Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Three Killed After Bus Hits Mine In Eastern Ukraine
Three people have been killed in eastern Ukraine after the bus they were riding in struck a land mine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chechen Official Vows To Arm Mexico If U.S. Gives Weapons To Ukraine
A senior Chechen official has said that Russia will provide arms to Mexico if Washington supplies weapons to Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Upper House Speaker Wants ‘Silicon Valley ‘ In Crimea
The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament has proposed the creation of a Russian “Silicon Valley” on the Moscow-annexed peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
News Analysis: Ukraine Risks ‘Feudalization’ As Conflict With Oligarchs Boils Over
A devastating economic crisis, an open conflict with Russia, and now a war between Kyiv and one of Ukraine’s leading oligarchs. Is Kyiv making a serious effort at breaking the oligarchs’ grip over Ukraine or is the country in for another round of self-destructive infighting that could produce political and economic disaster?...
Ukrainian Police Detain Top Officials During Televised Meeting
Ukrainian police detained Emergency Situations Service head Serhiy Bochkovskiy and his deputy Vasyl Stoyetskiy in the midst of a government session being broadcast live on television on March 25. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the two were being investigated on suspicion of corruption connected to offshore companies. (Reuters) …read...
EU Criticizes Azerbaijan, Notes Ukraine’s Challenges In Annual Reports
The EU sharply criticized Azerbaijan’s government, saying there was a “regression in the democratic transition process and with regard to human rights and fundamental freedoms” in the South Caucasus nation in 2014. It also said of Ukraine that reform was conducted in the “very diffcult” context of economic troubles...
Ukraine Police Detain Top Official At Televised Government Session
Ukrainian police have interrupted a government session being broadcast live on television and detained Emergency Situations Service head Serhiy Bochkovskiy and his deputy Vasyl Stoyetskiy, leading both officials away in handcuffs. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Interpol ‘Reviewing’ Rape Case Against Ukrainian Lawmaker
Interpol says it is looking into rape accusations against Mykola Knyazhytskiy, a Ukrainian lawmaker whose name was placed on its wanted list earlier this week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
At Least Three Kazakh Citizens Killed In Germanwings Plane Crash
At least three Kazakh citizens and a prominent Kazakh-born opera singer are among the 150 people killed in the crash of a German passenger jet in the French Alps. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Powerful Ukrainian Governor Resigns
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to dismiss a powerful oligarch as governor of one of the country’s regions. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
