Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Activists From Limonov’s Group Disrupt Makarevich Moscow Concert
Activists from the group led by nationalist Eduard Limonov have taken responsibility for disrupting a concert in Moscow by Russia’s legendary rock-musician Andrei Makarevich. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian President Calls For ‘Tectonic’ Economic Reforms
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says his country is facing threats to its existence. At a news conference in Kyiv, he said that severe economic problems help the cause of pro-Russian separatists who want to bring about the destruction of the country. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker Signs Lustration Bill
Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has signed a lustration bill adopted by the parliament on September 16. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Yatsenyuk Urges No Let Up On Sanctions Against Russia
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk urged Western countries not to lift sanctions against Russia until all Ukrainian territory was back under the control of Kyiv, in a speech to the UN General Assembly on September 24. He said it was hard for peace talks to take place under the barrel of a gun ‘made in Russia.’ Moscow has...
Yatsenyuk: No Lifting Of Russian Sanctions
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has urged countries not to lift sanctions against Russia until Kyiv regains control of all its territory, including Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama Calls For End To ‘Network Of Death’
Addressing the UN General Assembly today, U.S. President Barack Obama has called on the world to help destroy the Islamic State (IS) militants’ “network of death” and to stand up for Ukraine’s sovereignty against Russia’s “aggression.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Says Cease-Fire In East Violated, Soldiers Injured
Kyiv says sporadic fighting has occurred between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘I Won’t Sing For Occupiers’ — A Ukrainian Singer Falls Out With Russia
Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prykhodko has been targeted by a mudslinging campaign on Russian television. Prykhodko, who shot to fame in Russia, has been performing for Ukrainian troops in the country’s strife-torn east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Delegates To UN Conference Claim Harassment By Kremlin
Members of ethnic minority groups from Russia have accused the Kremlin of preventing them from attending a United Nations conference in New York this week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Clashes Flare In Donetsk Region
Renewed fighting between Ukraine troops and pro-Russian separatists broke out on the night of September 21 and the following day near the city of Debaltseve in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. A military commander said there had been casualties in his unit. The violence came as Ukrainian government forces were preparing to withdraw artillery and...
