Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ruble Hits Record Low Against Dollar As New Sanctions Loom
The Russian ruble fell to a record low of 37.57 to the U.S. dollar on September 11, a day before new European Union sanctions against Russia over its role in Ukraine crisis are due to enter into force. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
After An Era Of New Horizons, EU Turns Its Gaze Inward
The incoming European Commission has indicated that further enlargement will no longer be a priority for the 28-member bloc. What does that mean for EU hopefuls to the east and south? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Tightens Control Of Defense Industry, Blasts NATO Over Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree taking direct charge of a committee that oversees Russia’s defense sector. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Launches 80 Administrative Cases Over McDonald’s Checks
Russia’s food safety agency has launched 80 administrative cases against companies and individuals as a result of sanitary control checks on McDonald’s restaurants across the country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Security Chief Says Savchenko, Sentsov To Be Exchanged
Ukrainian air force pilot Nadiya Savchenko and film director Oleh Sentsov, who are in Russian custody, may be exchanged for pro-Russian rebels captured by Ukrainian forces in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Antiannexation Blogger Leaves Crimea After Detention, Home Search
A Crimean blogger who has strongly criticized Russia’s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine has left the region due to concerns about her safety. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Says Ukraine Will Remain United Despite ‘Special Status’ In East
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will submit a bill next week to grant “special status” to areas in eastern Ukraine but that the country will remain united. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lavrov Calls For Eastern Ukraine Status Talks To Start Soon
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he hopes that talks would start soon on the status of eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists have been waging an armed rebellion. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Reassures Mariupol Of Kyiv’s Support
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on September 8 visited the eastern port city of Mariupol, where sporadic shelling on the weekend disrupted the fragile cease-fire. Poroshenko said Ukrainian security forces are prepared to defend the city from separatists, and are “prepared for the worst.” (RFE/RL) …read more Source: Radio...
Donetsk Separatists Celebrate WWII Liberation
Separatists in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, celebrated the 71st anniversary of the city’s liberation from German forces in 1943 on September 8. Speakers told a crowd of several hundred the battle against ”fascism” was continuing, referring to the current conflict against Ukrainian government forces. A cease-fire which came into...
