Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Lavrov Calls For ‘Unbiased’ MH17 Probe After Dutch TV Claims
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called for an “unbiased and transparent” investigation into Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over eastern Ukraine last July. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s Lavrov Calls For Normandy Group Meeting
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called for a new meeting of the so-called Normandy Group of four nations trying to mediate a peace agreement in Ukraine to be convened in the very near future. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine PM Calls On EU To Keep Russia Sanctions
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called on the European Union to maintain its sanctions on Russia and to step them up if Moscow fails to implement the agreement reached last month in Minsk on ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s War Widows
More than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers have died fighting pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine, according to government figures. Many left behind wives and children. Local charities are playing a key role in helping these families overcome financial hardship and coping with their loss. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service)...
Biden, Poroshenko Agree On Russia Sanction Action
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have agreed that sanctions against Russia must be linked to the full implementation of the February Minsk agreement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
One Year Later, Crimea’s Tatars Even Further In The Shadows
Crimean Tatars, the native inhabitants of the Black Sea peninsula, almost universally opposed Russia’s 2014 annexation. A year later, they say their rights, safety, and traditions are under attack. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Taliban Blast Kills Several In Helmand
A Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province has killed at least seven people and injured around 40. The blast occurred in the provincial capital, Laskar Gah, the second such attack in the city this month. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Unknown Soldiers Of The Donbas
Hundreds of bodies are being buried in eastern Ukraine without being identified. On the separatist side, officials say they don’t have the resources to cope with the sheer volume of bodies – which we found lining the corridors at the central morgue in Donetsk. A special report by Shahida Yakub for RFE/RL’s Current Time...
EU May Announce Extension Of Russia Sanctions
EU leaders are pondering whether to prolong economic sanctions against Russia when they meet in Brussels on March 19. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Says Ukraine Violates Terms Of East Ukraine Deal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Ukrainian legislation on the status of rebel-held eastern regions is a “glaring violation” of a European-brokered peace deal signed last month in Minsk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
