Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Rossiya Segodnya Confirms Photographer Stenin Killed In Ukraine
The Russian media conglomerate Rossiya Segodnya has confirmed that photographer Andrei Stenin, who went missing last month in Ukraine, is dead. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Podcast: The New NATO
What can we expect in the upcoming NATO Summit? Listen to a special edition of the Power Vertical Podcast. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Photographer In Ukraine’s Fate Still Unclear, Despite Cryptic ‘RIP’ Tweet
The fate of a Russian photographer who disappeared nearly a month ago in eastern Ukraine remains a mystery despite scattered claims that DNA testing confirmed Andrei Stenin was dead. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Separatist Military Commander: ‘It’s Impossible To Defeat Our Army’
Aleksandr Khodakovsky, one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said the Ukrainian military has “no chance” of defeating separatist forces in the country’s east. In an interview with RFE/RL on August 30 in Donetsk, the commander of the Vostok battalion said former members of the Russian armed...
Kremlin: Comment On Capturing Kyiv ‘Taken Out Of Context’
The Kremlin has backtracked after President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying his military could capture Kyiv in two weeks if he gave the order, while Ukrainian government forces suffered new losses in the fighting against separatists the West says are backed by Russian soldiers. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimea Chief Says Gays Not Needed
The senior official in Crimea says sexual minorities “have no chance” on the peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in March. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Forces Pull Back From Donetsk Airport
The Ukrainian military on September 1 pulled its forces back from a vital airport outside the eastern city of Donetsk, as President Petro Poroshenko accused Moscow of “direct and open aggression.” Wreckage and debris littered the airport grounds following a battle against pro-Russian separatists. (Reuters) …read more Source:...
Putin: ‘If I Want, I Will Take Kyiv In Two Weeks’
The Italian newspaper “Le Repubblica” printed an article on September 1 that reported Russian President Vladimir Putin told outgoing European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, “If I want, I could take Kyiv in two weeks.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Woman Tells Of Public Abuse At Hands Of Pro-Moscow Separatists
After enduring a night of beatings at the hands of rebel forces, she was wrapped in a Ukrainian flag, forced to stand at a Donetsk intersection, and subjected to public humiliation and physical attacks. Irina Dovgan, a woman detained and accused by pro-Russian separatists of spying for Ukrainian forces, tells her story. …read more Source:...
Is Putin ‘Rebuilding Russia’ According To Solzhenitsyn’s Design?
In recent remarks, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to call into question Kazakhstan’s legitimacy as a country, comments that echoed statements he made before the current crisis in Ukraine. His geopolitical vision for a “greater Russia” reminds some of a 1990 essay by Nobel laureate Aleksander Solzhenitsyn. …read...
