Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
EU Mulling ‘Terrorist’ Designation For Pro-Russian Rebels In Ukraine
With European leaders calling for potential new sanctions against Russia, officials in Brussels are considering adding pro-Moscow rebel groups in Ukraine to an EU terrorist list. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Urges Putin To Release Savchenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to release the jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama, Merkel Discuss Rising Ukraine Violence
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have spoken about the “significant increase in violence” in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin’s Fantasy Island
Does Putin believe his own hype? If he does, then we’re in a very dangerous place. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Videos Raise War-Crimes Concerns In Ukraine
As Russian-backed rebels make gains in eastern Ukraine, battlefield videos are raising concerns that war crimes are being committed. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Actor Put On Ukraine’s ‘Wanted List’ For Shooting At Troops
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has added a prominent Russian actor to a wanted list for firing a machine gun towards Ukrainian armed forces in eastern Ukraine in October. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Deputy: Savchenko Cannot Be Released On Immunity Status
A senior Russian lawmaker says immunity granted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is no grounds for the release of a Ukrainian pilot who is in the seventh week of a hunger strike in a Russian jail. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Veteran Recalls Liberation Of Auschwitz
Mykola Karpenko was just 17 when he was drafted into the Soviet Army from his village in Ukraine. His unit was among those that freed the prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland on January 27, 1945. Karpenko, now 86, recalls the horrors he witnessed at the Nazi death camp. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more...
Ukraine Parliament Calls Russia ‘Aggressor State,’ Seeks More Aid, Sanctions
Ukraine’s parliament has adopted a statement branding Russia an “aggressor state,” a move that deputies hope will pave the way for punishment under international law. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Daily Vertical: A Dangerous Delusion
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that will appear Monday through Friday. Viewers can submit suggested topics to address on Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
