Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Poland Attributes Purchase Of U.S. Missiles To Regional Tensions
Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak has said that long-range missiles Warsaw is buying from the United States are especially needed by Poland because of current tensions in the region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Raises Interest Rate As Ruble Falls, Economy Stalls
The Russian central bank has raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point, to 10.5 percent, in an effort to bolster the falling ruble and slow price increases. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Tells Russia To Pull Out
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on Russia to end its support for separatists in the east of his country, including withdrawing any Russian forces on Ukrainian soil. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine, Separatists Fail To Agree On New Round Of Peace Talks
Ukraine’s government and pro-Russian separatists have failed to agree on a new round of peace talks, but Ukraine’s military says it will prolong a 24-hour cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
LONG Biden: Ukraine Can’t ‘Blow’ Another Chance To Change
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has said Ukraine cannot lose another chance to change the country for the better. The remarks come as Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists largely suspended hostilities in the country’s east on December 9. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Opera Star Under Fire For Backing Ukraine Separatists
Opera star Anna Netrebko is under fire for backing separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Railways Suspends Service To Ukraine, Other Neighbors
Russia’s state railway company says it will stop almost all service to Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan for a year starting December 14, citing a lack of demand. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Battling The Cold At East Ukraine Checkpoint
As winter sets in, fighters in eastern Ukraine face a new enemy – the cold. At a pro-government checkpoint north of Mariupol on November 8, soldiers from the Poltava volunteer brigade said they lacked winter uniforms, boots and thermal underwear. (Evhen Solonyna, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Russian Gas Flows Resume To Ukraine
Maksim Belyavskiy, the head of Ukraine’s gas transportation network Ukrtransgaz, said on December 9 that gas supplies from Russia to his country have resumed. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine To Observe ‘Day Of Silence’
Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists are to observe a “Day of Silence” aimed at bringing a halt to fighting in the country’s east, but planned peace talks look likely to be delayed. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
