Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Russia Says EU Sticking To ‘Unfriendly Course’
Russia says a European Union decision to keep sanctions against Russia in place shows the EU is not ready to change an “unfriendly course” toward Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Another Georgian Man Killed Fighting In Ukraine
A Georgian man fighting on the Ukrainian side in the conflict in Ukraine has been killed in combat near the Donetsk airport, according to relatives. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
ICRC Concerned Over ‘Escalation’ In Eastern Ukraine
Russia says a European Union decision to keep sanctions against Russia in place shows the EU is not ready to change an “unfriendly course” towards Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kharkiv Blast Injures 12 As Fighting Rages In Donetsk
An explosion near a court house in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has left 12 people wounded, four of them seriously. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Warns Kyiv As Fighting Rages, EU Steady On Sanctions
Moscow and Kyiv have traded accusations as fighting escalates in eastern Ukraine and casualties mount. In Brussels, the EU has ruled out easing sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Unstoppable Rise Of Ramzan Kadyrov
Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov, who celebrated his 38th birthday on October 5, may not yet be the second-most-powerful political figure in the Russian Federation. But that is not for want of self-promotion. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Report: Georgian MPs Support New Law To Punish Those Fighting Abroad
Georgian lawmakers from both the ruling coalition and the opposition have expressed their support for proposed new legislation that will make fighting in, or calling on others to fight in, illegal armed groups abroad punishable by a prison term. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Jailed Tatar Activist Starts Hunger Strike
A prominent Tatar activist who faces trial on hate-crimes charges supporters say are politically motivated has begun a hunger strike. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kazakh Editor Protests Magazine Closure With Hunger Strike
The editor of a Kazakh magazine that was shut down by the authorities has started a hunger strike in the nation’s largest city, Almaty. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Honors Victims Of Volnovakha Bus Massacre
Thousands of people joined marches across Ukraine on January 18 to honor the 12 people killed on a bus near Volnovakha in eastern Ukraine five days earlier. Many held placards stating “Je Suis Volnovakha.” Kyiv blames the attack, the bloodiest single incident in several months, on pro-Russian separatists. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian...
