Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Pro-Ukraine Activist Climbs Onto NYC Opera Stage, Likens Putin To Hitler
A protester climbed onto the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City after a performance by Russian classical music titans Anna Netrebko and Valery Gergiev and held up a sign criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Georgian FM Says South Ossetia Could Be Annexed Like Crimea
Georgian Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili has warned that Russia could annex the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia as it did Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Agrees To Extend Russian Sanctions Over Ukraine
The European Union has decided to extend until September an initial group of sanctions against Russian and pro-Russia separatist officials due to the continued fighting in eastern Ukraine and has plans for further action. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Separatists Plan ‘Summit Of Unrecognized States’
The self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic says it wants to host a summit of separatists, including participants from Texas, Venice and Spain’s Basque region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kremlin Seethes Over Polish WWII Commemoration Plan
The Kremlin has lashed out at Warsaw over plans for a meeting in Poland marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
New Pro-Putin Song Gets Panned Online
A new Russian song heaping praise on President Vladimir Putin is sparking a storm of criticism online. “My Putin” praises the president’s annexation of Crimea and urges him to “revive” the Soviet Union. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Belarus’s Lukashenka Defiant At Marathon Press Conference
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has displayed defiance toward Russia and the West, warning them in a marathon news conference that he would bow to nobody’s will. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Belarus Says Ukraine Talks To Be Held January 30
A new round of talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine is due to take place on January 30 amid an escalation in fighting and mounting casualties, according to the Foreign Ministry of Belarus, which will host the meeting. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Pilot In Russian Custody Transferred To Prison Hospital
A lawyer for Nadia Savchenko, a Ukrainian military pilot who has been on a hunger strike in a Russian jail since mid-December, has been transferred to a prison hospital due to severe weight loss. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Deputy Chairman of Crimean Tatar Mejlis Detained
Russian authorities say a deputy chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis has been detained on suspicion of organizing “mass disorder” in the regional capital, Simferopol, last year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
