Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Russian Lawmaker To Coke, McDonald’s: Support Sanctions, Get Out
A senior pro-Kremlin lawmaker has suggested U.S. food giants Coca-Cola and McDonald’s should stop selling their products in Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Mourns Miners Killed In Donetsk Coal-Pit Blast
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has declared a day of national mourning for the more than 30 people killed in a coal-mine blast in the eastern city of Donetsk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Holds Big Military Drills In South, Crimea, Abkhazia, South Ossetia
The Russian military says more than 2,000 servicemen are taking part in “large-scale” air-defense exercises in southern Russia, Crimea, and the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Says One Soldier Killed In East
Ukraine’s military says one of its soldiers has been killed and another wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Italian Prime Minister To Meet Putin, Medvedev In Moscow
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is visiting Moscow on March 5 for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nuland: U.S. Eyeing ‘Deeper’ Russia Sanctions If Ukraine Truce Falters
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland says the United States and Europe are examining potential “deeper sanctions” against Russia should pro-Moscow separatists push to seize further territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Nationalists Prepare For New Battles In Ukraine
Russia has repeatedly denied Western accusations its troops are in Ukraine, but it has admitted the presence of volunteers fighting on the side of separatists there. Andrei Korolyov of RFE/RL’s Current Time program gained rare access to two nationalist organizations in St. Petersburg that have sent men to the war in Ukraine. Amid the...
Saakashvili Urges U.S. To Send Ukraine Weapons
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, now serving as an adviser to the administration of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, has called on the United States to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Former Ukraine Finance Minister Arrested On Spanish Coast
Spanish media reports say police have arrested former Ukrainian Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov, missing since August 2014 and wanted for embezzlement and financial wrongdoing under an Interpol arrest warrant. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Freedom House Documents Rights Abuses In Crimea
The rights organization Freedom House has detailed rights abuses in the Crimean Peninsula since Russia “forcefully and illegally annexed” the Ukrainian territory in March 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
