Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Legendary Soviet Actor Donatas Banionis Dies At 90
Iconic Soviet-era actor Donatas Banionis has died in Vilnius at the age of 90. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Interview: Francis Fukuyama Says Putin Playing A ‘Very Duplicitous Game’
The American political scientist Francis Fukuyama provides his views on how the West should react to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggressions in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Activist Seeks Spain Asylum, Citing Threats
A prominent activist and gay rights advocate from St. Petersburg says she has left Russia after receiving death threats following her participation in a rally in support of Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Separatists Take Village Near Luhansk
After a week of intense fighting, Ukraine’s National Guard ceded the village of Novosvitlivka, near Luhansk, to pro-Russian separatist forces. Video shot on Septermber 3 by RFE/RL correspondent Andrei Babitsky shows remains of Ukrainian armored vehicles scattered around the village and a school destroyed by artillery fire. (RFE/RL’s...
Dnipropetrovsk Mourns Soldiers Killed At Ilovaysk
Mourners gathered in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk on September 3 to commemorate soldiers of the Dnipro volunteer battalion who were killed in August battling pro-Russian separatists in Ilovaysk, a town near Donetsk in the country’s east. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Opens Summit With Emphasis On Ukraine Situation
NATO in beginning a two-day summit in Wales that is expected to focus on the problems in eastern Ukraine and approve a plan to bolster NATO’s presence along the alliance’s eastern borders. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
France Suspends Warship Delivery To Russia; Moscow Unfazed
French President Francois Hollande says the government will not deliver the first of two Mistral-class warships to Russia because of Moscow’s aggressive actions in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Georgian President: Tbilisi Will Ask For NATO Membership
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili says his country will ask for NATO membership at the alliance’s upcoming summit in Britain. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama Says NATO Should Help Strengthen Ukraine’s Army
U.S. President Barack Obama has urged NATO to make “concrete commitments” to help Ukraine modernize and strengthen its security forces in the face of Russian “aggression.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S., Allies To Stage Military Drills In Ukraine
Poland’s Defense Ministry said on September 3 that the exercises, dubbed Rapid Trident 14, are to be held on September 13-26 in western Ukraine close to NATO-member Poland. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
