long-time leader of the Crimean Tatars has been banned from the peninsula since Russia annexed the Ukrainian region in March 2014. But his wife, Safinar Dzhemileva, remains in Crimea and spoke recently to Mumin Shakirov of RFE/RL’s Russian Service. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
