Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Media Watchdog Says International Journalist Deaths Soared In 2014
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says at least 60 journalists have been killed in 2014 in connection with their work. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Leaders Agree On More Ukraine Peace Talks In Minsk
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany have agreed to call another round of Ukraine peace talks this week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Bill Seeks To Nullify Crimea’s Soviet-Era Transfer To Ukraine
The chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council says the upper house of parliament is drafting legislation that would retroactively proclaim the Soviet Union’s 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine as “legally void and nonbinding” since the moment of its enactment. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Year Of Turmoil Through The Lens Of Levko Stek
It has been the most tumultuous year in Ukraine’s history since World War Two, and Levko Stek of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian service has followed it with his camera every step of the way. From the squares of Kyiv, to the seizing of Crimea, and the war that followed in Donbas, Levko looks back on a year that saw a president ousted,...
Kazakh President Calls For Compromise Between Russia And Ukraine
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, during a visit to Kyiv, has reportedly called on Russia and Ukraine to seek compromise in order to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine and preserve its territorial integrity. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nazarbaev Ready To ‘Mediate’ In Ukraine
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has stated he is ready to act as an “honest mediator” to help resolve the crisis in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Dismisses New U.S. Sanctions As Useless
Russia has dismissed new U.S. sanctions as useless and underscored its historic right to the Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama Bans U.S. Trade With Crimea
U.S. President Barack Obama has issued an executive order banning U.S. exports of goods, technology or services to Ukraine’s Crimea region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Belarusian, Kazakh Leaders Headed To Ukraine
The presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan will visit Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko early next week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Tusk: Russia Biggest EU ‘Challenge’
European Council President Donald Tusk says the European Union needs a strategy dealing with Russia that last years not months. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
