Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
French Court Authorizes Extradition Of Fugitive Kazakh Banker
An appellate court in the French city of Lyon has authorized the extradition of fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Euromaidan Drives Up Price Of…Illegal Vote Buying
Some Ukrainians are still prepared to sell their votes — even in the wake of the Euromaidan uprising against corruption and sleaze. But the price tag has spiked significantly amid a state crackdown on the practice. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Heating Crisis Triggers Fire Sale of Rare Plants At Kyiv Botanical Garden
The central botanical garden in Ukraine’s capital is selling off scores of exotic plants on the cheap after it closed various greenhouses amid looming central-heating woes and the Russia-Ukraine gas crisis. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UNHCR Says More Than 800,000 Displaced By Ukraine Conflict
The United Nations says the conflict in Ukraine has forced more than 800,000 people from their homes. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Revealed – The Palaces Of Ukraine’s Oil And Gas Men
A short drive from Kyiv stand the twin palaces of two Yanukovych-era executives at Ukraine’s state energy company Naftohaz. Police have been investigating allegations of fraud at the company worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The two men, who have not explained the origin of their families’ spectacular wealth, are now running for...
Yanukovych-Era Health Minister Wanted For Embezzlement
Ukraine’s prosecutor-general has added former deputy prime minister and health minister Raisa Bohatyrova to a wanted list for alleged embezzlement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
End Of The Orange-Blue Divide: Ukraine Vote May Produce New Political Landscape
As Ukrainians go to the polls on October 26, a new, pro-European consensus seems to be forming, as even ethnic-Russian Ukrainians look skeptically at Vladimir Putin’s Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poland’s Tusk Denies Claim Putin Offered To Partition Ukraine
Poland’s former prime minister, Donald Tusk, has denied that Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia and Poland carve up Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Revealed – The Palaces Of Ukraine’s Energy Oligarchs
A short drive from Kyiv stand the twin palaces of two Yanukovych-era executives at Ukraine’s state energy company Naftohaz. Police have been investigating allegations of fraud at the company worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The two oligarchs, who have not explained the origin of their families’ spectacular wealth, are now...
U.S. Urges Ukrainians To Vote
The United States is urging all Ukrainians, including those in rebel-controlled areas in the east as well as the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula, to vote in upcoming parliamentary elections. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
