Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Says No Danger From Nuclear Plant Accident
Ukraine’s energy minister says an accident at nuclear power plant in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhya last week did not involve a nuclear reactor and caused no radiation leakage. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Transparency Study Shows Corruption Widespread In Ex-Soviet States, Balkans
A new study by the antigraft group Transparency International (TI) suggests that corruption remains rampant across much of the former Soviet Union and the Balkans. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Rebel Leader’s Claim Of FSB Ties Omitted By Russian Media
Russian state-run media behemoth Rossia Segodnya’s interview with a former Ukrainian separatist leader was edited to remove references to his work in Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and chaos among the rebels, his interviewer says. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Parliament Approves New Government
The Ukrainian parliament has approved a new government to be headed by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Defiant, EU Says Pipeline’s Demise Shows Need For Diversity
The European Union said Russia’s surprise abandonment of the South Stream pipeline project underscored the need for diverse energy sources, while Moscow vowed to find other ways to get its natural gas to paying clients. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
End Of South Stream: Winners & Losers
Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 1 announced that Russia was abandoning plans for the South Stream natural gas pipeline meant to supply energy directly to Europe without transit through Ukraine. Who are the winners and losers if Putin makes good on his word? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Chief Says Russia Violating Ukraine Cease-fire
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia was violating the cease-fire in Ukraine and not respecting agreements reached in Minsk, Belarus, to defuse the conflict. Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels on December 2, he called on Russia to stop supplying tanks and forces to separatists in eastern Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly denied...
NATO, Kyiv Condemn Russia Over Crimea, Eastern Ukraine
NATO members and Ukraine have condemned Moscow for what they called Russia’s “deliberate destabilization of eastern Ukraine” and its military buildup in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in March. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakashvili Says Rejects Ukraine Goverment Post
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says has rejected a deputy prime minister’s post in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Protestors Demand Justice For Maidan Victims
Protestors gathered in central Kyiv to demand justice for people beaten up or killed by security forces during demonstrations against ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The protest, on December 1, played news reports from the time of the revolution over loud speakers. Protestors said no-one had been punished for the violence....
