Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Activists Unveil Putin ‘Tombstone’ By Russian Embassy
Ukrainian activists have erected a mock tombstone to Russian President Vladimir Putin outside the Russian embassy in Kyiv, playing on speculation about his prolonged absence. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chechen Commander Of Ukrainian Battalion Denies Involvement In Nemtsov Murder
Adam Osmayev, a Chechen commander of a Ukrainian volunteer battalion has denied any involvement in the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Submits Bill Granting Special Status For East Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko has submitted a draft law that outlines the boundaries of particular districts in the areas under pro-Russian separatist control in eastern Ukraine that could be granted “special status.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Biden, Poroshenko Speak By Phone About Ukraine’s Conflict
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke by telephone on March 14 with both calling on Russia and Russian-backed separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine to implement the Minsk ceasefire agreements. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chinese Premiere Won’t Say If Crimea’s Annexation Was Illegal
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on March 15 that his government respects the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, but would not be drawn on whether China considers Crimea to be part of Ukraine or Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Opposition To Issue Nemtsov’s Report On Russian Role in Ukraine War
A colleague of slain Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov says a report Nemtsov was compiling on Russia’s role in the eastern Ukraine conflict will be released in April. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Stop The Presses: Moscow Cracks Down On Journalists In Annexed Crimea
Russian security agents on March 13 raided the homes of the families of two Ukrainian journalists in the Russia-annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea. The raids seem to be part of a systematic policy to control the media in the disputed area. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Separatists Demand Kyiv Explain Delay In Special Status
An official from the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine is demanding that Kyiv explain why it missed a deadline to grant the DNR and another pro-Russian separatist region special status. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Doctors Meet With Savchenko
Ukrainian physicians who traveled to Russia to examine jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko have now been allowed in to see her. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
OSCE Official Concerned By Russia’s Suspension Of CFE Treaty
The chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Political Affairs and Security for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has raised concerns about Russian military support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and its “complete suspension” of work under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe...
