Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Adviser Says No Point In New Peace Talks
A Ukrainian security adviser says there is no point in holding new peace talks with pro-Russian separatists until Kyiv is satisfied that the rebels holding territory in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are adhering to a truce deal signed on September 5 in Minsk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
G20 Summit Shaping Up As Showdown Over Ukraine
Tensions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Western leaders will be in the spotlight during a G20 summit in the Australian city of Brisbane. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Georgia Reformer Bendukidze Dead At 58
Kakha Bendukidze, a key figure behind Georgia’s anti-corruption drive and liberal economic reforms after the “Rose Revolution” of 2003, has died at age 58. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Under Fire In Ukraine, OSCE Questions Its Worth
Since March, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has maintained a special monitoring mission in Ukraine. But with Ukrainian anger rising about the mission, the OSCE appears to be doing some soul-searching. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Denies Ukraine Presence As Fighting Persists
Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian separatists have reported new casualties amid growing fears of an escalation of the conflict that has shattered ties between Moscow and the West, while Russia firmly denies it has any soldiers in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lithuania Finishes Investigation Into 1991 Crackdown
Lithuania has completed an investigation into the deadly dispersal of pro-independence demonstrators in Vilnius by Soviet troops in 1991, one of the catalysts of the Soviet breakup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Says 4 Soldiers Killed As Fighting Persists
Ukraine says four of its soldiers have been killed and 18 wounded in fighting against pro-Russian separatists over the past 24 hours. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
OSCE Defends Ukraine Mission
The spokesman for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) monitoring mission in Ukraine, Michael Botsyurkiv, defended the presence of Russian team members on November 12. He said the Russians made up a small part of the overall team, and that OSCE staff were loyal to the organization rather than their individual...
UN Warns ‘Full-Scale Fighting’ Possible In Eastern Ukraine
The United Nations Security Council has met in emergency session on Ukraine’s crisis for the 26th time, again without taking action, as UN officials warned of possible “full-scale fighting” in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
How The ‘Rosetta’ Comet Discovery Narrowly Avoided The Soviet Dustbin
The speeding comet that a European spacecraft has landed on was discovered by a Soviet astronomer who nearly tossed a key photograph of the celestial body in the waste basket. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
