Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Kazakh Citizen Sentenced To Prison For Fighting In Luhansk
The Sary-Arqa District Court in the Kazakh capital found Yevgeny Vdovenko guilty of intentional and illegal participation in a military conflict abroad after he fought alongside pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nazarbaev Calls On Kazakhs To Defend Independence, Unity
President Nursultan Nazarbaev has called on citizens to defend Kazakhstan’s independence and laid out plans for a new celebration of the Central Asian country’s history. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nazarbaev Calls On Kazakhs To Defend Independence, Unity
President Nursultan Nazarbaev has called on citizens to defend Kazakhstan’s independence and laid out plans for a new celebration of the Central Asian country’s history. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Detains Suspects After Lenin Monument Painted Ukrainian Colors
Authorities in Novosibirsk say suspects accused of painting the colors of the Ukrainian flag on a monument to Lenin in the Russian city have been detained. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poet Yevtushenko Hospitalized in Russia After Fall
Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who achieved a rock-star level of fame during the Soviet era, was hospitalized on December 14 after a fall during a visit to the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Paris, Berlin Call On Kyiv To Press Ahead With Reforms
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Ukraine to press ahead with economic reforms. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Aid Bill Heads To Obama
A bill authorizing lethal aid for Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia unanimously passed the U.S. Senate late on December 13, sending it to U.S. President Barack Obama to sign or veto the measure. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Military Jet Nearly Collides With Passenger Plane
There’s been another close call between a Russian military aircraft and a commercial jetliner. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN Says More Than 4,600 Killed In Ukraine Crisis
The United Nations says fighting between government troops and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine has left more than 300 people dead in less than a month, taking the overall toll to 4,634. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Donetsk Snapshot: The Frightening Rise Of Denunciations
There are increasing reports of people being detained in the separatist-held parts of southeastern Ukraine solely on the strength of denunciations from their neighbors. The practice mirrors the Stalin-era phenomenon that is credited with inflaming and intensifying his reign of terror. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
